PR Application EU Citizen - Timing of Application

[dsab85]

Hello Everyone,

just wanted to quickly pick your brains on my situation. I moved with my (non-EU) wife to Northern Ireland in June 2007, and have been living here ever since.

I applied for a Residence documentation for a EU national in 2007 as a self sufficient person , and it was issued in Sept. 2007. As far as I remember at that time Health Insurance was not a requirement, or at least it was not queried. Said that I actually held private health Insurance via my employer in Ireland (cross border worker), but have only proof of that for the last year.

So my details are:

06/07 - 06/12 => Lived as self sufficient in NI, while being in full time employment in the Republic of Ireland. Held Private Health Insurance, but only have proof for the last year.

07/12 - date => Employed in the UK with the same employer

So currently I am half a year short of 5 years employment in the UK to qualify for PR on it's own. Should I wait for July to apply for PR just based on my UK employment, or should I go ahead and apply now based on 4.5 years employment in the UK and only limited proof of Health Insurance for the self-sufficient years in the UK?

Interestingly we have proved that we had Health Insurance in the past via my wife's ILR application in 2012/2013, but don't have the documents anymore. Could I make a reference to her application to substantiate my "claims"? My wife has actually acquired British citizenship since then.

Thanks,
DSAB

[noajthan]

Are you an EEA national (but not British)?

Can you not obtain confirmation of past health cover from employer's HR people?

[dsab85]

Yes, I am a EU citizen.

I contacted the Health Insurance Provider, and they told me that they can't Issue any kind of retrospective proof. HR could issue a letter, but it would be of little use as it does not contain any relevant Infos on what it covered etc.

Regards,
Daniel