Special circumstances?

[mikelpikel87]

Hi, I'm currently thinking to apply for citizenship after holding ILR for 22 years. The problem i have is that in the last 5 years 2 and a half of those have been spent abroad, however someone who worked for a immigration law firm suggested i might qualify for special circumstances. Would anyone know if there was any truth to this.
I have gone through the full education system here and consider this my home (i know the govt won't care about that). I really dont want to lose all that money from hearsay and can't find anything to confirm or deny the speculation?

[Casa]

What do you feel the 'special circumstances' are?

[mikelpikel87]

This is exactly it, i don't think i had any such thing. However this friend said her lawyer friend said as i have been in the uk for such a long time i might be able to dismiss the being out of the country with the explanation on strong ties to the uk.

[t123456789]

The booklet seems to indicate that you have up to 900 days in the last 5 years. (for being resident for more than 8 years), this would be by discretion. You might have to wait a few months to get absences in the last 12 months below 100 days. Of course this just means they won't outright refuse your application, just that it'll be considered.