EEA PR card application for non-UK residents

[Phil1982]

Hi there,

I was wondering whether anybody could give me some advice on a question I have not found an answer to:

I am a French citizen and have spent a total of 8 years in the UK as an undergraduate and postgraduate student, so that based on this period, I would qualify for an EEA PR card. However, I moved out of the UK in 2010, but have been back periodically typically 3-4 times a year, mainly to visit friends. However, it is difficult to prove this, since my passport did not get stamped.

I would like to apply for an EEA PR card so that I can prove my rights of residency if I ever want to move back to the UK after the brexit. However, I have the following questions:
- am I entitled to an EEA PR card, given the above circumstances?
- if so, which document can/should I submit to prove that I have retained my residency rights, despite moving out of the UK in 2010?

Best wishes

-- phil

[secret.simon]

have spent a total of 8 years in the UK as an undergraduate and postgraduate student

Did you have Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (either private health insurance or a non-UK EHIC card) for any five continuous years of these 8 student years?

If you did not have CSI as a student, then you did not exercise treaty rights and hence not have acquired PR on the basis of eight student years.

[Casa]

I addition to secret.simon's post, PR is lost after residing outside of the UK for 2 years or more and short visits back don't enable you to retain it.