If you had an EHIC card issued by a non-UK EEA member-state that covers five years of your student life in the UK, I believe that that does qualify and you likely will be able to apply for a back-dated DCPR based on that. The EHIC card has been on the back of my regular German health insurance card...

I don't think it's that clear-cut. Please refer to: https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/citizenship/retention-of-citizenship and https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Beibehaltung/01-Informationen_BB/01_02_BB_Wie_geht_es/02_02_BB_Anleitung_node.html To ret...

There are quite significant differences between Settled Status and Permanent Residence. (...) Thank you very much for this explanation. No, I did not have private health insurance in the UK (although I kept my German health insurance which technically provides EHIC coverage, but this surely does no...

Hello, I hope you can help me with the following situation. I have been in the UK since 2013 for my studies and will be finishing a PhD next year. I received my settled status confirmation today. However, I was under the impression that I could backdate the settled status (and did so in my applicati...