Student Finance Residency

Hello,
ive applied for student finance under the long residency criteria;
and everything else has been sorted apart from they are requesting me to show proof of residency from 03/11/2006 to present,
so far i have given them everything from 20/11/2006 till present,
they are now requesting residency evidence from the 03/11/2006 till 20/11/2006,
i have next to no evidence for these dates as i was around 9/10 years old with nothing to my name, and my parents werent receiving and benefit or child benefits for me.
i came into the country in 2004 and i am 19 so i DEFINITELY am eligible under the half life criteria, but i don't know what i can give them.
i am currently at wits end with them, is it possible for home office to write a letter to student finance confirming that i have been resident within the UK during those dates.
is it also possible to book and appointment with the home office to discuss this?

Submit a Home Office SAR form
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... mmigration

Casa wrote:Submit a Home Office SAR form
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... mmigration

Will it be able to confirm my residency for those required dates?

were you at school? registered with a gp? home office may not have anything unless you had a visa to cover that period (and a visa in itself doesn't prove residency under the student finance regs. have you spoken to advice service at uni for support with application?

Greenie wrote:were you at school? registered with a gp? home office may not have anything unless you had a visa to cover that period (and a visa in itself doesn't prove residency under the student finance regs. have you spoken to advice service at uni for support with application?

My family received discretionary leave to remain in 2011, will the case notes confirm our residency, as we were given discretionary leave on the basis we have lived in england for a long time

Related matter for students on DLR, may be of interest:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/genera ... 11390.html

noajthan wrote:Related matter for students on DLR, may be of interest:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/genera ... 11390.html

Thank you, i already know about that, im applying with student finance through the newley created criteria for students with DL like myself! They are asking me to prove residency for half my life which is very hard to do considering most of these types of documents are either with the home office or are impossible to find because of my age and the fact it was 9-10 years ago'

osaz0062 wrote:

Greenie wrote:were you at school? registered with a gp? home office may not have anything unless you had a visa to cover that period (and a visa in itself doesn't prove residency under the student finance regs. have you spoken to advice service at uni for support with application?

My family received discretionary leave to remain in 2011, will the case notes confirm our residency, as we were given discretionary leave on the basis we have lived in england for a long time

case notes may help or there may be evidence of residence that your parents submitted with the application. however you didn't answer my question about obtaining a letter from your school at the time or GP.

Greenie wrote:

osaz0062 wrote:

Greenie wrote:were you at school? registered with a gp? home office may not have anything unless you had a visa to cover that period (and a visa in itself doesn't prove residency under the student finance regs. have you spoken to advice service at uni for support with application?

My family received discretionary leave to remain in 2011, will the case notes confirm our residency, as we were given discretionary leave on the basis we have lived in england for a long time

case notes may help or there may be evidence of residence that your parents submitted with the application. however you didn't answer my question about obtaining a letter from your school at the time or GP.

Oh im sorry about that, we havent obtained a letter from a gp as the customer advisors said they doubt it will be accepted, and the period they are asking for is the date when we were moving from london to birmingham, so anything in my parents name nevermind mine is almost impossible to get at this point! I ordered a fast track SAR as i only have about 6 weeks to get the evidence i need before i have to defer for another year
My last hope now is the case notes during our application can clearly state that we have proved our residence from our date of entry to when we made our application