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> I have been living and working at a FAANG in UK for past 2+ years now. I came on the now Global Talent visa, so in next 2 years I can become a UK citizen. No
by jstx1 4y ago
> I have been living and working at a FAANG in UK for past 2+ years now. I came on the now Global Talent visa, so in next 2 years I can become a UK citizen.
No, you need at 5 years for ILR and then another year for citizenship so it works out to 3+ years at a minimum (in reality longer because of application and waiting times).
> I hold an Indian passport.
> My primary market targets will be UK, US and Europe,
Having British citizenship is better in your case but from a quick search India doesn't allow dual citizenship - are you okay with giving up your Indian citizenship?
- oumua_don17 4y ago>> No, you need at 5 years for ILR As I mentioned I am on Global Talent Visa - Leader (earlier UK Tier 1 exceptional) in which you get ILR in 3 years. Yes, I am OK on giving up citizenship because OCI works well for me. [1] https://www.gov.uk/global-talent-digital-technology https://www.gov.uk/global-talent-digital-technology [2] https://ociservices.gov.in https://ociservices.gov.in edit: about giving up citizenship
- glaucon 4y agoJudging by your comments about retirement perhaps this isn't significant but if you were go down the UK+OCI route would that cut off any children you might have from obtaining Indian citizenship ?
- oumua_don17 4y agoA good question, but me and my wife don't plan to have kids. Nevertheless, IIRC, if either of the parent/grandparent was an Indian at any point of time, the kids have the option to apply for Indian citizenship. Though I would have to recheck the rules to confirm. The flip side is they would have to give up whatever other citizenship they have but again they also get the OCI if they want to.