CR001 's advice is spot-on. Your first port of call should be your old passports to see if there is an ILR stamp or vignette in them. If you do have such a stamp, you may be home scot-free and the discussion below should not affect you (unless you have been away from the UK for two years). From you...

thank you for the quick reply. I applied in October 2016...I just looked at the card (copy since they still have the original) and it does not mention this...now i am starting to understand...damm... and I have a few old passport after such a long time here and none of them have such a stamp since ...

What I mean by the EEA card, is the blue card, called “Uk residence documentation for a national of an EEA state”. I applied for that card in 2016 and got it a few months later, (since after 28 years i never needed one) and this is what i sent to the HO with my full application since it met the req...

Good evening, first post and would appreciate some feedback / advise. I am French, been in the UK for 29 years, single, professional, never been unemployed. I applied for BC in October 2016 by myself; sent all the required docs, papers, fees. All originals were returned to me in October 2016 with a...

Good evening, first post and would appreciate some feedback / advise. I am French, been in the UK for 29 years, single, professional, never been unemployed. I applied for BC in October 2016 by myself; sent all the required docs, papers, fees. All originals were returned to me in October 2016 with a ...