In an awkward position re: the residency requirement. Advice needed.
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:15 pm
Hello, all. Thank you very much for your time.
I sought asylum in the UK as a child in the spring of 2010, secured limited leave to remain in the summer of 2010, and secured indefinite leave to remain in the autumn of 2015. I have lived in England for the last decade. I have never, at any time, left the country.
In late-January 2020, I resigned from a job I secured after graduating from university & moved back home. Unfortunately, the pandemic scuppered my plans to secure immediate work in my home city. I was unemployed and living with my parents in the six months between January to June, after which I managed to secure full-time employment.
As a consequence of my unemployment & my living with my parents during those six months, I suspect that I am unable to provide substantive evidence of my being in this country during this time. According to the residency requirement for naturalisation, I should not have spent more than 90 days outside the country in the last 12 months. I meet this requirement in theory, but if I am asked to provide evidence of my meeting it, I'm not sure if they evidence I'll have will qualify. I attended six in-person job interviews in England between January and March, and the companies have been kind enough to provide me with letters to this effect.
Can you advise as to whether my suspicions are correct? Does this mean I don't meet the residency requirement? Thanks in advance.
I sought asylum in the UK as a child in the spring of 2010, secured limited leave to remain in the summer of 2010, and secured indefinite leave to remain in the autumn of 2015. I have lived in England for the last decade. I have never, at any time, left the country.
In late-January 2020, I resigned from a job I secured after graduating from university & moved back home. Unfortunately, the pandemic scuppered my plans to secure immediate work in my home city. I was unemployed and living with my parents in the six months between January to June, after which I managed to secure full-time employment.
As a consequence of my unemployment & my living with my parents during those six months, I suspect that I am unable to provide substantive evidence of my being in this country during this time. According to the residency requirement for naturalisation, I should not have spent more than 90 days outside the country in the last 12 months. I meet this requirement in theory, but if I am asked to provide evidence of my meeting it, I'm not sure if they evidence I'll have will qualify. I attended six in-person job interviews in England between January and March, and the companies have been kind enough to provide me with letters to this effect.
Can you advise as to whether my suspicions are correct? Does this mean I don't meet the residency requirement? Thanks in advance.