British citizenship via SS route

[Sunshine86]

Hi everyone

I am a visa required national and currently exercising SS route to get back to the UK with my British Partner.

Out of curiosity, I wanted to check on the British Citizenship route, and found out that to be naturalized as a British citizen, one has to be in the UK for a period of five years and one needs to have a nonrestrictive permission to stay in the country like PR or ILR.
Since Im a visa national ie NON-Eu national, after completing 5 years residence in the UK, I will get restrictive PR for the period of 10 years as per the EEA4 guidance notes.

Now does this restrictive period for Non- EU nationals mean that I cannot apply for the British Citizenship after say 6 years in the country. I mean after spending 6 years in the country with a British husband using EU law, would I still be applying for more visa's and not for British Citizenship?

I really hope that someone here already has an answer to my query.

Much obliged

Thank you

[dalebutt]

After living in the UK for 5 years, and as PR under EEA regulation is automatically attained, you can apply for naturalisation on completion of your 5 years RC, you do not necessarily need to apply for PR or wait another 1 year.

[dalebutt]

Are you already in the UK now or just planning to use the SS route? Are you aware of this http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=152660 ?

[Sunshine86]

Are you already in the UK now or just planning to use the SS route? Are you aware of this http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=152660 ?

Hi Dalebutt

I am looking to go to the UK under SS route. Yes Im aware of the new changes however not in depth.
All I know that the future applications from Jan 2014, will have to prove real hard and good that they were in another member state for genuine reasons, not evading the UK immigration laws by exercising their treaty rights.

What would you say, that I should keep in mind aprt from staying in Ireland for six months? I didnt understand much about changing the 'center' of EU citizen.

[Sunshine86]

After living in the UK for 5 years, and as PR under EEA regulation is automatically attained, you can apply for naturalisation on completion of your 5 years RC, you do not necessarily need to apply for PR or wait another 1 year.

Thank you for the reply, dalebutt.

Are you trying to imply here that I dont need to apply for the PR to apply for the citizenship?

However one of the requirements for the Naturalization is that the person should have settled or ILR status which I dont think the 5 year RC can provide a non-eu national with?

Please correct where I misinterpreted the UK citizenship rules?


Thanks,

[askmeplz82]

PR is Automatic you don't need to apply if you don't want. after 6 years you can apply BC

[Sunshine86]

PR is Automatic you don't need to apply if you don't want. after 6 years you can apply BC

Hi

thanks for the reply.

Does this hold true for non-Eu national after getting the RC for five years?

Thanks

[dalebutt]

Because you are married to a British citizen, you do not have to wait till 6 years before applying for naturalisation, you can do so immediately on completion of the 5 years.

There have been people on the site who suggested that 6 months should be enough to do a SS, there is no official confirmation to this, one can as well try at 6 months, if it fails one can wait a little longer. If your spouse has been exercising treaty rights in Ireland before now, even in the last 3 weeks you will be better off applying asap before January, a very dark future awaits the Singers IMO.