ModestWisdom wrote:1) Yes, I mentioned in the first post that I was just filling out the form for myself & my parents as well, I wanted to include them in one envelope/form rather than 3 of us doing it individually.
I'm still a bit confused about "Who is the person who is an EEA national who has exercised treaty rights?". Is there another way for you to phrase this question/statement? I am also going to briefly summarize everything so far and provide you with a small timeline of things, it should be a bit easier for you to understand/help me.
Both of my parents have been here for over 12 years.
I am 25 years old, I do not depend on my parents. I have worked for the last ~4.5 years; before that I was studying for 4 years. We are all living together (we always have) and I contribute towards rent/bills, you could say that we split/share everything.
2) No one has ever told me anything about CSI and while I was studying I was completely relying on my parents (I was living with them - they bought food, paid bills).
It seems to me that perhaps I should make my mom/dad the sponsor in this case since you mentioned the whole CSI thing. The only issue here would be that my father is self-employed and if I'm not mistaken the government never really likes the proof/documents of those who are self-employed. Perhaps I should make my mom sponsor then? She has worked for Marriott hotel a very long time ago, after which she was self-employed and eventually she got a job within a company. Neither of my parents have been away from the UK for more than 2 weeks (if I'm not mistaken). They have simply went back to my country for a short amount of time to meet the relatives a few times.
Yes you did mention it but you haven't said who is the main applicant. 1 of you has to be.
HO has no problem with selfemployed qualified persons as long as supporting evidence is rock-solid (if not unimpeachable).
They also apply their somewhat controversial PET/MET test to workers and the selfemployed (which is over and beyond EU law) but not much you can do about that.
If you don't have CSI/EHIC/RC your student years won't count. So you have a big gap in your timeline and PR clock will have been stopped.
So probably better if parent sponsors you.
The relevant qualifying period does not have to be the last 5 years.
if during the qualifying period you were under 21 its easy, just prove they're your parent.
If during any of the qualifying period you were over 21, you have to prove financial dependency on your sponsor/parent.
If possible, choose a 5 years period when all of you were in UK, one parent has good evidence of treaty rights and, by the end of it, you were still under 21.
Get up to speed here first - on qualified persons (see sections about selfemployed & students):
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _clean.pdf
& here - about direct family members (see section about dependency):
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... s_v3_0.pdf
Informed by the above, suggest draw up everyone's timelines;
see who has no gaps, no holes;
see who has the best supporting evidence (did I mention it needs to be rock-solid);
have a go at filling the form - choose one main applicant: the qualified person; 2 family members (their activities in UK are immaterial);
see how it all hangs together.
