Background
New Zealand national
5 years Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) + 14 month ILR
Director of my own limited company
Applied for naturalisation on 21 February 2024
Documents provided:
- All previous passports
- ILR card
- Referees
- Plane ticket + boarding card showing return flight from Ireland in Jan as there is no immigration gate on returning from Ireland
- P60s for 2018 - 2023
- Statement of account from HMRC stating my taxes were up to date
In my final year before applying for naturalisation, I went to New Zealand to see family for two months. So being a national, I didn't get a stamp at either end. However, I went through the e-gates at UK immigration on my return.
Concern
I am worried I have made a mistake because I applied in February so I didn't have a P60 for the final year closing Apr 2024. I read that other people provided payslips for the months of the year that they did not have a P60 for. I didn't do this. As I had read that I had to provide passports, and I had just got ILR over one year ago, I thought this satisfied the requirement to prove residency.
I have not heard from Immigration requesting any further docs yet.
Questions
1. Is anyone able to shed light if I have might have made a fatal mistake or if they can check my presence in the UK through the e-gate records / HMRC records?
2. I know no-one can say with 100% certainty, but is there a chance they would ask me for the missing documents or simply reject my application?