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goldfish wrote:My immigration history is:
- 25 Sep 2005: Arrived in UK on a Working Holiday visa
I can't use 25 Sep 2005 because I didn't have the intention of staying on a long-term basis. However, I can't use 17 Feb 2006 because I didn't actually *arrive* in the UK on that date.
Thanks lots for your help.
I think you may have misunderstood the OP's question. It's not a matter of which date the OP can state, but more of which is the correct date to enter. The question in the form is when did you first enter the UK with the intention of staying on a long term basis. As the first entry was on a Working holiday visa (which is only granted for those to work on a short term basis while traveling & not for long term stay), it would anyway be inappropriate, if someone entered on that visa with the intention of settling in the UK. So the answer given by the HO is what I too would logically have entered based on the information the OP has mentioned.sanky_001 wrote:Who said you cant? You can 100% use 25th Sept 2005 as your first arrival date for your Citizenship !goldfish wrote:My immigration history is:
- 25 Sep 2005: Arrived in UK on a Working Holiday visa
I can't use 25 Sep 2005 because I didn't have the intention of staying on a long-term basis. However, I can't use 17 Feb 2006 because I didn't actually *arrive* in the UK on that date.
Thanks lots for your help.
I see OP's and your point cs95tdg. Thanks for your input.I think you may have misunderstood the OP's question. It's not a matter of which date the OP can state, but more of which is the correct date to enter. The question in the form is when did you first enter the UK with the intention of staying on a long term basis. As the first entry was on a Working holiday visa (which is only granted for those to work on a short term basis while traveling & not for long term stay), it would anyway be inappropriate, if someone entered on that visa with the intention of settling in the UK. So the answer given by the HO is what I too would logically have entered based on the information the OP has mentioned
I suspect your immigration history is different to the OP here, who appears to have applied for settlement as a T1G migrant. And thereafter is now applying for naturalisation. The residence requirements and valid types of Leave (visas) differ for different settlement application routes.sanky_001 wrote:I applied based on my physical presence when I came in tourist visa. So i hope UKVI approves my application.
Good to know that. Thanks for your input cs95tdg. Cheers!cs95tdg wrote:I suspect your immigration history is different to the OP here, who appears to have applied for settlement as a T1G migrant. And thereafter is now applying for naturalisation. The residence requirements and valid types of Leave (visas) differ for different settlement application routes.sanky_001 wrote:I applied based on my physical presence when I came in tourist visa. So i hope UKVI approves my application.
While presence in the UK on a valid visitor visa is considered valid for settlement under the long residence route, it is not for those who applied under 5 year T1 Route. Each person answering that particular question in the AN form would do so based on what's appropriate for their immigration history in the UK (this may differ based on the route they previously applied for settlement under).