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by rosebead » Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:25 pm
Even if your wife is a Permanent Resident (PR), you would still have to prove that she was PR. Obviously if she had an EEA3 PR card and you had a copy of it, then for ROR you would not need to prove that she was exercising Treaty rights during the divorce proceedings, although you would still have to prove that she has not been absent from the UK for more than 2 years since she got the PR card - this can be proved by one official document (like a bill) with her name on it from each year that she has been in the UK since her PR.
However since she doesn't have a PR card, you have to prove she is PR in another way which you can only do with 5 years of proofs from her. No easy way around this I'm afraid. Or you could try applying for spousal maintenance during your divorce. This will force a financial disclosure from her (which could be proof that she works).