Failed citizenship application due to PR

[alex131]

Hi,

Apologies if there is already a thread about this which I should've posted in.

I've lived in the UK since Sep-2010 and am an EEA citizen.

I recently applied for British citizenship (Feb-2017) as a worker, but was refused on the grounds of not meeting the permanent residency requirement. Just got this answer yesterday (May-2017).

When I applied for permanent residency (Sep-2016), they sent me a document which has "registration certificate" written on it, not "permanent residency".

I wasn't aware this document wasn't enough, as I hadn't received any communications from the Home Office indicating that my application for a "permanent residency" was, in fact, unsuccessful.

They also did not provide any explanation as to why I did not receive the "permanent residency" document and why they sent me a "registration certificate" instead.

I've now lost approximately £1,300 because of this.

Do I have any options? I'm seeing an immigration lawyer next week.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks,
Alex

[secret.simon]

Please keep your query in one post.

[alex131]

Apologies. Wasn't sure if the other section (EEA-Applications) was suitable for British citizenship queries.
If there's a way to delete this one that would be great.

Thanks,
Alex