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There's no effective way to check your immigration record as an EU citizen. You won't be rejected for providing false information - I would just pick one of the dates like the 9th Jan 2013 and insert that in the online application, and then attach a covering letter where you explain that you don't have records as to your exact date of arrival, but that you remember it was around the 3-9 January 2013.gongok wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:18 pm-Arrival in the UK- (Jan 2013)
My qualifying period starts in January 2013 (until January 2018). I do not remember exactly the date I arrived in the UK around the start of January (around 3-9th Jan 2013). How can I check my immigration record in order to have an accurate date matching those HO will check to avoid being rejected for false information?
The HO normally allows gaps of six months per year without needing to provide any evidence of activity. So one year of unemployment is too long, and it may well be that the HO will not consider all of this period or part of this period as valid as you weren't exercising treaty rights.gongok wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:18 pm-Unemployment- (Jan-Nov 2013)
My first year of the 5 qualifying years, I am applying as a job seeker. I have bank statements as evidence for Residence but these are issued either quaterly or monthly, so they do not cover the whole period, but the guides states that I should only provide one piece of evidence, so how can I do this with just one bank statemet?
If you decide to go for a QP starting in Jan 2013, include all these e-mails as evidence of job-seeking. You need to print them - even though you complete the application online, to submit it you need to print it - you can't submit online.gongok wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:18 pmI can provide the following evidences of Activity as a job seeker: 1- an email attachment letter in Jan '13 inviting me to an interview. 2- an email dated June '13 inviting me to another interview or another email Sept '13 offering the job. How can I use these emails as evidence documents when submitting my online application (copy them into a pdf file)? Should I submit all or just one?
Yes, the letter should be fine. Even better if you can also include pay slips or bank statements showing the money coming in to your account - six pay slips or six bank statements per year. If the bank statements are originals sent to you by post by the bank, that's fine. If the statements are online statements, you need to have each one stamped by your bank.gongok wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:18 pm-Employment- (from Dec 2013, only partly with P60)
I started work in December 2013 until March 2016. I no longer have P60s for that period. I can provide Residence evidence for each year (council tax). For evidence of Activity, I have a letter stating the original employment dates (Dec 2013 until Dec 2015) and a P45 for January to March 2016. Can I use this one letter as evidence covering the two years period or do I need to provide one evidence per year?
I would provide both - P45 and P60.
This isn't very important - just choose one figure.
How long it takes depends on a lot of factors - my application as a job seeker took 3 weeks, but the HO can have up to six months to process your application. You will be notified by post and your documents will be sent back by post.gongok wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:18 pmFinally, I wonder what happens once we submit the online application and send the evidence documents. How long does it take for a reply, and how should I expect a reply (by email or post)? This is because I will be away in July/August and want to know whether I should redirect my post or can be notified by email.
You *can* try to apply as a job seeker for the initial 11 months, but periods of unemployment of longer than 6 months require very strong evidence, so may not be accepted. If you *had* been receiving job-seeker's allowance for example, this would be strong evidence. I would send them as much evidence you have of job-seeking (all e-mails/responses/etc.) and explain in the covering letter that you found a job at the end of the job-seeking period. If they don't accept your job-seeking period from January 2013, then they will probably decide that your qualifying period started in December 2013 or in July 2013 (6 months after arriving).gongok wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:32 pmI do not understand why you are saying that I cannot apply as a job seeker. According to the guidance, a qualifying person can be eligible as a job seeker as well as employed or student or self sufficient (there is no specification on the time). Is this because i can not be a job seeker for a period longer than 6 months?
In that case, should I start my qualifying period 6 months prior to starting work (in Dec 13), so June 2013 (until June 2018)? But then, should I still write the date of arrival in the UK as January 2013 since I did not leave and return to the UK between Jan-June, or should the arrival date be the start of the qualifying period?
I don't know the answer to that question - if I were you, I would just provide all the evidence I have relative to your search for work - eg. all your e-mail applications, rejection letters, invitations to interview, etc.gongok wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:32 pmAlso, two pieces of evidence are required as job seeker. Do these need to be from a different job application? I have an invitation for an interview in June and then an offer for the job in September. They are both related to the same job (which I then started in Dec), would these be considered as TWO evidence as requested?
In the section where it asks what your date of arrival is - you either put in the date you first entered the UK for the first time, or the date when you arrived in the UK more recently.
Yes, even though the guidance says that - as proof of employment, I would provide 6 pay slips OR 6 bank statements for those years where you are not sending P60s. The 6 documents should be spread out to cover the whole year - eg. January, April, June, etc. For the years where you are sending P60s - you don't need to send anything else - as P60s are proof of both employment and residence.gongok wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:32 pmYou also mention providing 6 pay slips as proof of activity, and 6 bank statements as evidence of residence. But the guide states to only provide TWO pay slips and ONE evidence of residence, yet they also want these evidence to cover the whole 12 months period which I found contradicting as most of these evidence only refer to one month.
Yes, registered mail. No, you don't need to respond as they don't normally ask queries.gongok wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:32 pmConcerning the reception of the answers and documents by post after sending the application. Are these sent back by registered mail, and will I need to be expected to send a response; if so, what are the delays? This is because as I will be away, I will ask someone to check on my post but they may not be able to do it regularly.
Doesn't really matter - I did it online as it was easier than filling in the paper version by hand.
Yes.