absolutraspberri wrote:Hello everyone,
I have just registered.
On and off, over the course of 8 years I have used this website a lot. Now it is time to give back to community. Just as most of you, when it came to apply for a British citizenship, then, I realised I need to get PR card.
Hence, I applied for "document certifying permanent residence" on 17 January 2016.
I am a Bulgarian citizen.
Here is summary of my timeline:
Application sent: 17/01/2016
Arrived on (signed for delivery) : 18/01/2016
Money taken: 20/01/2016
Confirmation of acceptance (email): 01/02/2016
as of today it has been 43 days, and counting.
Good luck to those who are still waiting for their application results.
Hello All,
Here is an update, (as of 4 march 2016) I have received my "Document Certifying Permanent Residence". (See the detailed timeline above in quotes).
It has been 46 days since i sent documents and received them back. Minus 2 days, it is 44 day. (date on the document says its issued on 2nd March 2016).
Full disclosure; I was hoping to receive a driving Licence sort of card (based on what I read from this forum). But that was my misinterpretation. Now I realised that they send you upgraded version of your latest residence/ILR/registration Certificate, with your new picture on it.
Bulgarian and Romanians expect to receive same sort of Blue Registration Certificate with a new picture on it and in the type of document section it will say;
type of document: "Document Certifying Permanent Residence". Which is what they ask for in British Citizenship Application form.
Now I am a resident since Feb 2008, the biggest question is, should I apply for British Citizenship, or do I have to wait another 12 month? Can anyone answer that for me please?
I think this is the gray(est) area and thousands of people in the same situation, puzzled and don`t know what to do.
Just because "Document Certifying Permanent Residence" says its issued on 2nd March 2016, does not mean I was only resident for previous 5 years to that date.
if the rule has not been changed in British Citizenship Application in end of 2015, I was not going to apply to permanent residence card (in fact they were advising that this was optional, if you feel like you could apply for it, but if you dont bother you did not have to).
I strongly believe that, this 12 month waiting time for British Citizenship application after obtaining permanent residence document, is not applicable for those EU citizens who has been resident in the UK for way longer than residency qualifying period.
Oct 2015 rule change really put all EU citizens in an awkward position, for whom were already considering to apply for British Citizenship.
What are your thoughts on this? Can anyone enlighten us on this?
Many Thanks
