Haunted by WRS
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:25 pm
Hi,
I'm an A8 national and I'd like to apply for DCPR, with the goal to apply for citizenship after that.
I did my university degree in the UK from September 2006 to Jun 2011, which is almost 5 years. I arrived in the UK a few days prior to beginning my studies. Before that, I visited the UK a few times for no more than 7 days each time (and I've no idea what the dates were). I didn't have CSI during my university studies (and, AFAIK, no CSI alternatives). I had a few jobs with gaps of up to 6 months between them, working up to 20 hours a week and making close-to-minimal wage. Thus, as far as I understand, there is no way I can squeeze anything useful out of this period of time from the DCPR perspective.
I then got a graduate job (in July 2011) in which I stayed so far (i.e. just over 5 years), without interruptions, and which at all times paid a decent salary ("permanent and pensionable position" or whatever). I even stayed at the same address throughout this time, for which I think I have decent evidence. Thus, I'm pretty sure that I qualify with this period swimmingly.
What concerns me is WRS, which I didn't fall under for my current job at all, but which I did fall under whilst working during my university years. I have registered, still have the registration card and the certificates for 4 of those jobs, all originals. However, I also worked for my university 3 times (which I'm pretty sure should be counted separately, since I had different employment contracts for them and there were solid time gaps between them), for which I didn't get a WRS certificate (I asked them (the University) about it when I got the first job, they told me that it was the first time that they heard about it; I wanted to verify it, but never got around to it; never bothered the other 2 times since I didn't do it the first time).
I was reading around the forum and learned well that I "shouldn't Spammy Spammer my application", that "the case worker will figure it out" and that I "won't be penalised for not having WRS earlier". However, I also read that "Not many cases from 2011-2016 being reported yet as they are just working through the system. But plenty of cases reported in forum of late registration for WRS that have been accepted." And I also read that there are alternative application forms that I could possibly use to apply. Finally, as an Eastern-Europen-born soul, I'm kind of hesitant to "report" both myself and my university.
What do you think is the best way to go for me? Use the current official application form, not Spammy Spammer the application, report the employment without permission and attach the WRS docs? Or perhaps I could use a simplified form of some kind that would give evidence solely for the period since I began my last employment and not mention WRS?
Thank you very much in advance.
I'm an A8 national and I'd like to apply for DCPR, with the goal to apply for citizenship after that.
I did my university degree in the UK from September 2006 to Jun 2011, which is almost 5 years. I arrived in the UK a few days prior to beginning my studies. Before that, I visited the UK a few times for no more than 7 days each time (and I've no idea what the dates were). I didn't have CSI during my university studies (and, AFAIK, no CSI alternatives). I had a few jobs with gaps of up to 6 months between them, working up to 20 hours a week and making close-to-minimal wage. Thus, as far as I understand, there is no way I can squeeze anything useful out of this period of time from the DCPR perspective.
I then got a graduate job (in July 2011) in which I stayed so far (i.e. just over 5 years), without interruptions, and which at all times paid a decent salary ("permanent and pensionable position" or whatever). I even stayed at the same address throughout this time, for which I think I have decent evidence. Thus, I'm pretty sure that I qualify with this period swimmingly.
What concerns me is WRS, which I didn't fall under for my current job at all, but which I did fall under whilst working during my university years. I have registered, still have the registration card and the certificates for 4 of those jobs, all originals. However, I also worked for my university 3 times (which I'm pretty sure should be counted separately, since I had different employment contracts for them and there were solid time gaps between them), for which I didn't get a WRS certificate (I asked them (the University) about it when I got the first job, they told me that it was the first time that they heard about it; I wanted to verify it, but never got around to it; never bothered the other 2 times since I didn't do it the first time).
I was reading around the forum and learned well that I "shouldn't Spammy Spammer my application", that "the case worker will figure it out" and that I "won't be penalised for not having WRS earlier". However, I also read that "Not many cases from 2011-2016 being reported yet as they are just working through the system. But plenty of cases reported in forum of late registration for WRS that have been accepted." And I also read that there are alternative application forms that I could possibly use to apply. Finally, as an Eastern-Europen-born soul, I'm kind of hesitant to "report" both myself and my university.
What do you think is the best way to go for me? Use the current official application form, not Spammy Spammer the application, report the employment without permission and attach the WRS docs? Or perhaps I could use a simplified form of some kind that would give evidence solely for the period since I began my last employment and not mention WRS?
Thank you very much in advance.
Agree that more so in the case of no registration at all (although counting the duration of illegal work might be a more applicable criterion in this case), but still?