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EEA3 or British citizenship or both ?
Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 11:07 am
by polishlady
Hello
I have lived and worked in the UK for 6 years now , I joined the UK 8th April 2005. I have a Blue card for UK Residence Documentation.
I have a Polish Passport and I have a son that has a Polish passport that has now expired.
I have also studied english here since Sept 2005
My son was born here in the UK on the 11th July 2006 , and his father left the country shortly after, we are no longer in contact.
I wish to apply for my son to have british citizenship , so that he can have a British passport and travel again, I am told I need to apply for a MN1 form for him.
I also wish to apply for British citizenship and I am not sure if I should fill out a EEA3 permanent residence form or a British Citizenship form (AN) or indeed both?
Please can you tell me which of the above forms I require and if I need to fill out any others.
Many Thanks in advance for your help.
Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 12:11 pm
by vinny
Re: EEA3 or British citizenship or both ?
Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 8:23 pm
by boloney
How do you qualify for permanent residence?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:57 am
by polishlady
After reading these , would you advise I apply for citizenship for myself before my child ?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:35 pm
by fysicus
In my view there is very little benefit for an EU citizen to become British Citizen, but if you want to do so anyway, I will not stop anybody.
If I were polishlady, I would first of all apply for Permanent Residence (EEA3). Should be no problem at all, as you live and work here for six years already. You will get an explanatory letter with it, pointing out that your son can be registered as a British Citizen. How to do that, I don't know.
I was surprised to read that the Polish passport of your son has expired. How is that possible, if he is even not yet five years old?
Is there any reason why it can't be renewed at the Polish Embassy in the UK?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:15 pm
by 86ti
fysicus wrote:I was surprised to read that the Polish passport of your son has expired. How is that possible, if he is even not yet five years old?
Issued while still a baby? Such passports may be valid for only shorter periods.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:53 pm
by polishlady
fysicus wrote:In my view there is very little benefit for an EU citizen to become British Citizen, but if you want to do so anyway, I will not stop anybody.
If I were polishlady, I would first of all apply for Permanent Residence (EEA3). Should be no problem at all, as you live and work here for six years already. You will get an explanatory letter with it, pointing out that your son can be registered as a British Citizen. How to do that, I don't know.
I was surprised to read that the Polish passport of your son has expired. How is that possible, if he is even not yet five years old?
Is there any reason why it can't be renewed at the Polish Embassy in the UK?
Hello thanks you for your comments, his passport has expired because i changed his name when my X boyfriend left, the Polish embassy in England only gave him a short time passport.
I can’t go there now because they require the fathers signature.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:48 am
by Directive/2004/38/EC
It will not be comfortable, but he should be able to travel within Europe on the expired passport and and other documentation that demonstrates that the child is Polish.
Also, is it possible to get a Polish ID card for the child? Travel is also possible using that.
If you have been in the UK for 5 years and have been working or otherwise exercising your treaty rights in the UK, then you have Permanent Residency. As a previous commentator mentions, if you have PR then you can then Register you child as British citizen, based on his birth in the UK. Once that is done you could apply for a UK passport.