NON-EEA with PRC married to EEA/British 12 months wait?

[tomski]

Few days ago we received Family Member Permanent Residence Card for my Non-EEA wife. I have both EU and British nationalities. Do we need to wait for 12 months for her to apply for BC or as she is married to British she can do it straightaway. I know that switching immigration routes is not allowed. But my understanding is she has now right of permanent residence confirmed with the PR Card. I am British, so as married to British she does not have to wait for 12 months. I have seen the below note allover the internet. Please, could someone confirm how it works in practice? Any stories to share? Thank you.

If you are a national of a country which is a member state of the EEA or Switzerland, or the family member of such a person, you will automatically have permanent residence status after exercising EEA free movement rights in the UK for any continuous period of 5 years ending on or after 30 April 2006. You should apply for a permanent residence card to prove that you hold that status before applying for citizenship.

But remember that, unless you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen, you should normally have held permanent resident status for 12 months before applying for naturalisation. This means that you may need to wait until you have been in the United Kingdom for 6 years before you can apply. When you apply for a permanent residence document the evidence that you supply for your EEA(PR) application must be for a 5 year period that ended at least a year before you want to apply for citizenship.

[noajthan]

Yes, apply as and when ready as spouse of BC.
Section 6(2) of BNA.