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natienka wrote:Hi everyone,
Does anyone already have the document certifying permanent residence? I wonder what date it shows - e.g. date of when it was issued, or date of when the right would have been first granted.
In my case, I've been here legally for 8 years so my understanding is that once I prove that, the card should show that I gained PR 3 years ago. But will it show that, or will it be dated e.g. 2016?
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See https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... nts_v5.pdfThe new Residence Cards (biometric format) closely resemble Biometric Residence Permits. They are of a standard credit card size and contain:
holder’s digital image, name and signature, date and place of birth, nationality, gender, expiry date of card, place of issue, type of residence card (category of residence) and a unique number
Thanks - this is very useful! I'll be sending in my national ID so I probably will receive a standalone document rather than one in my passport. So I guess it doesn't backdate to when I was given PR...noajthan wrote:See https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... nts_v5.pdfThe new Residence Cards (biometric format) closely resemble Biometric Residence Permits. They are of a standard credit card size and contain:
holder’s digital image, name and signature, date and place of birth, nationality, gender, expiry date of card, place of issue, type of residence card (category of residence) and a unique number
Thus comes the problem with the requirement of holding PR status for 12 months before applying for naturalisation. If the PR document does not confirm the date of acquiring PR, and you send no supporting evidence of your PR status (eg the documentation that you would send with the EEA(PR) application form) other than the PR document itself, how do the naturalisation application team know whether you have held PR for at least 12 months?LilyLalilu wrote:The doc certifying PR only contains the issue date, not the date PR was actually acquired hence all the problems since holding such a doc has been made mandatory when applying for the privilige of citizenship. It is a standalone document as they are not allowed to endorse EEA nationals' passports as far as I have heard.
That's exactly what worries me; I suppose they could potentially check with the EEA team as they must have notes of when PR was acquired, however, knowing the Home Office/UKVI, I do not expect them to do this.. They may just refuse the application if one has held the doc certifying PR for less than 12 months and it would then be up to the individual to seek reconsideration which I hear is quite a lenghty process..Thus comes the problem with the requirement of holding PR status for 12 months before applying for naturalisation. If the PR document does not confirm the date of acquiring PR, and you send no supporting evidence of your PR status (eg the documentation that you would send with the EEA(PR) application form) other than the PR document itself, how do the naturalisation application team know whether you have held PR for at least 12 months?
Saladin0011 wrote:Well... I was calm until now... There is post about new PR card which is in small plastic format including all that biometric information... I have an old PR card (that long blue foldable paper card) and I want ask if it is still valid or I will have to apply for this new one and wait another year even though i could apply this march?
thx for your explaining.
This is exactly what I intend to do. Applied for PR doc on 10th DecemberLilyLalilu wrote:Maybe send them a cover letter clearly pointing out the regs and ask them to check with the EEA team to establish what date you acquired PR if they have any doubts.
The problem is that as this is a new regulation, you may not see the results of successful or failed applications for a few months.natienka wrote:I completely agree with all of you. However, when I put this case to a person at the National checking service, she claims it's clear that I need to have held the doc for 12 months. I completely disagree with this but I worry how much that would be the case...
Could we track here the new applications, e.g. someone with the doc certifying PR that was acquired over 12 months ago, who then applied for BC - and what the outcome was / will be?