You mentioned in your e-mail that your husband had his ILR visa August 2005. If this is the case then he should be able to apply August 2006.

Please check http://www.lifeintheuk.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=7

Regards,

E Fidan
Administrator

thank you very much..id been confused for long time and yet u give me answer in less than 5 minutes..if i only knew..i could emailed u long time ago...anyway..thanks a lot...

Sun Flower also wrote in a different post:
"hi
everybody...i wonder if anybody can give me an insight about this...i
have ILR visa.  same with my husband...he's been in the UK since MAY
2003..can he apply for british citizenship in case he pass the test?"

I think with your above post I am assuming that one of you is not British National.  If you are not married to a British National then you need to live in UK for 5 years and not three as Admin has mentioned.  So with the information you have supplied, I believe you will qualify to apply for Nationality in May 2008.

Please confirm if you both are on ILR and one of you is a British National.  There are other exceptions also like if you were European National.

Sorry sometime here we assume that your case is similar to ours, as I am married to a British National.

Waheed

The issue not not whether sun flower is a British NATIONAL - it is whether she is a British CITIZEN - which is different. There are around half a dozen different categories of British national....

People married to a British citizen can apply for naturalisation after three years residence in UK. People not married to a British citizen need to complete five years UK residence, and have ILR for one year.

Waheed also said " There are other exceptions also like if you were European National." I don't think this is the case.

 i came over this country august 2001...got my ILR august 2005..i'm not british nationals..my husband came here in UK last May 2003. He got his ILR  last august 2005....when can he apply for citizenship ? we are not european nationals either..

well, you can apply for citizenship in AUG06, once you are granted citizenship, he can apply as well.

hi....my husband has ILR visa...he's been in UK since May 2003..he's planning to take the test..in case he pass ..is he qualified to apply for british citizenship?

You will be eligible on the fifth anniversary of your arrival, provided you will have had ILR for one year by then. Once you have obtained British citizenship your husband will be eligible to apply immediately, as he will have been in UK for three years.

If you do not apply, your husband will need to wait until he has been here for five years, because the three year requirement applies only to people married to British citizens.