Help with 2.2 - calculating the absence
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:33 pm
Hi,
I'm applying got the British passport and I'm stuck with point 2.2 asking to calculate my days absent form the UK. In short, I didn't leave the EU in last 5 years and I only left the UK on holiday for approximately 2 weeks a year. I also traveled around the EU attending few conferences here and there.
In short, I don't have any stamps in my passport as you get none when traveling in the EU and I sometimes used my EU ID for convenance as I always have it in my wallet.
In summary, I'm 100% sure that I don't violate the rules of absence posed by the naturalisation requirements, but I'm not sure if I will be able to accurately define where and for how long I left the UK in last 5 years. As I'm passing the border every time I enter the UK, I would expect for the immigration office to check it on their own? I'm worried that I might miss something and therefore my application will be refused - I'm fairly sure that I'm not the only one lacking a journal logging their travels with exact time/date therefore I can't be only person with this problem?
Can you please advise if I can retrieve the information from the border control to accurately fill the table in section 2.2? If not, what are my options?
Regards,
Martin
I'm applying got the British passport and I'm stuck with point 2.2 asking to calculate my days absent form the UK. In short, I didn't leave the EU in last 5 years and I only left the UK on holiday for approximately 2 weeks a year. I also traveled around the EU attending few conferences here and there.
In short, I don't have any stamps in my passport as you get none when traveling in the EU and I sometimes used my EU ID for convenance as I always have it in my wallet.
In summary, I'm 100% sure that I don't violate the rules of absence posed by the naturalisation requirements, but I'm not sure if I will be able to accurately define where and for how long I left the UK in last 5 years. As I'm passing the border every time I enter the UK, I would expect for the immigration office to check it on their own? I'm worried that I might miss something and therefore my application will be refused - I'm fairly sure that I'm not the only one lacking a journal logging their travels with exact time/date therefore I can't be only person with this problem?
Can you please advise if I can retrieve the information from the border control to accurately fill the table in section 2.2? If not, what are my options?
Regards,
Martin