NIKAOLAS wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:53 pm
Good afternoon. I would like to enquire what happens after 2 years consecutive absences in the UK for vocational training and military service respectively. Does this restart the cycle for settled status? Also, what happens after the 5 years and I didn't meet the residency requirement, do I get a presettled status again when I apply? or I would be asked to leave the country.
Thank you.
f you have pre-settled status, you can spend up to 2 years in a row outside the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man without losing your status. You will need to maintain your continuous residence if you want to qualify for settled status.
Basically, you don't have to notify anyone that you're going on military service.
The period of absence exceeding 12 months will not be counted towards your continuous qualifying period of residence under the EU Settlement Scheme. Your continuous qualifying period will be paused from the point your absence reached 12 months and will resume from the point you return to the UK.
Your 2 years out wouldn't be counted as your qualifying period.
The 5 years is counted from the day you started your continuous residence, not the day you were granted pre-settled status. You may not be eligible for settled status if during the 5 years you spent more than 6 months outside the UK in a 12-month period.
