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You are mixing things up.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:56 pmI have finally been Granted a settlement status after 5 years of my marriage thanks for everyone on here for helping me before with my questions.
Now i have been told that i can apply for my British Passport after a month as i am married to a european union member ?
Hi Thanks for you reply !!kamoe wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:05 pmYou are mixing things up.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:56 pmI have finally been Granted a settlement status after 5 years of my marriage thanks for everyone on here for helping me before with my questions.
Now i have been told that i can apply for my British Passport after a month as i am married to a european union member ?
First, having British Citizenship is not the same as having a British passport. Many British people by birth have never had a passport (e.g. if they never travel). You first need to apply for British Citizenship, and then, apply for a British passport. Two completely different processes.
Second, you might apply for British Citizenship immediately after obtaining Settled Status, if by the time of application you have been resident in the UK for at least 3 years, and you are married to a British Citizen (not a EU citizen). See this post.
Let me spell this out: Your friend is mistaken. There is no provision to accelerate this for spouses of EU nationals.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:12 amBut one of my friend has told me as i am a family member of a EU person (spouse)i can apply for citizenship straight away.
No mention whatsoever of a similar provision for spouses of EU nationals. So unless your wife has British nationality herself (which is NOT acquired by simply being born in the UK), then you need to wait 12 months.You’re married to or in a civil partnership with a British citizen
To apply as the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen you must have lived in the UK for the last 3 years.
You’ll also need to have one of the following:
- indefinite leave to remain
- settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme
If you do, you’ll be eligible to apply for citizenship immediately.
- a permanent residence document to confirm you have permanent residence status
kamoe wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:44 amLet me spell this out: Your friend is mistaken. There is no provision to accelerate this for spouses of EU nationals.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:12 amBut one of my friend has told me as i am a family member of a EU person (spouse)i can apply for citizenship straight away.
The only provision there is to shorten the period between getting ILR or Settled Status, and being eligible to apply for British Citizenship, is for spouses of British nationals, as I have explained above.
Check the list of requirement for British Citizenship here. It says:
No mention whatsoever of a similar provision for spouses of EU nationals. So unless your wife has British nationality herself (which is NOT acquired by simply being born in the UK), then you need to wait 12 months.You’re married to or in a civil partnership with a British citizen
To apply as the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen you must have lived in the UK for the last 3 years.
You’ll also need to have one of the following:
- indefinite leave to remain
- settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme
If you do, you’ll be eligible to apply for citizenship immediately.
- a permanent residence document to confirm you have permanent residence status
If your wife was born in the UK to an Irish citizen parent, she was born British. She was British when you applied to be in the UK as a spouse of an EEA citizen.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:12 amBasically my wife was born in England but always had Irish passport so i applied under EEa route and got 5 years Visa after 2 years in court.
Good point. Although... probably not the case, since he was able to get EEA documentation, and for that she needed to exercise treaty rights, yet if she was British, she was not in a country different from her own country of origin, therefore not exercised treaty rights (?)JB007 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:07 amIf your wife was born in the UK to an Irish citizen parent, she was born British. She was British when you applied to be in the UK as a spouse of an EEA citizen.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:12 amBasically my wife was born in England but always had Irish passport so i applied under EEa route and got 5 years Visa after 2 years in court.
Perhaps tho OP just gave his wife's Irish citizenship and didn't say his sponsor was also a British citizen?kamoe wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:20 amGood point. Although... probably not the case, since he was able to get EEA documentation, and for that she needed to exercise treaty rights, yet if she was British, she was not in a country different from her own country of origin(?)JB007 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:07 amIf your wife was born in the UK to an Irish citizen parent, she was born British. She was British when you applied to be in the UK as a spouse of an EEA citizen.Nayyer1986 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:12 amBasically my wife was born in England but always had Irish passport so i applied under EEa route and got 5 years Visa after 2 years in court.