Once you get PR you're not required to exercise the Treaty rights. Hence, you'll only need to prove you've been living in the country for the last 5 years and that's it.( bills, payslips and etc) Thank you badratio for your help. That's good then as I have everything and haven't been out of the cou...

Yes, if you apply for PR as "Self-Sufficient" you need Health Insurance. But, to apply for naturalisation you only need to show you have PR. If you have a PR sticker, then you are fine. Thanks, that makes sense now. Does it also mean that I won't need to provide documents to confirm that I'm self-s...

If you have the PR card (confirmation of PR ) in 2010, then the health insurance shouldn't be an issue. Thank you Vinny for your message. My concern is that in (2010) when I got PR, my husband got his Spouse visa and it was a requirement to have health insurance. I think it was just when they start...

Hi, I am in the process of applying for BC and after reading a few posts, I realised that the lack of Health insurance evidence could be a problem. Does anybody have any advice on how to sort it out? -I am European was granted PR in 2010 (I have been in UK since 2004). -My husband is not European. -...

Hi, thanks again for the help. What confuses me is that I never thought that ILR as equivalent of PR. The thing is with PR, you are still subject to immigration checks. We both have PR granted but my husband's spouse visa still requires to reapply after 10 years. I'm not sure what he will need by t...

vinny wrote:See also here.

Thanks Vinny for the link. Maybe that's the way for us, to wait until the children are 10 years old since they have been born here and have been continuously living in UK.

Kind regards.

I read that explanation before but it doesn't include my case. Why do you say so? In the child was born in the UK before one parent had ILR/PR, then once one parent is granted ILR, the child is entitled register as BC under section 1(3) of the British Nationality Act irrespective of their immigrati...

Check the FAQ (link below. Scroll down for the children section). Your 5 years old child - was he born after you completed 5 years in the UK exercising treaty rights? If yes, he is already British. If not, he can apply to become British (together with his sibling). There is a fee involved. Thank yo...

Hi, I'd like to apply for my children to become BC but neither myself or my husband want to get the BC. Both of my children were born in UK but we were here for only 1 year and 4 years before they were born. Therefore, they didn't automatically get the citizenship but I heard that after a certain am...

[/quote] So are you currently dual national? From the sounds of it, your mother applied for her citizenship and then applied for yours. I don't think countries give citizenship (other than from birth) to children without applying. In any case, this has nothing to do with UK laws but with the other c...

It doesn't matter when you got the PR card as that is just proof of PR. However, based on what you have said it appears that neither child is British by birth. What Country re; dual nationality are we talking about anyway? One of the first ones to join the EU. Sorry, I'm not keen on revealing too m...

D4109125 wrote:The child who is 5 may already be British (by Birth) if you had PR when the child was born.

I arrived in UK in 2004 but I have got a PR card in 2010 when my husband applied for PR. My second child was born in 2008. Then I guess I am not able to do it in this way.
Thanks for the reply.

Does your home country enforce this dual citizenship rule strictly? Some countries like India are very strict. If an Indian citizen applies for Indian passport in UK, they want them to bring proof from HO that the person has not gained British citizenship. I am not asking you to do anything illegal...

D4109125 wrote:How old are the children, where were they born?

They were both born in UK and are 5 and 8 years old.
Thanks.

lake1 wrote:If your children were born after you acquired PR ( 5 years of exercising treaty right in the UK) then they are already British citizens as they acquire it automatically by birth.

Thank you for your reply.
My children were born before acquiring PR. Therefore, I won't be able to fit in this rule.

You are only born once. You becoming British, won't make your children British. If they not already British from birth (and that would depend when and where they where born), they can apply to become British but that might mean they will lose their current nationaliy (different countries have diffe...

I'm EU citizen, lived in UK for 10 years and I'm planning to apply for British Citizenship. My original citizenship doesn't allow dual so I'll need to give up my original one. Question is: I have children and would like them to become British as well. If I get British Citizenship first, would it all...

Hi Iira, which other documents did you send apart from the medical insurance: for example, bank statements, etc....like how much did u have in the account for self sufficient? thanks Here is the list of what I've sent: -payslips -p45/p60 -marriage certificate -council tax bills with both names -ban...

Thank you Iira for your kind and fast response. Your answer is encouraging. May I enquire what circumstances you and your spouse were in to see if they are similar to that of my spouse and I? For example, are you, Iira (I guess the non-EEA) the EEA national or non EEA national? During the time of s...

Sorry, another question for Iira - was it the case that neither of you, the EEA national and non EEA national hadn't the medical insurance when you first got rejected, or was it the case that one of you had it when you got rejected for PR? If one of you had it, which one was it.......? Thanks..... ...

Hi Basel and Iira: Just a point of clarification in relation to my question - your comments about getting insurance and being accepted - you ARE talking about EEA4 form - NOT EEA2 form, is my understanding correct? If you did not have insurance during a time of self sufficiency and subsequently bou...

I've got a letter from HO after sending my application without comprehensive sickness insurance and, the letter clearly stated that we needed insurance for both of us. It's an official letter from HO, not something I heard. The UKBA has spread a lot of misinformation about European law, so you shou...

I think the rejection comes because you haven't sent proof of your wife's private medical insurance. In all cases of self-sufficiency, private medical insurance should be taken for both eu and non-eu citizen Like I said before, I phoned them and the lady on the phone said that only the sponsor need...

I've got PR with a non-comprehensive sickness insurance. under what category did you apply (worker, self-employed, self-sufficient, student etc...) and what do you mean by "non-comprehensive sickness insurance"? I applied under self-sufficient category. My insurance is not comprehensive type...Comp...

It's not a question of private medical insurance but rather one of comprehensive sickness insurance and what counts as such. I've got PR with a non-comprehensive sickness insurance. I was giving advice based on my own experience. HO doesn't even know what they are asking for. It's not fully explain...