Is letter adequate proof of having acquired PR
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:31 am
I am helping my mum with her application. She is Danish, has lived here in the UK since 1980 etc (further context available if required). We believed we were ready to submit her AN form.
However, an oversight on my part, for which I am now kicking myself, means this PR card requirement passed us by. Faced with the possibility of having to go back to square one and fill out another form and go through another process to get a PR card and then having to do AN all over again, we want to be absolutely sure we need to. I admit that reading this thread, and section 2.4 of the new AN form from January 2016 ('Please state the number of your Permanent Residence card and the date of issue'), makes me think we do need to do that.
My mum has permanent residence. She just doesn't have the fancy card that says so on it. However, the November 2015 Booklet AN says the following on page 7: 'but you may have a letter from the Home Office saying that you are a free from immigration conditions'. My mum certainly has this - in 2003 she got a 'blue card', a residence permit, and with it a nice official letter from the Home Office that has the first line 'I am writing to say you have been granted permanent residence in the United Kingdom'. We still have this letter. The passport, in this case the one from 2003-2013 that bore the relevant stamp, however, is lost. Some sources suggest a letter is enough - is it?
Sorry for the long post. I guess my question boils down to 'is it now a 100% binary "if you have a PR card, you can apply, if you don't then you can't" system, or a "a PR card or other proof you have PR is required" system?'
Thank you in advance for any advice.
However, an oversight on my part, for which I am now kicking myself, means this PR card requirement passed us by. Faced with the possibility of having to go back to square one and fill out another form and go through another process to get a PR card and then having to do AN all over again, we want to be absolutely sure we need to. I admit that reading this thread, and section 2.4 of the new AN form from January 2016 ('Please state the number of your Permanent Residence card and the date of issue'), makes me think we do need to do that.
My mum has permanent residence. She just doesn't have the fancy card that says so on it. However, the November 2015 Booklet AN says the following on page 7: 'but you may have a letter from the Home Office saying that you are a free from immigration conditions'. My mum certainly has this - in 2003 she got a 'blue card', a residence permit, and with it a nice official letter from the Home Office that has the first line 'I am writing to say you have been granted permanent residence in the United Kingdom'. We still have this letter. The passport, in this case the one from 2003-2013 that bore the relevant stamp, however, is lost. Some sources suggest a letter is enough - is it?
Sorry for the long post. I guess my question boils down to 'is it now a 100% binary "if you have a PR card, you can apply, if you don't then you can't" system, or a "a PR card or other proof you have PR is required" system?'
Thank you in advance for any advice.