Hello,
I am a French citizen holding settled status granted in Oct '19 (before the usual 5yrs residence requirement due to my application being based on a settled family member). I am looking to now apply for citizenship and I hope to be able to do that at the end of the year.
I want to base my application on entering the UK in Dec '15. On that stay, I spent 10 days in the UK before returning to France for 2 weeks. After returning to the UK, I spent two weeks here before going back to France for 5 months (finishing school). On my return to the UK in June '16, I started work & later school here and combined have only spent only 71 days abroad in total to this date.
Those dates mean I am well under the allowed 450 days within the 5 years of residence. However, I am hesitant if I may call the Dec '15-June '16 period as "residence". Is it within the rules for me to apply in December later this year counting that period as residence? Is there any requirement to submit any proof of residence and in that case, how may I do that to cover that period? If it makes any difference, I was 14/15 years old at that time but I will be of course applying as an adult.
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