I have a question regarding when I would be eligible to submit an application for citizenship. I am aware that I must spend 5 years + 1 year without time restrictions, but find an application date difficult to determine based on the application form 2.1 wording: Enter the day you first arrived with a view to staying in the UK on a long-term basis. The relevant dates are below:
15/04/2006 - Arrival on Tier 5/Working holiday
07/03/2007 - HSMP Approval sticker (in-country switch)
10/04/2007 - First re-entry after UK absence with HSMP approval
14/02/2012 - ILR granted same-day, 28 days before 5 year qualifying period.
I will have spent 5 + 1 years (Tier 5 + HSMP + ILR) on 14/02/2013 but some of that time would have been Tier 5/Working Holiday - would it be true that I should not have arrived with a view to staying long term on that visa and cannot enter that as the date?
If that is so, my HSMP was approved in-country, so do I have to list for 2.1 the first re-entry date (10/04/07) or the date of HSMP approval as I did for ILR (07/03/07)?
Thanks in advance
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