Citizenship for a Romanian Person

[londonlady]

Hi All,

I came to UK on aupair visa in March 2005, and in Jan 2007 I applied for a residency card as Romania got into EEA. Since then I am excercising my EEA treaty rights.

I want to apply for Citizenship now and confused about which route to take:

1) I am legally in UK since March 2005, so it makes it (Marchs of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) upto 5 years and 7 months. So should I go for ILR route? the BIA site says that EEA excercising ppl dont need that.

2) Since Jan 2007, I have now completed total 5 yrs (i,e Jan 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and now 2012). So I should now already have permanent residence automatically in which case I will be eligible to apply only in January 2013?

3) My fiance is British and if we get married now, can I immediately apply for Citizenship? the BIA website says there is a 3 yr minimum period to be spent in UK. However its not clear whether its post marriage or can even pre marriage count?

I think point 2 and 3 are viable options, and if point 3 requires post marriage period, then I will wait for point 2 to become valid until 2013.

Also, if any immigration solicitor reading this, can you pls send me a PM as I am quite happy to consult professionals in this regard. Also if you want to recommend someone who has experience of dealing with EEA routes and associated marriage cases.

Regards,

[vinny]

Duplicate post.