All overstayers? Or it is matter of luck/case worker's mood? What if I include a letter with explanation about that particular period when i'd been waiting for my COA? I wasn't hiding from the HO and they knew where I live, they had all of my documents including the passport. Could this be helpful?...

No need for multiple posts all over the place.

Continue in original post - where you are even now receiving responses.

This doesn't make sense. If on EU route you don't have any visa. How/why could you apply for ILR if on EU route? Doing so doesn't help with right to work. Why didn't you apply for ROR after first divorce and then continue in own right as qualified person? (Its possible for HO to make enquiries and g...

Hi noajthan, "If you naturalise via a 6(2) application then yes, the residence requirement is 3 years but it still takes 5 years to acquire PR." Are you saying that you can naturalise before acquiring your PR when married to a British Citizen after three years? Thanks, Trevor No. The 3 years is sub...

You are evidently one of the first now subjected to the November 2015 EEA Regs changes: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/583220/Family-members-of-British-citizens-_v1.pdf You might be being seen as attempting to circumvent UK domestic regulations. You can't g...

The website is just edited highlights and does not give the whole picture.

Overstayers do face a ban; as explained in the document, good character is assessed based on various factors and a balance of probabilities is weighed up.

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Andygoesdutch wrote:Is there a time limit to apply within? We arrived end of September on a family permit?

No.
RC is optional although useful.

You have to be a qualified person.
RC simply confirms applicant's status - it doesn't confer it.

Hi noajthan , Thank you for the reply. Can you please advise what options do I have or what shall I do please? Best regards, S You may face a ban as an overstayer. You can dig into such vital questions here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406368/Chapter_18...

Why not apply with paper form? You do not choose qualifying period; caseworker reviews application, supporting evidence and decides whether to confirm applicant has acquired PR or not. Wife may have acquired PR as early as 2012. Are you sure wife does not have ILR from back in the day ? Check old pa...

Good character test will apply over your whole immigration history, from date of first entry into UK.

Hi Noajthan, Could you please clarify what you mean by official translation? I am a Romanian citizen and my marriage certificate is in Romanian language. The Romanian embassy has a list of authorized translators, who are vetted by Romanian Ministry of Justice. Would that translation be acceptable? ...

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Apply as dependent of parent/sponsor, 2007-2013.
No CSI required if they were a worker.

OP's activity is irrelevant; on EU route its all about sponsor's activity as no 'visa' involved and noone has 'leave'.
So no qualified person means no contribution to LR.

Alternately, wait until end of year, acquire PR and then shoot for PRC for £65.

As I said, not sure if it helped. But it humanised the application.
Houses can be bought and sold too and doesn't speak to child's commitment.
A child may write baloney but a head
mistress (or AC CO or priest) is unlikely to.

So legally present but not legally resident in UK in 2007 unless selfsufficient with CSI.

Were you on WRS for the requisite first 12 months of work?

Student RC is a residence certificate issued to you as a student.

Suggest start with PR guidance. Have you read it?

Find original birth certificate.

When you worked in Eire were you Irish or British?

Under current rules my wife can apply for permanent residence in 2018 as she will then have 5 years of continuous residence in the UK, do you think she will still be able to apply for PR or will she also be gave rights to remain with other qualified EU citizens? PR acquired by 2018 may now depend i...

Not possible if you did not hold an EFM RC naming your partner/sponsor whilst unmarried.

If no such EFM RC then the PR clock starts when you married sponsor assuming he was a qualified person from then onwards (and that any/all absences you have enjoyed have been within prescribed limits).

If you have some period that does not qualify it will simply be ignored. So no issue in declaring it.

There is no concept of 'good character' on the EU migration route and no 'punishment' for, for example, not having CSI as a student (except that the period won't count towards acquiring PR).

Member ohara is now a proud citizen so telling the truth on his various application forms evidently 'worked' for him.