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Naturalization - When did you first arrive in the UK?

Post by JohnBishop » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:44 pm

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing well during these strange times.
I have a quick question regarding the UK Citizenship application and the following question in particular:
When did you first arrive in the UK?

It was almost 13 years ago. I know it was in October 2007 but I don't know the exact day.
My email account I used to book the flight is long gone.
On the other hand Border Force can provide details up to 5 years in the past.

How can I overcome this problem?
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Re: Naturalization - When did you first arrive in the UK?

Post by CULLINAN » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:46 pm

JohnBishop wrote:
Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:44 pm
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing well during these strange times.
I have a quick question regarding the UK Citizenship application and the following question in particular:
When did you first arrive in the UK?

It was almost 13 years ago. I know it was in October 2007 but I don't know the exact day.
My email account I used to book the flight is long gone.
On the other hand Border Force can provide details up to 5 years in the past.

How can I overcome this problem?
Best regards
Provide an estimate and mention in the cover letter.
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Naturalisation and Comprehensive Sickness Insurance

Post by JohnBishop » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:49 pm

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are well.
I have a question. I am in the process of completing Online form for British naturalisation.
I am EEA citizen. I have been here for almost 13 years as a worker.
I have a permanent residence card issued back in October 2014.

I had an unemployment period from mid April to mid July in 2016 for 3 months.
After Brexit Home Office started enforcing this CSI requirement.

Is this going to lead to refusal of my application because I did not have this insurance for 3 months?
Please let me know.
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Re: Naturalisation and Comprehensive Sickness Insurance

Post by secret.simon » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:31 pm

JohnBishop wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:49 pm
I have a permanent residence card issued back in October 2014.

I had an unemployment period from mid April to mid July in 2016 for 3 months.
You'd be fine. The requirement for CSI applies to people who had not acquired PR.

As you have proof of having acquired PR before your brief period of unemployment, the CSI requirement does not apply to you.

Very wise of you of having applied for the PR card when you did.
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Re: Naturalisation and Comprehensive Sickness Insurance

Post by JohnBishop » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:50 pm

Awesome!
thank you for your response.

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Re: Naturalisation and Comprehensive Sickness Insurance

Post by dogcat » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:22 pm

secret.simon wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:31 pm
JohnBishop wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:49 pm
I have a permanent residence card issued back in October 2014.

I had an unemployment period from mid April to mid July in 2016 for 3 months.
You'd be fine. The requirement for CSI applies to people who had not acquired PR.

As you have proof of having acquired PR before your brief period of unemployment, the CSI requirement does not apply to you.

Very wise of you of having applied for the PR card when you did.

Wise it may be but it isn't essential.
PR status is achieved automatically after 5 years of exercising treaty rights.
There will be people who never applied for the card (like myself) but exercised treaty rights for 5 continuous years at some point in the past and all worked out ok in terms of naturalisation.

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Re: Naturalization - When did you first arrive in the UK?

Post by JohnBishop » Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:10 pm

CULLINAN wrote:
Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:46 pm
Provide an estimate and mention in the cover letter.
I actually managed to find the date of the arrival. It's worth checking archived emails.

But I have a new problem. I cannot find a date I departed UK by ferry. It was back in the 2016.
I must bought the ticket as a guest or something because I have no record of this trip.
Should I put this into the notes?

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Upload documents

Post by JohnBishop » Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:52 pm

Hi again,
I have all the documents ready but not sure what to do now regarding the scanning and uploading.
Are there any clear guidelines regarding the scan quality? Things like DPI and some example scans that can be accepted.
Using a flatbed scanner is OK to scan A4 documents but scanning Permanent Residence Card and passport does not give a satisfactory quality.
I can capture more details taking a picture with my smartphone but then the document is not flat.
Please advise.
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Re: Upload documents

Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:19 pm

I have always scanned documents using my smartphone, never had any issues.
No file should be more then 6MB.
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Re: Upload documents

Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:28 pm

These are the official guidelines. However, it does not matter if you scan in coloured. I have always scanned colour.
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Re: Upload documents

Post by JohnBishop » Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:58 pm

Sound good however 150dpi seems pretty low quality to me.
Thank you for information.

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