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least eighteen, have a clean background check, met the knowledge of English and

life in the UK

requirements, will continue to live in the UK, and meet the residency requirement. You must
have lived in the

UK for five years before applying for citizenship, if you do not have

UK

citizen as a spouse, and you must not exceed the allowed amount of time to be spent out of the
country (,Becoming a British Citizef'). Applying to be a British citizenis a lengthy and tedious
process.