We are in the process of applying to a permanent residence in the UK, just before my wife's 5-year EEA visa expires.
There are no visas on the EEA route. Your wife probably has an EEA residence card, which is not a visa.
If I understand correctly I have to prove that I have been a 'qualified person' in the last 5 years.
You need to prove that you have been a qualified person for
a continuous 5 year period. It doesn't matter whether it was the last 5 years or not.
The problem is that I have been working in the last 4.5 years, but before I was a student. We had a comprehensive health insurance for around 6 months, but there is about 3 months that is not covered between finishing uni and my first job. Do you think that can be a problem? Is there a way around it?
Should be OK. Were you looking for a job in that 3 month gap? A
jobseeker falls under the category of
worker for the purposes of EEA residence. To make things easier, could you just wait another 6 months and then apply on the basis of 5 years of full time work?
Also the applications asks for 'Sufficient financial resources', I had a scholarship at the time, but the university would not provide any proof of that after almost 5 years. Not sure what can be done about that? (Our bank account at the time was probably probably heavily overdrawn, so not sure if I can sent that instead?)
From
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... -04_KP.pdf -
Sufficient financial resources (students and self-sufficient persons)
At least one of the following:
Itemised bank statements
Building society pass book
Evidence of receipt of a pension
Evidence of income from rental property
Wage slips from lawful employment
Evidence of income from lawful self-employment
(Student only) Evidence of a grant, scholarship or bursary
(Student only) A declaration, signed and dated by the relevant EEA national, confirming that
they have/had sufficient financial resources to cover them and any family members living in the
UK (if applicable) not to become a burden on the UK’s social assistance system during their
period of stay in the UK as a student – this should be witnessed and counter-signed by a
Commissioner for Oaths, public notary, or magistrate.
If a relative, friend or other person has been financially supporting you/your sponsor, you must
enclose a signed and dated letter from that person confirming that they have been supporting
you/your sponsor and for how long. You must also submit evidence of that person’s finances as
above.
