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So he applied under the kind of conditions that apply to aliens from a third country. He did not apply as an EU citizen, nor as any of the cross-over conditions for anyone else from ex-EU country. He could have done that pre-referendum, or even post 1/1/21. His application and approval was not remotely connected with Brexit.No shyt sherlock.
Of course anyone must meet all the criteria.
Do you know you're stating the obvious?
Therefore most of your friends experience was totally irrelevant to this thread.
For instance:
His application for citizenship was completely and totally unconnected to Brexit, and he must have applied under the same process for any alien from a third country.B@llox!
My friend is in France and sorted his permanent residence as soon as the referendum results were announced.
Also:
Totally irrelevant to the topic under discussion. Your friend's experience could have applied to an application for citizenship in China.Like in every other country in the world, France have a system to register foreigners as permanent residents.
Utter nonsense. The two applications and processes are entirely sperate, and for EU citizens, totally unnecessary.This includes EU brothers.
Then he applied under the rules for aliens from a third country, the rules and processes were totally independent to any Brexit discussion. And it would not be simple. He would have to have proved that he met all the criteria. Even then, it would not be an automatic approval.My friend was never registered before the referendum results.
Then he went to the relevant office, showed paperwork to prove he'd been living in the country for a few years and they gave him permanent residence status.
He said it couldn't have been simpler.
But I actually doubt if his application would have been processed, because a) the rules for ex-EU citizens were not finalised, and b) as a current EU citizen his application would not have been necessary.
I very much suspect that he would have been told to delay his application until the agreement had been finalised, because his application under those conditions might have either been unnecessary, or far less onerous.