UK Citizenship advice for my EU husband with EU Settled status
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:22 pm
Hi Forum Members,
I am not sure if this is indeed the right forum for it but I desperately need some advice. I am a British citizen and my husband who I married recently is German citizen and has been living in the UK for over years. He got his EU Settles Status in Dec 2019 and now we are planning for him to get British Citizenship to safeguard from any change in UK laws in the future.
1. While filling in the the online application, he learned that he needs a Permanent Residence card as a proof of having completed 5 consecutive years in the UK. The doubt we have is if he already has the EU Settled Status (which is considered as ILR), why does he need to apply for PR card first? The government site is misleading and it's causing us a lot of confusion and stress. We spoke with the customer service, the person on the line was not very helpful either.
2. While looking into the PR card application online, he learned that he would need to provide proof having Comprehensive Health Insurance for his time in the UK. Most people use NHS here in the UK and don't necessarily buy separate health insurance, unless it's provided by the employer. What is essential to provide the proof for Comprehensive Health Insurance? Is it just providing employment info and National Insurance details? This is not very clear on the government site.
Any help or advice would be really useful.
Thanks a lot,
Ag
I am not sure if this is indeed the right forum for it but I desperately need some advice. I am a British citizen and my husband who I married recently is German citizen and has been living in the UK for over years. He got his EU Settles Status in Dec 2019 and now we are planning for him to get British Citizenship to safeguard from any change in UK laws in the future.
1. While filling in the the online application, he learned that he needs a Permanent Residence card as a proof of having completed 5 consecutive years in the UK. The doubt we have is if he already has the EU Settled Status (which is considered as ILR), why does he need to apply for PR card first? The government site is misleading and it's causing us a lot of confusion and stress. We spoke with the customer service, the person on the line was not very helpful either.
2. While looking into the PR card application online, he learned that he would need to provide proof having Comprehensive Health Insurance for his time in the UK. Most people use NHS here in the UK and don't necessarily buy separate health insurance, unless it's provided by the employer. What is essential to provide the proof for Comprehensive Health Insurance? Is it just providing employment info and National Insurance details? This is not very clear on the government site.
Any help or advice would be really useful.
Thanks a lot,
Ag