Permanent Resident Card

[sophia_s]

Hi,
I am holding Swedish passport, living in London since 2005 till now and been married since 2005.

I worked from the beginning of 2006- August 2008 then stopped working and continued wth studies, later on got pregnant with two kids and went back to work 2013 and still working up to now.

My husband is holding EU Family Resident card which will expire in 2018. My question is can I apply for PR card?

[noajthan]

Hi,
I am holding Swedish passport, living in London since 2005 till now and been married since 2005.

I worked from the beginning of 2006- August 2008 then stopped working and continued wth studies, later on got pregnant with two kids and went back to work 2013 and still working up to now.

My husband is holding EU Family Resident card which will expire in 2018. My question is can I apply for PR card?

You need to have exercised treaty rights continuously for 5 years as a qualified person, that means as a worker, self-employed, student or self-sufficient person.
Any 5-year period in UK will do, not just the last 5 years.

Students & self-sufficient persons need to hold health insurance (CSI).

Do you have (/did you have) CSI (or, at a pinch, an EHIC) when you were a student & also when staying at home?

[sophia_s]

Dear Noajthan,

First of all many thanks for quick response, very thankful,,,,,
Unfortunately i did not have the health insurance (CSI) while was studying and staying home with kids as was not aware of it at all.
so if im correct to add up working periods in UK from the beginning of 2006- August 2008 and 2013- 2016 till now I can apply for the PR card striaght away now?

Yours Sincerely
Shopie

[noajthan]

Dear Noajthan,

First of all many thanks for quick response, very thankful,,,,,
Unfortunately i did not have the health insurance (CSI) while was studying and staying home with kids as was not aware of it at all.
so if im correct to add up working periods in UK from the beginning of 2006- August 2008 and 2013- 2016 till now I can apply for the PR card striaght away now?

Yours Sincerely
Shopie

Oh dear this is most unfortunate.
If you did not have CSI when it was required, (as a student & as a self-sufficient person), then, unfortunately, your PR clock will have stopped.
This is because you need a continuous period of 5 years exercising treaty rights.

There are 2 possible ways out of this...

1) Did you have a foreign-issued EHIC card when you were a student?
That would cover you instead of CSI - but only for your time as a student.

Or 2)
Did you have a RC issued to you as a student in or before 2011.
if so a transitional arrangement means you do not need CSI (as a student).

Does either option get you up to 2011? that is from 2008 (as you were working from 2006 - 2008 which is fine).
If so, you may have acquired PR by then.

However, if you were at home by 2011 (with no CSI) then your PR clock will definitely have stopped at that time.

If your PR clock only restarted in 2013 (from when you started working) then it will have to run until 2018.

[sophia_s]

Thanks for reply

In 2007 i got my RC and after i left my job in 2008 I started my study until 2011 and voluntary work then i stopped because i was expecting our first child, during study years i didn't had any health insurance because i wasn't aware of that law, plus my husband which is EAA family member has been working since 2007 when he came to this country till now.

[secret.simon]

What nationality is your husband?

If your husband is an EEA citizen and has been working continuously since 2007, he may have automatically acquired PR in 2012.

Both you and he could be able to apply for a PR card. You would apply as his dependant.

[sophia_s]

No I have come to UK frist in 2006 and started work then he came in 6 month entry clearance then applllied for him as EU family member resident card in 2007 and i get my RC as well..

[noajthan]

Thanks for reply

In 2007 i got my RC and after i left my job in 2008 I started my study until 2011 and voluntary work then i stopped because i was expecting our first child, during study years i didn't had any health insurance because i wasn't aware of that law, plus my husband which is EAA family member has been working since 2007 when he came to this country till now.

Congratulations on foresight to get the RC.

You possibly acquired PR automatically during the period 2006 - 2011 if that represents 5 years as a qualified person, worker then student.

The transitional arrangement can be invoked based on your RC.
Make sure you make that clear with a cogent paragraph in your application.

This is assuming any absences from UK were within prescribed limits.

Good luck.

[sophia_s]

Thanks for your help really appreciated brilliant stuff...

[noajthan]

See & quote this to bolster your application:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... issued.pdf

[sophia_s]

Thanks once again..