{"id":126,"date":"2016-12-27T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T17:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:25:47","slug":"life-in-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/citizenship-test\/life-in-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready to commit to life in the UK? Try this practice test!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"quizz-container\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"auto\" data-quiz=\"313155\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/dcc4iyjchzom0.cloudfront.net\/widget\/loader.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you hold Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) status and are ready to become a British citizen there is couple things to consider before you proceed. First know the requirements needed to see if you qualify to apply for citizenship. The following are a few requirements to obtain British citizenship:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be at least 18 years old<\/li>\n<li>Good moral character<\/li>\n<li>Intentions to continue to live in the UK<\/li>\n<li>Met the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements<\/li>\n<li>Have ILR status<\/li>\n<li>Physically present in the UK for at least 5 years before date of application<\/li>\n<li>Spent no more than 450 days outside the UK in the last 5 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, and most importantly you will need to complete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/british-citizenship\/british-citizen.jsp?r=blog-cittest\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Form AN to apply for citizenship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third, make sure you are fluent in the English language and knowledgeable of life in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to commit to life in the UK? Try this practice test! If you hold Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) status and are ready to become a British citizen there is couple things to consider before you proceed. First know the requirements needed to see if you qualify to apply for citizenship. The following are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}