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Hello,

I have some questions about making an application for naturalisation and I would be grateful if any of you could help.

I have been living in the UK for the last 15 years and I recently made an application for permanent residence. It was accepted, thankfully, and I wanted to apply for naturalisation.

I have read that I need to wait 12 months after obtaining my permanent residence before I can make an application for naturalisation. But on the letter sent with my PR card, it says I acquired permanent residence in the UK in April 2015.

My question is, does that mean I can make an application for Naturalisation straight away, or do I still need to wait 12 months?

Does my 12 month start from when I physically received my PR card or from when I was deemed to have acquired PR (April 2015)?

Than you

Refer to Page 9 of the requirements booklet:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an

Quote:
"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.
For example:
If you apply for Permanent Residence on 1 March 2017 and want to apply for citizenship
once that application is decided, you should send evidence that shows you were exercising
Treaty rights as a qualified person or family member from 1 March 2011 to 1 March 2016"