PR application query

Hi everyone,

It has been a while since I last visited here.Hope everyone is doing great!!
Hello to Vinny and Jambo!!

Well, I have a small problem here. I am applying PR after living here with my husband continuously for 5 years.

Can I use the addresses in P60 as our residency proof? We don't really use joint account as we didn't find it useful. I have all bank statements for the past 5 years because, being a foreigner, it is always handy to have them. But my husband does not have any. He does online banking.

In the EEA 4 form, it states, as proof of residence: this can include tenancy agreements, utility bills and bank statements. It did not say I can use P60 as proof of residence.

We bought our house in 2009, I guess we could use our mortgage statements. But for the time before that, we don't really have much of proof. Each month, I transferred money to him to pay all our bills while I use the rest of money in buying stuff for kids etc.

I find myself a bit silly that I should have started to prepare 5 years ago..
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Thanks a lot
Bing

Your questions are not silly at all.

The proof of PR is not as well defined as that for residence cards or certificates. Article 21 says "For the purposes of this Directive, continuity of residence may be attested by any means of proof in use in the host Member State."

By convention, a bank statement, utility bill, driving license amongst others are considered to be acceptable proof of address.

You're quite correct that the P60 has your address on it as well. I know of someone who successfully applied with P60 and mortgage statements. Perhaps the mortgage statements were superfluous, who knows now.

Thank you so much for replying to me.
Do you think it should be ok? I don't want to delay the long process further..
Thanks

EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:Your questions are not silly at all.

The proof of PR is not as well defined as that for residence cards or certificates. Article 21 says "For the purposes of this Directive, continuity of residence may be attested by any means of proof in use in the host Member State."

By convention, a bank statement, utility bill, driving license amongst others are considered to be acceptable proof of address.

You're quite correct that the P60 has your address on it as well. I know of someone who successfully applied with P60 and mortgage statements. Perhaps the mortgage statements were superfluous, who knows now.

One way to find out would be to simply apply with the P60s. If they ask for more information, then deal with that if it arises.

What do you think of having a cover letter to explain it?

EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:One way to find out would be to simply apply with the P60s. If they ask for more information, then deal with that if it arises.

Bing wrote:What do you think of having a cover letter to explain it?

EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:One way to find out would be to simply apply with the P60s. If they ask for more information, then deal with that if it arises.

For clarity, you can certainly make clear that you propose using P60s as proof of residence and treaty rights (working). That way your intentions would be absolutely unambiguous for the case worker.