Urgent help for EEA student citizenship application

[Iscodisco]

Hello guys,

I need your help from anyone who have experience in my situation.

My life story in UK;

01/2009 - I came to the UK with my family. I was 13 years old.

04/2009 - My parents received EEA1.

06/2014 - My parents received EEA2.

08/2014 - I turned 18 years old.

09/2014 - I began studying at university in London.

Now in 09/2015, I want to apply for citizenship. I have read that you need to have a health insurance when you apply as a student. I came in 2009 so I don't have one. I have a NHS certificate for all my family including myself but I don't know if that's the same.
So can someone tell me if the only way for me to apply for citizenship is that I must have a health insurance but if there's any possible way, can someone please explain to me.

When I apply, should I apply directly through the checking service or via a solicitor?

Thank you and I'm looking foward to your responses.

[Iscodisco]

My parents have EEA3 (permanent residence)* and not EE2.

[noajthan]

Hello guys,

I need your help from anyone who have experience in my situation.

My life story in UK;

01/2009 - I came to the UK with my family. I was 13 years old.

04/2009 - My parents received EEA1.

06/2014 - My parents received EEA2.

08/2014 - I turned 18 years old.

09/2014 - I began studying at university in London.

Now in 09/2015, I want to apply for citizenship. I have read that you need to have a health insurance when you apply as a student. I came in 2009 so I don't have one. I have a NHS certificate for all my family including myself but I don't know if that's the same.
So can someone tell me if the only way for me to apply for citizenship is that I must have a health insurance but if there's any possible way, can someone please explain to me.

When I apply, should I apply directly through the checking service or via a solicitor?

Thank you and I'm looking foward to your responses.

You would need CSI as a student if you were seeking to attain PR in your own right as an EEA national.

However there may be some options here...

Are your parents working (or otherwise exercising treaty rights as a qualified person) in UK, & have they being doing so since 2009?

If so, they may have attained PR (settled status) already, ie sometime in 5 of the years between 2009 to 2014/15.
And if so, you too could/should have attained PR (already) ie as a family member.

Note: if your parents were working as qualified person/s exercising treaty rights you will not have been required to hold CSI during the 5 years required to attain PR.

Even if parents have left UK your status may still be continuing as that of a 'child in education' (as you are now at university), which is another possible route to PR.

Once you have settled (eg held PR) for 12 months you can apply to naturalise (assuming you meet all other requirements).

You can apply directly or using a local council's NCS (for an extra layer of sanity-checking of the application, for a reasonable fee).
Many people apply for naturalisation successfully without using a solicitor.

See the forum FAQS:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-ro ... ml#p716286

[Iscodisco]

Thank you Noajthan for your reply.

My father have a EEA3 permanent residence certificate and my mother have a EEA4 permanent residence card sticker in her passport.

The reasons that my father have EEA3 is to help my mother to receive a EEA4 permanent residence and she got that successfully. However, he never applied for me for EEA3.

My father had exercising treaty rights as a qualified person from 2009 to 2014 and he received EEA3 permanent residence for that reason. So now I can apply for citizenship for the above reason right? And the main question is that what documents should I send to support my application? For example, should I send my fathers passport, EEA3 (fathers) and a separate letter to explain my situation with the application?

Thank you.

[noajthan]

Thank you Noajthan for your reply.

My father have a EEA3 permanent residence certificate and my mother have a EEA4 permanent residence card sticker in her passport.

The reasons that my father have EEA3 is to help my mother to receive a EEA4 permanent residence and she got that successfully. However, he never applied for me for EEA3.

My father had exercising treaty rights as a qualified person from 2009 to 2014 and he received EEA3 permanent residence for that reason. So now I can apply for citizenship for the above reason right? And the main question is that what documents should I send to support my application? For example, should I send my fathers passport, EEA3 (fathers) and a separate letter to explain my situation with the application?

Thank you.

I believe you have attained PR automatically (already) & so could apply for confirmation of PR as a family member of your father (an EEA national) who has PR.

If he acquired PR as a worker then, afaik, you don't need to have held CSI.
(If he was exercising treatry rights in UK as a student or self-sufficient person then you too may be required to have held CSI previously - but it's not the case for the worker category of 'qualified person').

My suggestion would be that you firstly apply for confirmation of PR.
You are risking less than £100 to apply for confirmation of PR compared to over £1000 for naturalisation (with no option for appeal if any hiccups).

Note: You can also submit a PR card as part of your evidence to support your subsequent application for naturalisation later. So it doesn't hurt to get one (if you can afford the time).

Now you are over 18 you will have to apply to naturalise as a UK citizen in your own right (and not 'register', as a minor would have done).
And as an adult you will have to satify the KOLL requirements, ie LITUK & proof of English (as well as all other requirements: absences within limits, sound mind, good character etc).

Note: When applying for PR (or for naturalisation) it's not as easy as sending a covering letter.

See the Gov UK website for forms & guidance:
PR: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... orm-eea-pr

Naturalisation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an

Don't forget obtaining a British passport is a further, final step - forms available from main Post Offices.

For naturalisation holding a PR card is not mandatory (but helps) however proving you have 'settled status' in UK (eg that have acquired PR) is.

The main thing to decide now is whether to apply for your confirmation of PR as an intermediate step (perhaps while you prepare & organise KOLL which may take some time).
Or whether to shoot for naturalisation directly.

Best of luck.

[noajthan]

P.S. Two other points worth noting...

1) To naturalise as an adult who is not married to a BC you will need to have held settled status (eg PR) in UK for 12 months.
If you have acquired PR through your father (in 2014) then you have met this requirement to be free of 'immigration time restrictions' already.

2) When you apply to naturalise, (not as spouse of a BC), you have to be sure you were physically present in UK 5 years previous to your application (& submit proof).