EU citizen in UK since 5 years ago

[berdavid88]

Hi,

I came to the UK in November 2012. Started to work straight.
Got my first payslip in December and my first bank statement in January 2013.
I was working all the time, during the years,
I was unemployed only for two months, but I have been here in the country,
there are transaction stated in my bank statement for that period.
The only thing is that I lost 2-3 payslips and I do not have all my P60s either.
I think one missing. Otherwise I have all the payslips and bank statements for all the period.
I was trying to get them, but seems like impossible as my previous employer does not have it.
My question is that will I be able to apply for permanent residency in January 2018?
If I will do that, do I have to prove a year later again all the 6 years or just the last year,
in order to apply for British citizenship? Also There are some payslips that I have received online,
so I just printed them out. Will they consider as original ones or I have to ask new ones with signature from my previous employer ?

Your sincerely,
David

[genorp]

As an EU citizen exercising treaty rights you automatically attain permanent resident status after 5 years. There's nothing to apply for.
However, if you intend on applying for citizenship after being a permanent resident for 12 months, it may make the application easier if you have the proof. You can get that by applying for that proof from here:
https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-cer ... -residence

[noajthan]

Naturalisation will fail if an EEA citizen (on EU migration route) does not submit DCPR.