Excess absences help needed
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:17 am
First of all, what a wonderful forum. It's been a great help on my application so far.
But for now I'm stuck and need help. So first post so please be gentle
Bit about me. French, living in London for past 20 years. Already have permanent residence document and acquired this about 10 years ago
Trying now to apply for naturalisation and have hit a problem in that I seem to like to travel a little too much. Past 5 years absences are 694 days and past 12 months are 159 days
I've tried looking but can't find an answer to this, or maybe I'm not understanding something
My question is as follows
For non-married applicants. On page 10 and 11 of the Guide AN document, or page 7 and 8 of the Booklet AN, it states the rules relating to permitted absences for the past 5 years and the past 12 months prior to the application.
For the 5 year rule it states that up to 900 days absences are normally disregarded if “you meet all other requirements” provided you can demonstrate various matters relating to your home, family and estate
For the 12 month rule it states two options one of which is for “only if all other requirements are met”, and the other for “if you do not meet all the other requirements”
What is not made clear is whether the two rules interconnect which each other. If you have someone who, for example, has 150 days absence under the 12 month rule and 700 days absence under the 5 year rule this means that they do not meet either requirement. Does that mean that they cannot apply at all since on the strict reading of the 5 years rule they do not “meet all other requirements” by virtue of the fact that they do not meet the 12 month rule. Or does it mean that they can apply since the 12 month and 5 year rule are viewed together as one single requirement
Any help or guidance on this would be very welcome
But for now I'm stuck and need help. So first post so please be gentle
Bit about me. French, living in London for past 20 years. Already have permanent residence document and acquired this about 10 years ago
Trying now to apply for naturalisation and have hit a problem in that I seem to like to travel a little too much. Past 5 years absences are 694 days and past 12 months are 159 days
I've tried looking but can't find an answer to this, or maybe I'm not understanding something
My question is as follows
For non-married applicants. On page 10 and 11 of the Guide AN document, or page 7 and 8 of the Booklet AN, it states the rules relating to permitted absences for the past 5 years and the past 12 months prior to the application.
For the 5 year rule it states that up to 900 days absences are normally disregarded if “you meet all other requirements” provided you can demonstrate various matters relating to your home, family and estate
For the 12 month rule it states two options one of which is for “only if all other requirements are met”, and the other for “if you do not meet all the other requirements”
What is not made clear is whether the two rules interconnect which each other. If you have someone who, for example, has 150 days absence under the 12 month rule and 700 days absence under the 5 year rule this means that they do not meet either requirement. Does that mean that they cannot apply at all since on the strict reading of the 5 years rule they do not “meet all other requirements” by virtue of the fact that they do not meet the 12 month rule. Or does it mean that they can apply since the 12 month and 5 year rule are viewed together as one single requirement
Any help or guidance on this would be very welcome