Originally Posted by
Christopher
Five years, plus a year with permanent residency. The 3 years plus no need for the year with permanent residency or indefinite leave to remain applies only if the spouse or partner is a British citizen.
Ah! Thanks, I didn't know that the three-year rule only applied to spouses of British nationals - I thought it was all EEA nationals.
The UKBA page (in its typical maddening vagueness) seems to imply that you do not need a year of ILR as well before applying for naturalisation on the basis of being the spouse of a non-British EEA national - rather, that you only need five years' worth of residency:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...tnerofcitizen/
The following excerpt does not specify nationality of the sponsoring spouse/CP:
Immigration time restrictions
You must be free from immigration time restrictions on the day you make your application.