Hi everyone,
my question is concerned with whether a student can retain worker status via casual contract.
Due to Brexit (what else?) I've been hoping to get PR to not get kicked out of the country I call home, but my eligibility is a grey area to say the least.
Some background:
I'm Polish, 28 and have lived here since 2007 (no family). I was an undergraduate student in the years 2010-2014 (no jobs aside from one in 2011 and an internship in 2012). I never had an EHIC in that time, but I was insured in Poland via my mother. This insurance ran out on 29/09/2014 on my 26th birthday.
In October 2014 I started a full time fully funded PhD programme, but also gained employment at my department as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant and a tour guide, with two separate contracts starting Oct 5. These yearly contracts have been renewed twice and once respectively, with a few days in between each employment period. I don't earn enough to pay tax or NI contribution. It's also a type of 0-hours contract, where I'm not guaranteed to get work (but easily do when I ask for it).
My questions are:
1. Is my previous Polish insurance enough to demonstrate I wasn't a 'burden to the state'?
2. Is my casual contract with the university enough to earn me worker status? Are the gaps of several days a problem? I've been using this link https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/worker to try to figure it out, but the language is too vague to say for sure.
3. Would applying for long-term residence in 2017 be a good idea or is my case still not strong enough?
Thanks in advance.
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