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If you have spent five years in the UK exercising EEA rights, there is be no need for you to apply for permanent residence with an EEA 3 form which might take up to 6 months ( there is no same day service for this type of application unlike an application for a registration certificate).

In fact, you would have acquired automatically permanent residence status after exercising EEA free movement rights in the UK for any continous period of 5 years ending on or after 30 April 2006. After six years subject to meeting the requirement of section 6(1) of the 1981 British Nationality Act you might qualify for nationality.