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Hello good people, I am a non EU national and my wife is a German and EU national. We both got our PR on 07/02/2019 as we have been married and lived in UK since 2012. Now, we brought my 2 children from previous marriage to UK on EEA FP in February 2015 and they had their residence cards in August 2015.Now can anybody advice us if we can apply for PR for them as we have both got our PR. I understand they are practically due for PR in February 2020 but is it possible we can apply earlier as their parents already have PR? Please help with your opinion if you have any advice.

No, because PR is not granted by the Home Office, but by EU law. EU law requires five years of residence in the UK in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC before PR is acquired. The Home Office can only certify PR that already exists, which does not, for your children.

Thanks very much SecretSimon. So this means they are due for PR in February 2020 as that will be 5 years of being in UK.

But if you do change your PR card in Settled Status, you can include them and they will get Settled Status as well, without having to wait 5 years.