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Zlaire wrote: ↑

Tue May 16, 2023 2:45 am

Hello,

Recently applied for naturalisation (15th May 2023), have been told to provide 5 years evidence.
I was a student from September 2017-September 2021, and have worked continuously at different jobs until March 20th, since which I've been unemployed. There is no employment requirements for naturalisation.

I'm providing:
Evidence of having attended my university full time from SEP 2017 - SEP 2021
Yearly student finance letters showing what I've been entitled to (17/18 year all the way until 20/21)
P60 for April 2021 - April 2022
Payslips for Job 1 (which covers SEP 2021-SEP 2022)
Job 2 began on Sep 2022 and ended Dec 2022, I'm providing a signed offer letter as evidence I began and a P45 to show the date I've left
Payslips for Job 2 (SEP - Dec 2022)
Job 3 began early Jan 2023, providing offer letter to show I began and payslips for Jan-Mar 2023 (have not received P45)
HMRC employment history from online

There's a small gap between March 20 to present where I've been unemployed (left Job 3), I'm providing a single bank statement to confirm my residency for April 2023 - I hope that won't be an issue. It won't be

My question: do you think all of this would be enough to cover 5 years of residency for someone who is applying for naturalisation whilst holding settled status as an EU citizen? I'm afraid that some of my evidence might not be sufficient. I don't have any large time gaps (have been absent on holiday 18 days of the last 90 and maybe 50 in the last 450).

Wander3r wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:07 pm

How did your application go? User only posted once .... and may not have been approved as yet.

All those are proofs of residency. Do you know what can be used to prove that one was physically present at the beginning of the 3/5 year period? There's no need to prove that day - only thing to watch is your absence listing, ensure you weren't away that day.

Bank statements can't be used as residency proof. Can they be used for the physical requirement? Like you, I'm a EU citizen and don't have stamps in my passports to confirm where I have been. Statements are not acceptable for naturalisation, and again you don't need to provide hard proof that you were in the UK on that day.

Thanks!