The 81-year-old filed his citizenship application at the French consulate in London in November last year, with a six-month deadline for the justice ministry to object elapsing on Wednesday
Boris Johnson, the visiting British Prime Minister, lauded skilled Indians and stated that he can not prevent skilled people from coming to the UK.
As he spoke about the UK-India collaboration in generating vaccinations that have vaccinated over a billion people against COVID, he remarked that he had "the Indian jab."
I've got the Indian jab (Covid vaccine) in my arm, and it did me good. Many thanks to India, "he said.
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All adults in the UK will have been offered the corornavirus vaccine by the end of July, Boris Johnosn has promised.
Adults aged 50 and over – as well as those with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk – will be offered a vaccine by April 15 under the expedited plans.
By July 31, all adults should have been offered a jab – though the order of priority for those under 50 has yet to be outlined by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).