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Family member of EEA applying for BC

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:54 pm
by Viktoria27
Dear all,
My non EU husband received his PR card almost 12 months ago. We now want to apply for BC. Do we need to sent all the document proving exercising Treaty Rights or is PR card sufficient?
Also if I the EU citizen apply for BC along with my kids (born here before I acquired PR) how likely is refusal? No any criminal record or any problems in The UK.
Is it safe (money wise) to put all 4 people on one application or better to apply for my husband first for example in worse case scenario we will lose £1000 not £3000?

Re: Family member of EEA applying for BC

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:44 pm
by noajthan
Viktoria27 wrote:Dear all,
My non EU husband received his PR card almost 12 months ago. We now want to apply for BC. Do we need to sent all the document proving exercising Treaty Rights or is PR card sufficient?
Also if I the EU citizen apply for BC along with my kids (born here before I acquired PR) how likely is refusal? No any criminal record or any problems in The UK.
Is it safe (money wise) to put all 4 people on one application or better to apply for my husband first for example in worse case scenario we will lose £1000 not £3000?
Assuming you have a confirmation of PR card too ? (& acquired PR at least 12 months ago too) - it's not clear.

Children register for citizenship on form MN1; parents will naturalise using form AN.

Children born in UK can apply once parents are settled, no need to wait for parents to enjoy privilege of citizenship & become BCs.
- minors apply under 1(3) of BNA

Parents apply singly anyway, there is no joint or family application.
So your money will be compartmentalised into separate applications anyway.

See the AN & MN1 forms guidance (on Gov UK website) for full details of all documents to send - you have to prove your identities, relationships, residency in UK, (for adults: LITUK & proof of English too) & etc - as well as fact that you (adults) have PR.

Suggest use NCS for extra sanity-checking (& to keep your original documents) - done at local council for a small fee.