You're not considered a non-resident during these two years but you are not exercising treaty rights if you did not have CSI whilst you were a student. As treaty rights need to be exercised for a CONTINUOUS period of 5 years in order to obtain PR, the 5 year 'clock' would have started anew once you...

Hi, I started residing in the UK from August 2009 and was self employed till august 2011. from august 2011 till date I continue to be a full time employee. However in August 2015 till date I also started a full time course at the university and reduced my work hour from the usual forty to twenty in ...