Could You Become UK Citizen Tomorrow?
Discussion
Been discussed before on here but is a bit pointless really. The questions are either verbatim repetitions of what appears in the booklet or are a matter of opinion. Most people born and raisedin Britain who had not had the benefit of seeing this book would be on the borderline of passing I reckon.
rich-uk said:
The only proviso to becoming a UK citizen should be that you make a positive contribution to the country for 5 years. Leaning a bit of British history is a good idea, but not grounds for becoming a citizen.
Surely you should also be able to speak English.
Every now and then the phone rings at home and some woman starts talking in a language I don't understand, but the accent sounds Indian. I say that I don't understand, and please can she talk in English. More (to me) gibberish. I hang up. The number comes up on caller ID (an 0207 number) so I may call it back and speak in Italian, just for a laugh.
As an aside, I wonder how much councils spend on translating and printing leaflets into 25 odd languages?
I have lived in the UK for almost 20 years. I'm originally from Ireland and up to now had not really given British citizenship any serious consideration. However, as I am married to a UK citizen, run a UK business, am qualified with UK accounting and taxation institutions and own property in the UK, maybe I should make that final commitment to living here. To be honest, I don't ever see myself returning to Ireland, apart from holidays (I still love Ireland as a country, but I actually prefer living in the UK).
I had looked at the Home Office website in the past and it was extremely difficult to follow what was required of EU ctizens. There is loads of info on people from the Commonwealth or non-Commonwealth but virtually notheing on the EU!
I had looked at the Home Office website in the past and it was extremely difficult to follow what was required of EU ctizens. There is loads of info on people from the Commonwealth or non-Commonwealth but virtually notheing on the EU!
Eric Mc said:
I have lived in the UK for almost 20 years. I'm originally from Ireland and up to now had not really given British citizenship any serious consideration. However, as I am married to a UK citizen, run a UK business, am qualified with UK accounting and taxation institutions and own property in the UK, maybe I should make that final commitment to living here. To be honest, I don't ever see myself returning to Ireland, apart from holidays (I still love Ireland as a country, but I actually prefer living in the UK).
I had looked at the Home Office website in the past and it was extremely difficult to follow what was required of EU ctizens. There is loads of info on people from the Commonwealth or non-Commonwealth but virtually notheing on the EU!
My dad was in the same situation as you, I don't think he ever bothered in the end, he stayed Paddy!
Nevin said:
Been discussed before on here but is a bit pointless really. The questions are either verbatim repetitions of what appears in the booklet or are a matter of opinion. Most people born and raisedin Britain who had not had the benefit of seeing this book would be on the borderline of passing I reckon.
I see nothing wrong with the main requirements being that you must be able to prove that you have a job to go to - You won't be a drain on the counties resources.
You can make a positive contribution to the country
You are fit and well - not going to scrounge off our NHS.
I believe this would be similar to USA and Australia
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