要stay 十年啲NI 先有用
做夠五年is ok
唔係仲要年薪夠35k咩先入到籍咩?
係呀
但你做六年都無35k
都無得再留啦
邊有十年你玩
British Citizenship does not take ten years. My limited understanding is this -
If you came to UK under the Tier 2 (General) visa, you will need to have a salary of £35000 per year in order to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK. You can apply for British Citizenship a year after ILR. So you can become a British Citizen after 6 years in the UK.
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So Hkg brother, so if i come with Tier-2 visa n have over £35k per year. If i wanna apply citizenship in UK. What is the procedure once I land UK? (P.s. using HKSAR passport for this visa )
Thanks brother
First of all, you will need to get Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) using form SET(O) after five years residence in the UK. Please see link below for ILR details. After having ILR for a year, you can apply for naturalisation to become a British Citizenship using form AN.
https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-have-a-work-visa/tier-2-general-visa
Do you have British National (Overseas) status? If you have time, you may want to renew your BN(O) passport and use your BN(O) passport to get your Tier 2 visa.
There are three advantages using your BN(O) passport than your HKSAR passport for UK Tier 2 visa.
1) You do not need to register with the local police once you arrived in the UK. This will save you £34.
2) BN(O) passport holders with more than six months leave to enter / remain in the UK can register to vote in all UK elections. Being on the electoral roll helps you to build up your own credit history in the UK.
3) You can register to become a British Citizen rather than naturalise using form B(OTA). Registration is a cheaper process than naturalisation - £1163 for registration vs £1282 for naturalisation - a saving of £119 (2017 prices).
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-as-a-british-citizen-form-bota
Thank you so much HKG brother
I do renewed the BNO n waiting it n it takes like 2-3 weeks, while I have to reply the Visa team of the UK firm with my passport details. As I dun wanna delay the visa until my new BnO arrives, so I will use the hksar one to apply for Tier 2. Is it possible to change my Tier2 from BnO to hksar during the first 5 years?
In terms of changing your Tier 2 from HKSAR passport to BN(O), the honest answer is I don't know as I only used my BN(O) passports for my UK visas. The only way I can see a change in passport is when the HKSAR passport with your Tier 2 visa expires before the Tier 2 visa, then you can transfer your current visa to a new passport. See link below for details -
https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa
I would strongly suggest you to register to vote in the UK once you have your BN(O) passport. If it is your long term plan to get British Citizenship, then building up your own credit history in the UK via the electoral roll is a good thing to do.