EEA National / Naturalization

[Mastercraft]

Good day everybody.

I'm from France I have lived and work in UK since January 2010, am worry now because of the UK exit from EU I decided to apply for British citizenship but I was told to apply for PR first, before that the law changed last year November that every EEA need to apply for PR first before Naturalization or apply for British citizenship. I have lived over 6 years in UK. EEA used to apply for Naturalization or British citizenship before once you completed 6 years on a role. But today the news came in today from government website here are the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -in-the-uk

I have lived in the UK for more than 5 years. What does the vote to leave the EU mean for me?

EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 5 years automatically have a permanent right to reside. This means that they have a right to live in the UK permanently, in accordance with EU law. There is no requirement to register for documentation to confirm this status.
EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 6 years are eligible to apply for British citizenship if they would like to do so. The eligibility requirements can be found here.

My question is does that mean I can skip the PR now as people used to do in the past before they set up the new law last year November. Can I just apply for British citizenship by filling the application please I need a quick advice on this issue

Many thanks.

[noajthan]

Good day everybody.

I'm from France I have lived and work in UK since January 2010, am worry now because of the UK exit from EU I decided to apply for British citizenship but I was told to apply for PR first, before that the law changed last year November that every EEA need to apply for PR first before Naturalization or apply for British citizenship. I have lived over 6 years in UK. EEA used to apply for Naturalization or British citizenship before once you completed 6 years on a role. But today the news came in today from government website here are the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -in-the-uk

I have lived in the UK for more than 5 years. What does the vote to leave the EU mean for me?

EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 5 years automatically have a permanent right to reside. This means that they have a right to live in the UK permanently, in accordance with EU law. There is no requirement to register for documentation to confirm this status.
EU nationals who have lived continuously and lawfully in the UK for at least 6 years are eligible to apply for British citizenship if they would like to do so. The eligibility requirements can be found here.

My question is does that mean I can skip the PR now as people used to do in the past before they set up the new law last year November. Can I just apply for British citizenship by filling the application please I need a quick advice on this issue

Many thanks.

I was as quick as I could be.

No, you cannot skip DCPR for naturalistion, that quotation is not saying that at all. The linked page about requirements on Gov UK website still states DCPR is required by those on EU migration route.

Yes, you need DCPR if you wish to apply for the privilege of ciizenship.
That is a requirement under UK domestic law and nothing to do with EU law; the requirement is not changed by Brexit for the time being (ofcourse in the long run there will be no more DCPR issued in UK).

It just happens that UK decided to specify that what is merely an optional confirmatory EU-related document should be made a mandatory prerequisite for Union citizens (and/or family members) seeking to naturalise.

[noajthan]

Stop press: there does now appear to have been a step-change in HO policy - DCPR is no longer mandatory when applying to naturalise:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-ro ... l#p1377475

DCPR may still be advisable though, not only in order to reduce potential delays during processing but also to 'test the water' before shooting for citizenship (and putting a considerable application fee at stake).