Hello, I am an Italian citizen and in the process of applying for my permanent residency. I have been in UK just over 5 years now. However between August 2012 and April 2013 I didn't have a permanent work contract. I worked first as an unpaid intern until November 2012, then as a temp at a book shop...

Anyone has any advice on the below?

Many thanks for any help.

All best

Hello, I am an Italian citizen and in the process of applying for my permanent residency. I have been in UK just over 5 years now. However between August 2012 and April 2013 I didn't have a permanent work contract. I worked first as an unpaid intern until November 2012, then as a temp at a book shop...

Many thanks for sharing your experience. This is reassuring. Hopefully everything will be fine.
All best!

Thank you for your reply. However from your response it was not clear to me whether I should have had CSI during the two months' gap in employment? From my understanding of you are made unemployed from reasons out of your control you retain worker's rights for a certain period (and you are actively ...

Hi, I am about to apply for my permanent residence certificate as a EU national after five years of residence/work in the UK. However in June 2016 I was made redundant and was unemployed for about two months before finding another job in August 2016. My question is, do I need to explain that I was u...