sheraz7-that's correct, I wasn't absent for more than 2 months per year during those 5 years of EU rights. thank you very much for your help. Yes I plan to apply for the card first and save me some trouble with the BC application. I wasn't sure if I have lost my permanent residence because I was une...

Hello. I am from Holland and I've been living in the UK since 2007. I had a job from 2007 until 2013. But in end of 2013 I quit my job because of some health problems. I started working again two months ago. In this gap I was receiving some benefits (child benefit and child tax credit for the time t...