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Dear All,

Could you please advise me that if my wife is a British citizen ( former EEA member ) and I am already having EEA Residence card for 5yrs. Do I have to wait my 5yrs completion to apply for permanent residence card and then apply for British citizenship or I can change my visa status as a spouse of British citizen and apply for citizenship after 2 years of spouse visa?

Thank you so much in advance for your time and attention.

Best regards

If you have a PR/ILR card, your wife is British and have lived in the UK for the last 3 years you can apply for naturalisation.

milan69 wrote:If you have a PR/ILR card, your wife is British and have lived in the UK for the last 3 years you can apply for naturalisation.

Thank you Milan69,

Do you mean that as soon as I get my PR, I can go for naturalisation instead of waiting further 12 months. If so, Could you please refer me any authentic link of HO.

Thank you so much in advance.

Kind regards

You don't have wait 12 months if you have PR.

https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-c ... sh-citizen

milan69 wrote:You don't have wait 12 months if you have PR.

https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-c ... sh-citizen

Thank you so much for your help Milan69