Is EEA PR necessary for Citizenship

[toby23]

I have removed the post, the purpose of writing it was because I wanted to know if its actually necessary to be on PR to apply for citizenship for EEA national who is in the UK for more than 6 years... As I just read it on the UKBA website.

Apologies .. didnt mean to hijack someone else's thread!

[noajthan]

To avoid confusion & jumbled responses, I have moved your question to its own thread (this one).

[noajthan]

There is no UKBA, they were abolished in 2013 (as previously advised).

And yes, a PR card is a mandatory prerequisite for naturalisation for those on an EU migration trajectory.
See AN guidance - Gov UK website.

And, as advised here, it is now unlikely that you will have time to acquire PR in the 'normal' way:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-ro ... l#p1383675

[ohara]

OP's post from another thread he hijacked before deleting the post:

Hello Guys,

Just needed some information for my partner. He has lived in the UK for more than 10 years continuously but never applied for a PR card.

I just read on home office website that if EU national has lived in the UK for atleast 6 years he can apply for citizenship straight away. He has been working here as a professor, paying taxes etc. ( exercising his treaty rights)

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

May I kindly ask the senior members to shed light on it?

The answer is YES. He will need to get the DCPR first, though, and then he can apply for citizenship immediately.

[toby23]

great thanks