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Rules changed on 30 April 2006. Now an EEA/Swiss national exercising Treaty Rights automatically gets permanent residence after 5 years in the UK.natalie75 wrote:Hi there,
First of all thank you for your superb website; it helped us a lot few years ago, when my husband needed a visa to the UK.
Ii am a French national, living and working in the UK continuously for the past 10 years, although I don’t need a visa to live and work in the UK, my NON EU husband and i applied for a UK residency 2 years ago and we have been given both a 5 years visa based on the EEC regulations.
My question is: if it’s been over 10 years since Ii have been living in the UK, will it be possible to apply for ILR, or eventually obtain the British citizenship as a European citizen exercising her treaty rights in the UK continuously for over 10 years.
or do I HAVE to wait until my visa is 4 weeks to be expired " as I have been told that its now 5 years and not 4 years in order to get the ILR even with a EEC1 Visa"
I know that people can gain the ILR based on their lawful residence for the past 10 years, does it apply to European citizens as well..??
and if so, and if I gain the ILR based on this, or even better the British nationality based on this, will my husband who has the same visa as me, will get any thing good out of it?
Please if anyone could give me any advice of it, I would be extremely thankful.
Natalie
It's not simple. Don't expect to understand it all at once.natalie75 wrote:hi there,
thank you both so much for your reply, i have checked all the links and it is looking rather confusing!
His best option is likely to be to apply for permanent residence after he has completed 5 years on his EEA Family Permit. Once he has permanent residence, if by then you are naturalised British then he can immediately apply for naturalisation himself.my husband has been living in the UK for 6 years, however the first 4 years were a mix a legal and illegal stay, he became fully legal when he obtained his EEC permit valid for 5 years in september 2004, he is a moroccan national.
Any children you have born in the UK will automatically be British citizens because you are a permanent resident. However you may have to be assertive with front-line staff at the Passport Office if they don't understand the new rules.we havent got kids yet, althou we are planning to.
Who is making that rule? Morocco?also, since we have chosen england as our home country, he can only apply for one more citizenship in addition to his
No, but you do get certain advantages as a British citizen that French citizens don't get. And you would be protected from any future change to the immigration laws.it is obvious that i personally dont need to be british to be in england
You've already been shown the relevant law.if anyone please could guide me to some kind of law which might work in our favour i would be forever thankful.
The 12 month clock started ticking on 30 April this year, so you don't need to wait until Sept/Oct 2007. You can apply in May 2007 so long as you meet the other aspects of the residence requirements.natalie75 wrote: i will apply for confirmation of my permanent residence using the EEC3 form later next week, then for the british citizenship 12 months later