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I'm a British citizen from birth. My wife just got ILR (as my spouse) and is applying to naturalise. She's actually submitted the online application and is at the stage of uploading evidence. Her biometrics appointment is in 3 weeks.

She has to demonstrate she's been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

There's only one trip out of the UK we've made in that time; a 2 day trip to Dublin.

Her passport was stamped in Dublin, but when we came back (via Birmingham Airport), we did not come back via international arrivals because it was travel to/from the Common Travel Area. So there was nobody to stamp her passport back in.

I'm imagining this is a common problem. Will this be an issue or not for her application for naturalisation?

If I need to provide additional evidence I could provide most payslips covering the last 3 years, the annual tax code statements and P60 reports, and council tax bills.

I am struggling to understand if additional information is needed in this instance and if so, how much would be proportionate/sufficient to demonstrate residence.

The documents you suggested will be helpful.
No return airline ticket or boarding pass in your wife's name? Or an email confirming your wife's flight details? And a bank or credit card statement showing that she made a payment while in the UK very shortly after her flight back?
You will be fine. If your wife's passport was not stamped on return, what else can you do?

No boarding pass or ticket (think it was all done via app) but we have:

- an email with itinerary
-a credit card and bank account statement in her name showing activity on both accounts in the UK after arrival
- letter from employer used for ilr application with her commencement date showing before the trip (i.e. showing she was continuously employed for full time work in the UK over the period)
- payslips for the month of the trip and the month after
-p60 and tax code letters from 2018 up to 2021
-could also add council tax covering the whole period...

P60s are sufficient.

alterhase58 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:19 pm

P60s are sufficient.

Not guaranteed. According to the document below A P60 for a 12-month period (the caseworker may request additional evidence to confirm that the person has been resident in the UK for at least six months of that period).
The 6 month period is particularly important if OP visited Ireland in the final year of the 3 year period.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -in-the-uk

For naturalisation, P60s are routinely submitted by EU citizens as they don't get stamps in their passports. Case workers can of course always ask for additional evidence though reports around this are quite rare. The quidance quoted is for the Settled Status scheme.