RCs are optional for all, adults and minors.rainbow_tardis wrote:I just wanted to add: Is it possible to be rejected if you've been in the country for 22 years? I arrived aged 8 when I moved over to live with my mum who had moved here 3 years previously - long story! She was told/ or thought she didn't need to apply for any residence permits for me as I was a minor. The reason I have now applied is I wish to apply for citizenship and a British passport to make things a bit easier for myself. I put on my form the dates I wish in education for and my work history but only supplied documents for the last 6 years - since I graduated from University and had to get my own place and a proper job. Will they reject me based on no evidence of for example being in secondary school during certain dates? It would seem a tad pedantic since I can prove I've been working full time and have a place to live etc.
You probably acquired PR around 17 years ago as the dependent of a Union citizen/qualified person who was your sponsor (parent).
Although its perfectly fine to apply in own right.
Either way its all going to depend on the documentary supporting evidence submitted; its needs to be rock-solid (if not unimpeachable).
Noone get PR just for being in UK for xx years.