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Good day,

I will be applying for citizenship in a few months. I see that we have to prove that we have not been out of the UK for 450 days in the last 5 years and no more than 180 days in the last 12 months. Is there anyway of proving this by requesting info from UK border force or another authority?.

I travel frequently and don't get stamped when I enter the UK so it would be hard to work out the days based on passport stamps etc? What proof have previous applicants used, Excel spreadsheets with travel dates, pics of passport pages etc?

From my experience doing my own application and reading a lot of the posts here, it doesn't seem like you need actual proof, but rather just list all your trips in the last 5 years in that part of the application.

I am an EU citizen and my passport doesn't get stamped either, so I went through all my flight/ train tickets in my email and listed every single trip outside of the UK. I tend to travel a lot on short city breaks so I had quite a lot to list. But I did not actually provide any proof as it is not something that the HO seems to require from having read the documentation.

Maybe someone more experienced/ a moderator might be able to advise better.

@madalina91 is quite correct - you don't need to submit proof of absences. Remember to exclude travel days out/in to the UK.
One thing to watch though is that you were not absent from the UK on the day five years back from your application date. That is a mandatory requirement.

Thank you both for the reply.

Wow, I am definitely going to have a lot of entries on that section of the form. I better start compiling the info so its easier to fill in.

The they just ask for destination and dates?

you will need to scan all the pages of your passport with stamps and entry clearance/visa

Garth1989 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:22 am

Good day,

I will be applying for citizenship in a few months. I see that we have to prove that we have not been out of the UK for 450 days in the last 5 years and no more than 180 days in the last 12 months. Is there anyway of proving this by requesting info from UK border force or another authority?.

I travel frequently and don't get stamped when I enter the UK so it would be hard to work out the days based on passport stamps etc? What proof have previous applicants used, Excel spreadsheets with travel dates, pics of passport pages etc?

Not also it is no more than 90 days in the last 12 months and not 180 days!!