EU citizens attain PR automatically after 5 years of being a qualified person exercising treaty rights. The PR card is ONLY confirmation of that status already attained at an earlier date. A PR card was never mandatory but it is now if an EU citizen wishes to apply for citizenship.[/quote]Yanki1974 wrote:Hi CR001,
Could you have explain a bit more in this please
Thank you
How about non eea family member of an eu citizen ? Is it the same for them too? i mean the acquired date of permanenet residence for non eea family member of an eu? If they wish to apply for citizenship. please give some detailed info on what they should send to prove since they have been acquired to
It is also applicable to Non EEA family members but you will need to fulfill other conditions to apply for Naturalisation. Please follow the link below and look at the requirement guide.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an[/quote]
Can you please ask your questions about British citizenship in the British Citizenship sub forum. This topic is for Permanent Residence applications only.
Non-EU citizens also attain PR after 5 years residence or 5 years marriage before they can apply for confirmation of the status.