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"Six months in *any* 12 months period" means exactly what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm1) What does this 'six months in any 12-month period' mean? If I stay outside UK, come back every six months, stay for a week, and leave again, will I be denied a settled status after 5 years?
Again, it means what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm2) What does this 'single absence of up to 12 consecutive months' mean for study purposes? If I spend 12 months outside in a row, I can't leave again in the remaining years of my pre-settled status?
secret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:30 am"Six months in *any* 12 months period" means exactly what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm1) What does this 'six months in any 12-month period' mean? If I stay outside UK, come back every six months, stay for a week, and leave again, will I be denied a settled status after 5 years?
At *any* point during your pre-settled status, you need to have resided in the UK for six months in the preceding 12 months.
So, if you reside for a straight six months outside the UK, you will need to reside in the UK for at least six months before you leave the UK at all.
You can obviously leave and re-enter the UK as many times as possible, so long as you have resided in the UK for at least 183 days in the preceding 365 days.
Again, it means what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm2) What does this 'single absence of up to 12 consecutive months' mean for study purposes? If I spend 12 months outside in a row, I can't leave again in the remaining years of my pre-settled status?
You are allowed one twelve month absence from the UK for an important reason without breaking continuity of residence. In the remaining four years, the rules above of being resident in the UK for at least six months in the year apply.
So, if you plan to max out your absences from the UK, you must be resident in the UK for at least 24 months (spread evenly across four years; factoring in one year of complete absence) in the five years following the grant of the pre-settled status.
secret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:30 am"Six months in *any* 12 months period" means exactly what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm1) What does this 'six months in any 12-month period' mean? If I stay outside UK, come back every six months, stay for a week, and leave again, will I be denied a settled status after 5 years?
At *any* point during your pre-settled status, you need to have resided in the UK for six months in the preceding 12 months.
So, if you reside for a straight six months outside the UK, you will need to reside in the UK for at least six months before you leave the UK at all.
You can obviously leave and re-enter the UK as many times as possible, so long as you have resided in the UK for at least 183 days in the preceding 365 days.
Again, it means what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm2) What does this 'single absence of up to 12 consecutive months' mean for study purposes? If I spend 12 months outside in a row, I can't leave again in the remaining years of my pre-settled status?
You are allowed one twelve month absence from the UK for an important reason without breaking continuity of residence. In the remaining four years, the rules above of being resident in the UK for at least six months in the year apply.
So, if you plan to max out your absences from the UK, you must be resident in the UK for at least 24 months (spread evenly across four years; factoring in one year of complete absence) in the five years following the grant of the pre-settled status.
Yes I understood that part, I'm mainly now confused about what'll happen after 5 years if I follow the condition of keeping just the current pre-settled status, which is I can't be absent more than 2 years. I won't get settled status alright after 5 years, but will I get another pre-settled status?Obie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:43 pmsecret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:30 am"Six months in *any* 12 months period" means exactly what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm1) What does this 'six months in any 12-month period' mean? If I stay outside UK, come back every six months, stay for a week, and leave again, will I be denied a settled status after 5 years?
At *any* point during your pre-settled status, you need to have resided in the UK for six months in the preceding 12 months.
So, if you reside for a straight six months outside the UK, you will need to reside in the UK for at least six months before you leave the UK at all.
You can obviously leave and re-enter the UK as many times as possible, so long as you have resided in the UK for at least 183 days in the preceding 365 days.
Again, it means what it says.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:11 pm2) What does this 'single absence of up to 12 consecutive months' mean for study purposes? If I spend 12 months outside in a row, I can't leave again in the remaining years of my pre-settled status?
You are allowed one twelve month absence from the UK for an important reason without breaking continuity of residence. In the remaining four years, the rules above of being resident in the UK for at least six months in the year apply.
So, if you plan to max out your absences from the UK, you must be resident in the UK for at least 24 months (spread evenly across four years; factoring in one year of complete absence) in the five years following the grant of the pre-settled status.
Well a pre settled status is not affected by an absence of less than 24 months. However a person who needs to acquire settled status on the back residence will need to show continuous residence of 5 years. That residence is broken by absence of more than 6 months in a year.
Okay thanks, I thought I get pre-settled status once and never more. That's what the guy on the phone said when I called EU Settlement Scheme. but he sounded confused himself about it.
You can receive pre-settled status as many times as you like. Once you've acquired five years in the UK using that pre-settled status, this is when you can apply for settled status.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:59 pmOkay thanks, I thought I get pre-settled status once and never more. That's what the guy on the phone said when I called EU Settlement Scheme. but he sounded confused himself about it.
However, I understand that a continuous qualifying period of residence must have begun before the specifiedGenevaJet wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:10 pmYou can receive pre-settled status as many times as you like. Once you've acquired five years in the UK using that pre-settled status, this is when you can apply for settled status.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:59 pmOkay thanks, I thought I get pre-settled status once and never more. That's what the guy on the phone said when I called EU Settlement Scheme. but he sounded confused himself about it.
I can't say for certain but I think you are able to use your continuous residence even if it runs over after the transition period ends so you can keep going until you acquire five years, at which point you can apply for ILR, most likely under a different scheme as the EU Settlement Scheme likely won't be a thing then.kumitrue wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:29 pmHowever, I understand that a continuous qualifying period of residence must have begun before the specifiedGenevaJet wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:10 pmYou can receive pre-settled status as many times as you like. Once you've acquired five years in the UK using that pre-settled status, this is when you can apply for settled status.nilooomilooo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:59 pmOkay thanks, I thought I get pre-settled status once and never more. That's what the guy on the phone said when I called EU Settlement Scheme. but he sounded confused himself about it.
date [i.e. before the transition period ends]. Would it mean that the application for the Settled status will be refused if a continuous qualifying period an applicant relied on begun after the specified date?