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Hi all, my wife and I came to live in the UK more than 6 years ago. We are EU citizens and I have been working as an employee since day one.
I have no issues proving residency or exercising treaty rights for myself, as I have everything I need from my employer.

My issue is how do I prove that my wife has been resident in the UK for the past 6 years. She has not worked, although she had the right to work. The main problem is that we do not get our passports stamped when going back and forth to Europe.

I do have some utility bills with her name on them but these do not cover the first year (2008-2009).

What can I send to the Home Office to make sure they understand/believe that she has been in the country since 2008?

Thanks.

If you get citizenship first, then she can apply as a spouse of a british national and the residence period is 3 years.

Does she not have utility bills, bank statements, tenancy agreements, council tax payments, electoral roll, anything?

She has bank statements and Utility bills from the end of 2009, and I could get a copy of our first tenancy agreement from the first house we've stayed in. This would be a copy of the contract from the letting agency so no original. Would a copy be acceptable?

I could just wait another year and wait until next year before I can prove with utility bills that she was in the country, but she is entitled to apply now as we have both come together to live here.