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Hi All,

I thought someon on this forum may be able to help me with our little naturalisation enigma.

I moved to the UK in 2004, as a Polish citizen, have been self-employed continously since then.

In 2008 I got married to a non-EU/EEA citizen (in Poland).

In January 2009, she came over to the UK to live with me.

She got a 6-month EEA entry clearance back then (in Poland), and then another one in July 2009 (also in Poland).
In December 2009, she got a 5-year EEA "Residence Documentation" card valid for five years.

In Dec 2010, I became a UK citizen.

In January 2014, we applied for my wife's Permanent Residence document (using EEA4 form). She now
has a PR document (since mid-March).

Someone once told me that my wife may be able to apply for citizenship on the basis of being
married to a UK citizen for over three years (I got my UK citizenship in Dec 2010, so it's 3 years and 3 months now).

Is this correct? I mean can she now claim to be a wife of a UK citizen, even though she first came
here as an EEA family member (and got a PR document on this basis)?

Any advice would be welcome!

Looks like Your partner should be ok

she needs to take the Life in the UK plus an English exam.

guidance notes as follows
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ide_an.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-c ... sh-citizen

P.S I am not an expert but trying to help with

Thank you.

Yes I read through a number of similar threads on this forum, everyone
says it "should" be ok, but nobody seems to have done it...

Also, it seems HO staff are giving away incorrect information (they confuse immigration route
with naturalisation) - is there a legal document/source I can quote to challenge them?

The rules are simple.

Your wife needs to be free from immigration control (PR holder), married to a BC, meet the residence requirements for 3 years (she doesn't need to be married to you for 3 years or for you to be BC for 3 years), meet the English language + good character + LIUK requirements.

See more details - spouse of BC