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EU immigration route operates under different regulations, (with different standards & requirements) compared to citizenship & UK laws.Jurax wrote:Question is:
a) do I have to declare my illegal work even though it is well past the ten year period? (as per section 9.7, letter c) of this document: Chapter 18 Annex D
b) is there any possibility it will cause me any problems?
Can't remember declaring it ever before on any forms...
Thanks for your time and thoughts
Thanks a lot for your answer - declaring is what I'm more and more inclined to as I think it shouldn't do me any harm as it's way past the 10 year period.noajthan wrote: EU immigration route operates under different regulations, (with different standards & requirements) compared to citizenship & UK laws.
a) Makes sense to declare. See Q3.13 (3.15)
HO will be aware anyway.
Not declaring could be interpreted as suppressing material facts (illegal working, deportation etc)..
Read the legally-binding Declaration carefully too.
b) Possibly.
10-year ban could be applied since HO becomes aware of issue / your presence in UK is regularised.
With a valid work visa since 2004 you may be good to go after 2014 but suggest see what other experienced members think too.
Good luck.
The caseworker will assess your case dispassionately & decide when you came back onto their radar, 2004 or 2008 or whenever.Jurax wrote:Thanks a lot for your answer - declaring is what I'm more and more inclined to as I think it shouldn't do me any harm as it's way past the 10 year period.
The working visa is more or less insignificant as I've spent 2 years and a bit back in my home country (Czech Republic, accession to EU in 2004) before coming back to the UK in 2008.
2008 was basically a fresh start for me where I've started in a new job with all the correct paperwork (WRS and consequent residency cards etc.)
Hope everything will turn out OK for us.
you worked illegally and u not gonna meet the good character , and I think you will get 10 years ban start from 2008 , the earliest u can apply is 2018 because u went back home between 2004 and 2018Jurax wrote:Hi everyone,
we (me and my wife) would like to apply for naturalisation as soon as posible beacuse of the new (higher) fees kicking in soon. I'm EEA citizen, my wife from outside the EU. We definitely have the years of settlement necessary and all the relevant documentation (residency cards etc.).
BUT - and I'm getting my knickers in the twist over it now - I have a little history of illegal work in the UK. To put long story short - been detained and deported way back in 2003 after brief stay and work in Scotland (before my country joined the EU) for working illegally. Returned to the UK at the start of 2004 with working visa for some 2 years, then back to my home country again (on my own accord this time )
Now I'm resident in the UK without interruption since January 2008, gone through all the hoops (WRS, residency cert., permanent residency cert.), new start basically and would like to obtain UK citizenship.
Question is:
a) do I have to declare my illegal work even though it is well past the ten year period? (as per section 9.7, letter c) of this document: Chapter 18 Annex D
b) is there any possibility it will cause me any problems?
Can't remember declaring it ever before on any forms...
Thanks for your time and thoughts