Permanent Residency or British citizenship.Please help

[s.mitter]

Hi there
My partner is a german national, but would like to take British citizenship. She has been here for last 3 years working in the UK. Please advise if we should complete a EEA1 form first to get a permanent residency or EEA3.
Please advise.

PS: I m not british either.

[JAJ]

Hi there
My partner is a german national, but would like to take British citizenship. She has been here for last 3 years working in the UK. Please advise if we should complete a EEA1 form first to get a permanent residency or EEA3.
Please advise.

PS: I m not british either.

She should complete an EEA1 form now. Once she has been in the UK for 5 years, then she should complete form EEA3 as evidence of permanent residence. And unless you become a British citizen in the meantime, she then needs to wait a further 1 year to be eligible for naturalisation.

So in about 3 years time, in other words.

If she wants to keep her German citizenship, she will need permission from the German government to become British (Beibehaltungsgenehmigung). As I understand it, this permission is valid for 2 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law