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Hello,

I am a French citizen holding settled status granted in Oct '19 (before the usual 5yrs residence requirement due to my application being based on a settled family member). I am looking to now apply for citizenship and I hope to be able to do that at the end of the year.

I want to base my application on entering the UK in Dec '15. On that stay, I spent 10 days in the UK before returning to France for 2 weeks. After returning to the UK, I spent two weeks here before going back to France for 5 months (finishing school). On my return to the UK in June '16, I started work & later school here and combined have only spent only 71 days abroad in total to this date.

Those dates mean I am well under the allowed 450 days within the 5 years of residence. However, I am hesitant if I may call the Dec '15-June '16 period as "residence". Is it within the rules for me to apply in December later this year counting that period as residence? Is there any requirement to submit any proof of residence and in that case, how may I do that to cover that period? If it makes any difference, I was 14/15 years old at that time but I will be of course applying as an adult.

Yes, an an EU citizen, you are required to provide evidence of residence for the whole 5 years due to your passport not being stamp when you arrive in the UK et,.

I want to base my application on entering the UK in Dec '15.

You can't actually select the exact five year period of residency for naturalisation, as would be the case for PR applications.
Your absences and other documentation must relate to the five years immediately preceding the naturalisation application date.

CR001 wrote: ↑

Sat May 16, 2020 8:32 pm

Yes, an an EU citizen, you are required to provide evidence of residence for the whole 5 years due to your passport not being stamp when you arrive in the UK et,.

Thank you! So, if I provided two round-trip flight tickets for the two entries in December/January and one one-way to the UK in June, alongside payslips/P60’s and education documents covering the period from June onwards, would that be appropriate to prove residence for that entire period?