Absences from the UK and CSI

[tmonaghan]

Hello,

I left the UK for about 5.5 months and came back. Would I have to have a CSI during that period even though I was not in the UK? Of course, since I returned I have a CSI but I would want to know about the time spent outside the UK please,

I am a EEA Self-Sufficient person, relying from the Financial support from my British Citizen partner during the time I spent in the UK.

Thank you,

Trevor

[MrSlyFox]

You can be absent for six months per year without affecting your residency, were you absent for .5 months more in that year besides that one big absence of 5.5 months (I.e. over six months in total)? No CSI required if your not in the UK.

Or one big one off absence of up to a year for important reason (i.e. childbirth)

[tmonaghan]

Thank you MrSlyFox

I was simply absent for 5.5 months, I have the flight tickets to prove that right..

Regards,

Trevor

[MrSlyFox]

Then you should have any troubles with it

[prforyou]

This is really useful! It also helps with a point in my timeline that I currently am struggling with.

However, it just seems really illogical from the UK perspective, as what if one is in another EEA country during that time of absence and were using the British EHIC card?

Is it the same also, if as a student in the UK I would be absent for a few months and not working and not having CSI?

[tmonaghan]

@prforyou

Well both Self-Sufficient and Studen persons are treated the same way; such as the requirement for a CSI during our stay in the UK.

So if we are not required to hold a CSI whilst abroad for a few months and no longer than six months; it should be reasonable to accept that a CSI whilst abroad would be a waste of month unless your CSI covers you while abroad as well as in the UK.

I would have been gutted if I had to have a CSI whilst abroad because of the cost £95 a month.