You do not have to be registered as a job seeker as long as you can prove that you were looking for work (which you seem to have done by submitting application letters etc.) :) Thanks very much LilyLalilu. I greatly appreciate that you took the time to read my post and reply to me :) I'll come back ...

Hi everyone. I've been visiting the forums for a long time, I just registered however, as I have a question I was hoping you can help me with. I am an EEA national (Greek) and have been living in the UK since February 2010. I have been working all that time, apart from a less than six month gap ...