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Hi,

Apologies if there is already a thread about this which I should've posted in.

I've lived in the UK since Sep-2010 and am an EEA citizen.

I recently applied for British citizenship (Feb-2017) as a worker, but was refused on the grounds of not meeting the permanent residency requirement. Just got this answer yesterday (May-2017).

When I applied for permanent residency (Sep-2016), they sent me a document which has "registration certificate" written on it, not "permanent residency".

I wasn't aware this document wasn't enough, as I hadn't received any communications from the Home Office indicating that my application for a "permanent residency" was, in fact, unsuccessful.

They also did not provide any explanation as to why I did not receive the "permanent residency" document and why they sent me a "registration certificate" instead.

I've now lost approximately £1,300 because of this.

Do I have any options? I'm seeing an immigration lawyer next week.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks,
Alex

Please keep your query in one post.

Apologies. Wasn't sure if the other section (EEA-Applications) was suitable for British citizenship queries.
If there's a way to delete this one that would be great.

Thanks,
Alex