Yes, if not registered properly for WRS then time as a worker can only start in May 2011 when WRS ended. Not even Jan 2011 If unemployed in 2012 you have to show you were a jobseeker (registered and looking for work) or self sufficient (with CSI). Can you do that? Your qualifying period may be May ...

The rules haven't changed. The WRS was abolished in April 2011.
This means if you hadn't registered on WRS scheme, your qualifying period would start in May 2011. One of the PR requirements is 5 years qualifying stay in UK. So the earliest date you can apply for PR is May 2016.

... 2. Original document proving your Polish citizenship: current Polish passport or/and Polish ID Card. You can still apply for your passport if your current passport is damaged, lost or stolen. If your passport has been lost or stolen, it should be reported immediately during a passport appointme...

Thank you for all the useful information. He is a bachelor who was born in then Poland of Polish parents. I have found that he has a Polish passport issued by the Polish Government in exile in 1945. He has also had Travel Documents issued by the UK Home Office, but these expired in 1981. It is not ...

You should be fine. The failure to register with WRS is not a breach of immigration law. This means you could have been fined for this, but not deported. The WRS was only used for statistics, to see how many people from A8 countries had started working in UK since they joined EU. I was granted Briti...

Regarding the UK state pension. If you worked in other EU country, you can still get pension if you don't have enough qualifying years for the UK pension. Below is an example, but I suggest researching it even further than that. Your UK State Pension will be based on your UK National Insurance recor...

Gazza1591 wrote:Hi

Is there any know or trusted companies that could help us with all the forms and whts needed etc ?

You can ask your local Nationality Checking Service (NCS).
Some of them provide an extra service for filling out the application.

How do we apply for the confirmation of permanent residence then is it easier to fill out the forms and apply ? And I'm guessing if she does get refused it will tell us why ? And what's the time scale on this ? I wouldn't say it is easier. You will need to provide approximately the same evidence as...

Ah OK so as long as she has this work order in place when she first came here which she thinks she did but only for the first 2 years we should be OK to apply what's this pre application thing ? And what does it mean if we get that ? If she didn't register for WRS, you need to find out how long she...

Gazza1591 wrote:Ok so I go her to check and she was registered with the WRS but only for the first 2 years she has said ??

That should be fine, if she registered for the WRS and stayed with the same employer for 12 months, then she has fulfilled the requirement of WRS.

She has been in the UK for 12 years and has been in employment the whole time but by sounds of it may not be able to apply intill 2016 and may be to late by then ? With this referendum does anyone know what will happen to all the EU citizens that are currently in the UK If she has been in the UK fo...

If your employment started in 2011, then 5 years have not passsed and you don't have PR status. Regarding your ex-wife, based on working history, she might have exercised the Treaty Rights and therefore holding PR status. October 2010 - October 2012 - she was self-employed October 2012 - present - s...

Sas Sam wrote:Timeline for my EEA(PR) application:

PR application sent on: 07/10/2015

I have just received the approval letter from HO.
So I guess you should not have any problems related to your late WRS registration.
Good Luck!

When I went for my NCS appointment, for every single question I had they called HO to confirm. The lady at NCS said she doesn't deal with EEA applications too often. I don't think you have high chances of winning the case against NCS. They don't take responsibility for any application they provide h...

You made a mistake by putting in the "Date Permanent Residence Issued". (NCS should not have allowed this) It is your job to prove your eligibility for British Citizenship. HO decision is correct, they simply checked that date and the result was obvious - 12 months have not passed yet. You should no...

Wow... that's very interesting! Thanks for sharing! Do you mean this topic? So did you already have the citizenship? Did you have any issue when you applied for? You delayed only 1 day with... but I have 9 months... :( Did you get rejection "only" when you applied for passport for your child? Or di...

There is no need for you to apply for a PR first. I had the same problem when applying for a British Passport for my child. HO confirmed that my qualifying period starts at WRS issue date and the passport was approved. When having my NCS appointment they also confirmed that my 5 years start at the i...

Can we have any update please? I'm sorry I should have posted an update long time ago. After the phone call with HO about the child not being eligible for British Passport, I wrote a formal letter explaining the whole situation and providing the references to the HO documents. Literally I described...

Yes - I'm calculating your 5 years from the abolition date of WRS. If you can in fact retrieve some of your student time then your 5-years may complete earlier & you could then apply earlier; assuming all other requirements (absence, KOLL etc) are met. No, she cannot use any of her time as a studen...

The Passport Office is wrong about asking you to provide evidence of CSI. The CSI requirement was introduced on 20 June 2011. So there is no need for you to worry about CSI. Again Home Office shows how incompetent they are. You must know your rights and fight with them. From 20th June 2011 EEA natio...

But if the extension was unlawful then the years counted from 2009 not 2011...or I misunderstood something??? As far as I understand your case your legal status starts from 2011 not before Yes, if the extensions was unlawful, then the years are counted from 2009. The only problem here is that it wi...

If your son and daughter were born after May 2014, then you might want use as an argument the fact that extension of Working Registration Scheme in May 2009 was unlawful. In this case, your legal stay as a worker would have started in May 2009, making you exercising Treaty rights 5 years after this ...

You should be able to use the period June-October/2010 as a job-seeker as long as you prove that were actively looking for a job, ex. rejection letters. However I'm not 100% sure about this, see below for details of who to contact about that. Regarding WRS. If you started your employment before WRS ...

Yes, I was wondering when the Home Office would actually read my email/letter.
As for your suggestion, I think I won't contact the Home Office about me being absent for a while.

You don't have to inform them you are going on holiday. Easier to get someone to check your post for you who can contact you if anything arrives. Yes, it would be much easier if someone could check on my post. But, unfortunately the only friends that could do it, are going with me. During NCS appoi...