Hi there,
I'm posting a question for my partner - who is a French national (30 years old). He'd like to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK - particularly now at a time brexit is causing uncertainty. We have been together about 3 years - however we are not married.
My partner has been in the uk for 5 years now - originally arriving in Jan 2014 - he started full time employeement and has worked every year he has been in the uk and has P60 statements to support his application. He is also named on the mortgage of our property with me.
The difficulty comes in 2017 - because he quit his job in the uk - then spent a further month in UK job searching - before subsiquently taking a job which saw him move back to Paris where he stayed for 5 months - before then returning back to the uk to take up a new job - an additional month later.
The rough timeline is this::::
Full time UK Employee -> 1 Month in UK job searchng -> 5 months Employee in Paris -> 1 month back in UK waiting for next contract to start -> Full time UK employee again
I understand you are not allowed to have a gap of more than 6 months outside of the country to be considered for indefinite leave - which is fine as he was only in Paris for 5 months - but the difficulty comes where I'm not sure how we will be able to prove that he was in the UK for the 2 months either side of this 5 months in Paris - and not actually just in Paris for 7 months.
We won't have any P60s/P45s as he wasnt working - he was searching for work in the uk. He was also not renting in the uk - as he was staying with me and my parents for free. So legally - I can't think of anything we have to prove where in the world he was for those 7 months!!!
So - my question is....if they question the gap of 6 months - how can I prove he was only in Paris 5 months - and not for 7 months....
My parents can write a document confirming he was staying with us if required? we have evidence he was job searching for uk jobs during his period of unemployment - in the form of job applications and interviews he attended.
Hope that makes sense - any advice you can given appreciated
Thanks!
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