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PR application - EEA A8 married to British Citizen
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:44 pm
by davidm1986
Hi,
I struggle to complete my EEA Permanent Residency form;
I’m Polish married to a British citizen; shall I put my wife’s details in Section 2, as my Sponsor?
Your help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Dawid
Re: PR application - EEA A8 married to British Citizen
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:51 pm
by noajthan
davidm1986 wrote:Hi,
I struggle to complete my EEA Permanent Residency form;
I’m Polish married to a British citizen; shall I put my wife’s details in Section 2, as my Sponsor?
Your help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Dawid
If you (as an EEA national) are applying for confirmation of PR in your own right (ie you have exercised
treaty rights) then you are the main applicant & don't have a sponsor.
Re: PR application - EEA A8 married to British Citizen
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:56 pm
by davidm1986
davidm1986 wrote:If you (as an EEA national) are applying for confirmation of PR in your own right (ie you have exercised treaty rights) then you are the main applicant & don't have a sponsor.
do I still need to exercise 5 years treaty rights if applying as a spouse; or is it 3 years ?
Re: PR application - EEA A8 married to British Citizen
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:18 pm
by LilyLalilu
You need to exercise treaty rights for 5 continuous years to attain PR, even if married to a BC.
The only thing that being married to a BC changes is that you do not need to have PR for 12 months if you want to apply for citizenship, and you could therefore apply for citizenship as soon as you have PR (if you so wish).