Residency

[gazza911]

Hi, I am from South Africa and would like to know if there is any residency requirements for joining the Royals, it says nothing about residency when joining as a marine but says 5 years for an officer. There is not one for the Army infantry so should there be one for the Marines.
Thanks

[mutter1]

Hi, I am from South Africa and would like to know if there is any residency requirements for joining the Royals, it says nothing about residency when joining as a marine but says 5 years for an officer. There is not one for the Army infantry so should there be one for the Marines.
Thanks

The security checks could be a bitch, in my case, I'm just from Ireland, but it could be up to a year just from here.....depending on civil servent efficency

[_chris]

In addition, whether or not you are of UK origin, you should normally have resided in the UK for a minimum of three years immediately prior to making an application. In certain circumstances, particularly when an applicant is of UK origin, or the country of residence is one where security checks can be carried out, a shorter period of residence may be accepted.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.6251

Thats the official line on the RN website, but I'm aware of several people joinging the RN/RM with what I thought was a shorter period of recidency than that, but I'm not sure of their particular cicumstances.

[gazza911]

thanks, that helped, i have also heard about people joining on shorter residency periods. I am off ot the careers office on Saturday so i should get the final word there. thanks

[Tab]

I met a number of South Africans serving in the Para's last year

[gazza911]

The number of south africans in the british forces is huge, says alot for the south african one