Dual nationality and residence card

Hi,

I was hoping someone may be able to point us in the correct direction. My husband is from st vincent and the grenadines and he came to the UK oct 2007 as a family member of a EEA person ( I am dual irish / british nationality) so we exercised treaty rights as we couldn't afford or have time due to imminent birth of our daughter to go down the british route. We have just received our passports back after a 14 month wait with his UK residence card in it for 5 years. His passport expires next june so he will need to transfer residence card into new passport. What form should be used in this situation.

Also as I am british born would he still be entitiled after 3/5 years of residency to apply for british citizenship through marriage or did we lose this option when he entered UK as family member eea national?

I am finding this all very confusing but I didn't want to panic when the time draws nearer.

thanks in advance for any advice given x

He needs to get Permanent Residence (PR) first before becoming a BC, 5 years. That's the price for selecting the "easier" option of EEA route.

He may just need to leave residence card in old passport, unclear if its possible to transfer.

Once he has his PR, he can apply for naturalisation immediately under the 3 year rule. Note that rules may be different in future.

See also Transfer of residence card or stamp and EC law applications.