British naturalisation - proof of residency

[lappotto]

All,

Can anyone, who has successfully applied for BC, advise on what documents they submitted to prove they have been resident in the UK?

I am an EEA national, so my passport does get not stamped every time I enter the UK. Have people submitted letter from employers stating they have been working for them? If so, how easy was to request the employer certifying/stating your address? Have you also added bank statements & alike?

Thank you,

[alterhase58]

I applied Aug 2016 and submitted a letter from my employer stating I am working from to to date in role XYZ, that's all. It did cover the 10 years prior to application, at the time I had been with them for just under 30 years, so very easy. To save messing around with P60 or payslips I would recommend that way, especially if you only had one or few employers.

Employers should be ok to issue these letter, they are the work reference type letters, though it may be a challenge if they have gone out of business or small businesses (use P60 maybe). Bank statements are not a proof of residency normally.

[LadyRenoir]

My current employer was very happy to provide me with a letter stating all the necessary facts.
For my two previous employers I also got letters without much fuss.

Unfortunately from other places I worked at, I got no response, also some changed management, so I was not sure if they even kept paperwork from so many years ago, but at any rate, they never bothered to answer me anyways. I had to dig up through tons of random papers I kept to find my P45 and P60s (I am not very organised with my paperwork). So I had previous employers covered that way.

For my PR I had to submit more documents including some bank statements and letters from NHS etc, so actually the BC application was a lot more straight forward.