Extension of Settlement Visa

If your spouse is a British citizen

If you’re married to, or the civil partner of, a British citizen, you can apply for citizenship if:

• you’vemet the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements
• you’ve been granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK
• youmeet the residency requirement
• you were in the UK exactly 3 years before the day the Home Office receives your application

Unless your spouse or civil partner works abroad either for the UK government or for an organisation closely linked to government, you must usually also have:

• lived in the UK for at least the 3 years before your application is received
• spent no more than 270 days outside the UK in those 3 years
• spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months
• not broken any immigration laws while in the UK