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Hi guys,
I am a permanent resident since last year and eligible for to apply for naturalisation hence i have booked an appointment for JCAP .
I received my PR since i was married to an eu national but we got divorced last year after i got my PR. I am from a non EU country and while i was going through the naturalisation form i got to know that as a family member i will need to show HO five years evidence of work for the last 5 years, I have worked all the time but i opened my own business in 2011 which couldnt last and after a year i started working again, i dont have any proof to show HO that i was doing my own business since i was barely covering my expenses. Now the question is would this effect my application ? I have been told by my mates that it wont be an issue but i still want an answer from experienced ppl like yourselves.
Thanx in advance for ur answers .

mominshah wrote:Hi guys,
I am a permanent resident since last year and eligible for to apply for naturalisation hence i have booked an appointment for JCAP .
I received my PR since i was married to an eu national but we got divorced last year after i got my PR. I am from a non EU country and while i was going through the naturalisation form i got to know that as a family member i will need to show HO five years evidence of work for the last 5 years, I have worked all the time but i opened my own business in 2011 which couldnt last and after a year i started working again, i dont have any proof to show HO that i was doing my own business since i was barely covering my expenses. Now the question is would this effect my application ? I have been told by my mates that it wont be an issue but i still want an answer from experienced ppl like yourselves.
Thanx in advance for ur answers .

If u have acquired PR already , there is no need to show your work or anything else , for naturalization you only need LIUK passed test and Meeting English language Test , such as B1 or if you have UK degree or you are from native English speaking country.

Working (or any other form of specific activity) is not a requirement for naturalisation.

Hey guys,
I sincerely appreciate u lot replying back so soon, the reason i asked this question was that i booked my appointment with wolverhampton city council for JCAP and they told me to bring last 5 years work evidence with me since i hold a PR and they have sent me the list of required documents by post as well which states the same thing.
I have done my LIUK and B1 test already and i do have enough evidence to get through just in case if anything is needed work evidence wise, i just thought they were just going OTT with all this work thing but i am quite satisfied now.... thank u all again

mominshah wrote:Hey guys,
I sincerely appreciate u lot replying back so soon, the reason i asked this question was that i booked my appointment with wolverhampton city council for JCAP and they told me to bring last 5 years work evidence with me since i hold a PR and they have sent me the list of required documents by post as well which states the same thing.
I have done my LIUK and B1 test already and i do have enough evidence to get through just in case if anything is needed work evidence wise, i just thought they were just going OTT with all this work thing but i am quite satisfied now.... thank u all again

It doesn't make sense.
If you have confirmation of PR that should be enough.
You don't have to re-prove your PR status again.

And you may not have acquired PR in the last 5 years.
In fact if you had (and are not married with British spouse) you could not apply to naturalise yet anyway.
For all they know you could have acquired PR back in 2006 or whenever.

I received my pr card in june 2015 and the letter from HO states that i can apply for naturalisation after 12 months.

mominshah wrote:I received my pr card in june 2015 and the letter from HO states that i can apply for naturalisation after 12 months.

12 months after acquiring PR; that's not necessarily the the same as 12 months after receiving PR card.

Sorry mate i am struggling to follow u, but thanks for ur advice. I am quite clear about this whole thing now