Thanks for the quick reply! Your response gives me more confidence I'm on the right track. So essentially, in the example of the first link I cited, that spousal application was likely rejected due to the "EEA citizen" requirement being used by the government for the Irish citizen? I'm starting to ...

Hello, I'm an Irish Citizen, living in the UK for 6 years. I'm planning to apply for British Citizenship. For the first 5 years I was in the UK I was employed. For the last year, I've been an unemployed student doing a master's degree in England. Right before I started studying I came across some ...