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EEA4 absence from the UK
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:53 pm
by meir14
Hi,
I got married to an EEA national on 29 May 2010.
On 29 May 2011 (first year) I had been absent from the UK for 147 days.
I am on my second year now and absent only 20 days yet.
What does continuous 5 years residence means? Did I break this during my first year? What is the limit for this per year?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:04 am
by Punjab
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:10 am
by Jambo
Punjab,
Why do you put links to pages which are not relevant? The link is for Long Residence ILR, not PR under the EEA regulations which the OP is under.
@meir14 - up to 6 months a year doesn't break residency so you are fine.
Re: EEA4 absence from the UK
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:45 am
by Directive/2004/38/EC
meir14 wrote:I got married to an EEA national on 29 May 2010.
On 29 May 2011 (first year) I had been absent from the UK for 147 days.
I am on my second year now and absent only 20 days yet.
What does continuous 5 years residence means? Did I break this during my first year? What is the limit for this per year?
UKBA looks at the years which are anniversaries of 29 May 2010. So 29 May 2011, 2012, 2013...
You can normally (for any reason) be absent for up to six months in each of those years.
If you have a baby or do military service or are doing education, then you can be absent ONCE for up to a year.