Hi everyone -
Right, I've had a good look through all of the previous posts and I can't find one that pertains to my situation so here goes a new post. My situation is as follows:
Me -
US Citizen
Came to UK 1 Aug 2006 on UK Entry Clearance for a student (valid for 3 years) This was prior to the tiered points system coming in to use
Was given a Tier-1 post-study residence permit at the end of my degree course valid for 2 years
Fiance-
British citizen
british passport
My Fiance and I are getting married on the 30th of July here in the UK in a Church of England service. My questions are the following:
1 - Since I will have been in the UK, legally, for more than 5 years when I apply for my next step, can I apply directly for citizenship or do I have to go onto indefinite leave to remain? Obviously going straight to citizenship would be ideal seeing that I'll have been here for more than 5 years and would like to avoid paying £900 for simply another visa.
2 - Since this is a service in the church of england, there is no documention required from the home office
3 - When we go on our honeymoon directly after the wedding and I come back into the country on my Tier-1 Residents permit, can I say that I just got married or will this cause me problems with UKBA?
Thanks in advance for any help you can all give
Drew
Right, I've had a good look through all of the previous posts and I can't find one that pertains to my situation so here goes a new post. My situation is as follows:
Me -
US Citizen
Came to UK 1 Aug 2006 on UK Entry Clearance for a student (valid for 3 years) This was prior to the tiered points system coming in to use
Was given a Tier-1 post-study residence permit at the end of my degree course valid for 2 years
Fiance-
British citizen
british passport
My Fiance and I are getting married on the 30th of July here in the UK in a Church of England service. My questions are the following:
1 - Since I will have been in the UK, legally, for more than 5 years when I apply for my next step, can I apply directly for citizenship or do I have to go onto indefinite leave to remain? Obviously going straight to citizenship would be ideal seeing that I'll have been here for more than 5 years and would like to avoid paying £900 for simply another visa.
2 - Since this is a service in the church of england, there is no documention required from the home office
3 - When we go on our honeymoon directly after the wedding and I come back into the country on my Tier-1 Residents permit, can I say that I just got married or will this cause me problems with UKBA?
Thanks in advance for any help you can all give
Drew