Immigrationboards.com

Hi

I first entered the United Kingdom in September 2006. I am a Spanish national. I spent until Dec 2014 reading my batchelors, master and phd and post doc in London. In Dec 2014 I left to Canada only to return back to the UK in Oct 2016. I left to Canada because my boyfriend had to spend time at home. Even though I am now back in the UK with the intention to stay permanently I still don't have an address (I am staying at my boyfriend's who is renting via AirBnB) and I don't have a job. I am however applying for jobs and also in the process of seeing properties to buy.

I want to apply for PR at this stage if at all possible but I am alive of the fact that the 2 year period since I last left the UK is about to expire.

I have some specific questions I would be most grateful to receive any help you can give me:

1) For the period I was a student (Sep 2006 - Dec 2014): what evidence do I need to prove I was excercising qualifying EU rights? I have all university docs to prove I was a full time student but I don't think I have any documents to prove I had private medical insurance. The only private medical insurance I had was one I always had in Spain with BUPA which would only cover me in case of a serious illness abroad. Does anyone know if this would be a problem and could you list the documents I need to put forward to justify my EU rights during this period of time?
2) Since Oct 2016 I am trying to exercise my qualifying rights in the UK so as to stop the clock from ticking. I won't be able to find a place to buy or a job before the 2 year period is up but I can show I have been applying to two vacancies. Are there any practical steps I can take in order to secure my application? Get temporary work for a week or two perhaps before year end? I am also travelling quite a bit during this period (for Christmas etc) which is probably not helping my case. However I expect to be more settled with a job and a house by the end of Feb 2017.

I don't want to lose the opportunity to apply for PR at this stage rather than having to wait for another 5 years.

Any practical advice you can give me I would be most grateful to receive. I appreciate any help given is without prejudice and I would simply be happy to receive any ideas on steps I can take not to lose the opportunity of acquiring PR at this stage.

Many thanks

Maria

1) Start here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _clean.pdf

You need CSI or alternative. for example a foreign EHIC.
Or did you have a RC issued to you as a student during/before 2011?
Or, as a longshot, did you have an EEA qualified person in UK at same time as you (for 5 continuous years) who can be considered to have been your sponsor?

if you did not have CSI (or foreign EHIC or a student RC or other Union citizen sponsor) then your carefree student years will not have counted towards acquiring PR and you will not have acquired PR.

2) If you did acquire PR before leaving for the Canada adventure then you have no need to exercise treaty rights at the moment.
Ofcourse you can work or study if you wish but there is no need to do so in order to maintain anything.

And if you did not acquire PR before leaving UK then your PR clock has already been reset to zero due to your over 6 months absence which will have broken continuity of residence.
Even if you had an exceptional reason (eg pregnancy, study leave etc) an over 1 year absence will be problematic.