mahasam wrote:
Hello,
Actually, the last question if I may - I have received my DCPR on 24/04/2012, my residence covers 5 years prior that date and I have applied for the Naturalisation on 12/04/2017. 12/04/2007 to 12/04/2017 have 11 days that fall out of the DCPR. Technically speaking those 11 days probably were without a WRS registration and it falls within last 10 years. Can this be an issue? Not sure how thoroughly case workers look through the case.
Thanks!
Hi mahasam, there are two separate reasons why those 11 days predating the period based on which you acquired PR should not affect your naturalisation:
(1) whilst your non-WRS time does fall within the 10-year period for assessment of good character, your lack of WRS does not amount to the level of immigration breach set out in para.9.5 of the Nationality Guidance (e.g. absconding, failure to report etc.)
(2) as previously explained, UKVI has already determined the legality of your prior residence. As a matter of law, this is pretty much conclusive and won't be reopened by the Nationality Group (in other words, UKVI cannot apply a different legal standard to those 11 days than they applied to your PR application). In any event, your application will not be scrutinised so meticulously unless you have previously had trouble with the IND/BIA/UKBA/UKVI, which doesn't seem to be the case.
Hopefully you'll get a letter from UKVI in the coming days - at the moment, processing times generally are well above their usual average of 50 calendar days.