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Hello everyone,

I hope that someone could give me some advice on one matter. I have been in the UK for almost eight years now and I decided to apply for the citizenship. I came to the UK to study my A-level (2 years programme) then I went to work for a year and afterwards I spent 4 years at a UK university. The problem is that I do not know how to prove that year of me working in the UK. I found out a few month ago that I do not have a copy of my work contract and that both assistant managers with whom I worked - no longer work at this place. In addition, the manager and the owners of the place - do not respond. Just to make it clearer - I worked at a franchise of a popular coffee shop here in the UK, so it was not a small company or something. I also paid taxes for that year and I do still have a few pay slips with me.

So, my question is, how can I prove that I did work for a year if I cannot find anyone in that coffee shop who could write me a confirmation letter? As I paid taxes, should I contact the Revenue for the confirmation that they got my taxes for the year that I worked?

Any advice would be highly appreciated because I am confused about what I should do now.

Why are you talking about work; it is not relevant? What is your current immigration status? To apply for BC you must have ILR, and have had that for 12 months, unless you have a british spouse, in which case the 12 months is waived.

Lucapooka wrote:Why are you talking about work; it is not relevant? What is your current immigration status? To apply for BC you must have ILR, and have had that for 12 months, unless you have a british spouse, in which case the 12 months is waived.

It is relevant to me as I come from Latvia and I need to show that I did work for one year.

It would be best if applied for PR first and then applied for citizenship

You can either use payslips or P60 or ask for employment history from HMRC.

Did you also register under WRS for that year? Did you hold private health insurance (CSI) or non UK EHIC during your student years? Those are required for those years to be counted for PR which is required for naturalisation.