I think almost everyone involved would have already been resident, if they are measuring it by passport issuance. I am moving (officially in the next few months

I think almost everyone involved would have already been resident, if they are measuring it by passport issuance. I am moving (officially in the next few months, in practice already) to an EU country but won't qualify for a passport for 5 years. The deadline for most people to make a move like this is the end of this year, and in fact some countries (e.g. France) haven't even made the official process for changing residency available yet.