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Hi Everyone.

I am a NON EEA spouse of an EEA citizen.
I have applied for the "Naturalization" on the basis of my wife exercising treaty rights for 5 continuous years + 12 months residence after those 5 years = 6 years in total (currently waiting to be processed)

basically I skipped the EEA4 and went straight to naturalization (i don't know why most people don't do that as its a shorter way if u want to become British) may be its the fear of rejection and losing 900£


My wife would like to retain her Polish Nationality and does not want to apply for British Citizenship as apparently Poland does not allow dual nationality
I believe she has automatic PR as well based on the 5+1 year rule.

While I am waiting for my "Naturalization" application is it a good idea to apply for my Wife's PR ? using the form EEA3.
i know she has a Automatic PR but i am thinking in case if there is a problem in worst case scenario with my naturalization i dont want to loose too much time starting EEA3 and EEA4 process again ?

will one application affect the other ? or my wife applying for EEA3 an admission that she does not have a automatic PR ?

any idea from the experts ?

I just want to save time in case something happens with my naturalization application. (the waiting makes me nervous )
Anyone else in similar situation ?

Apply through NCS ( british citizenship ) and then send the EEA3 application by post

askmeplz82 wrote:Apply through NCS ( british citizenship ) and then send the EEA3 application by post

askmeplz82: it seems the OP already applied for his BC.

Thanks guys. Dont think anyone has applied or taken this route....

was discussing this with my wife an she highlighted the point that if we send EEA3 and then home office ask for some additional documentation regarding my naturalization application we have a problem as we have submitted all the paper work to EEA 3.

so its a bit of a catch.

I think I will wait and I am very optimistic about my case.

my wife exercised treaty rights 5.5 years continuous with one single employer.
also spoke to home office and I found them very professional so far which was really nice.

the wait goes on ...

My wife got dual nationalty polish nd british .so she can have british nationalty without any broblem. I know lithiunia cant have two nationalty but poland can .

maxmelion wrote:My wife got dual nationalty polish nd british .so she can have british nationalty without any broblem. I know lithiunia cant have two nationalty but poland can .

That is really new information for me and my wife. she always thought that she cannot apply any other nationality.

i just did a quick search on google and wikipedia says "Polish law does not explicitly allow dual citizenship, but possession of another citizenship is tolerated since there are no penalties for its possession alone.[7] However, penalties do exist for exercising foreign citizenship, such as identifying oneself to Polish authorities using a foreign identification document. Serving in a foreign military does not require permission of Polish military authorities, if the person resides in that foreign country and has its citizenship.[8]"

I presume you wife applied for British citizenship after living in UK on the basis of excising treaty rights ?

That is good news I would like my wife to become British citizen too but she does not want as she always thought it meant loosing the polish nationality.