NikiGio wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:25 pm
Here is an edited version of my covering letter - hope it helps!
To the attention of:
Home Office
UK Visas & Immigration Department
Dept. No. 169
Capital Building
New Hall Place
Liverpool L3 9PP
[My name and address
Mobile phone
E-mail]
[Date]
Application for Permanent Residency: Covering letter supporting the EEA (PR) application
Dear Sir/Madam,
In support of my enclosed EEA (PR) application, please find the relevant documentation as follows:
1. Signed EEA (PR) application form;
2. Document Checklist, with proof of payment of £65 fee;
3. Valid National Identity Card;
4. Original P60 tax certificates (6no.) – as proof of continuous employment and proof of UK residency during my Qualifying Period (i.e. from February 2010 to February 2015);
5. Original P60 tax certificates (2no.), pay slips (3no.) and utility bills (4no.) – as proof of UK residency since the end of my Qualifying period (February 2015);
6. Passport photos (2no.).
Key information:
Evidence:
1) Please note that I am applying to exercise my treaty rights to request Permanent Residency in the UK on the basis of being an EEA national qualified person: a worker.
Enclosed P60 tax certificates (6no.), which cover the continuous 5-year Qualifying Period of 2010 to 2015 (2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015).
2) Please note that I am an [EU country] national. Valid National Identity Card attached.
3) Please note that my Qualifying Period is:
February 2010 to
February 2015.
Enclosed P60 tax certificates (6no.), as per item 1) above.
I have indicated February 2010 as the beginning of my 5-year Qualifying Period, as that was my first day of full-time employment at [Company name].
4) Please note that I have continued to live in the UK since the end of my Qualifying Period (February 2015).
Enclosed as evidence of continued UK residence since the end of my Qualifying Period in February 2015:
o 2no. P60 tax certificates (2015-2016, 2016-2017);
o 3no. Payslips (July 2017, October 2017, February 2018);
o 4no. Utility bills (Thames Water April 2017-March 2018, N Power July-October 2017, Thames Water April 2018-March 2019, N Power April-July 2018).
Brief personal history:
I am [EU country] national and I was born in [Non-EU country] on [DOB]. [EU country] to attend university as I won a bursary there. Once I finished my university studies, I worked in XX for a few years, then moved back to the UK for good on 11 January 2010.
To better illustrate the above, please find below a quick time chart which may clarify key dates:
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Further to the above, please find below brief paragraphs to further develop and clarify some answers given in my EEA (PR) application.
Clarifications on the EEA(PR) form
Personal Information: Other nationality or citizenship (non-EU country)
I was born in [non-EU country] in [date], and in [date] I moved to [EU country] with my family. We then moved back to [non-EU country] between 1982-1985, and in 1985 we left [non-EU country] for good. My last [non-EU country] passport expired in [date] – however, I understand from [non-EU country] authorities that [non-EU country] citizenship is not lost unless one has criminal convictions. Given I have no criminal convictions, it would appear I still hold [non-EU country] citizenship.
Therefore I have answered “Yes” to the question “Do you still hold this nationality or citizenship” relative to the [non-EU country] citizenship.
Residence in the UK: First date of entry in the UK
The first time I entered the UK with my family was in 1991. I attended secondary school, and then left the UK in 1999 to go to [EU country] to attend university.
In January 2010, I returned to settle down in the UK. As I had been absent from the UK for approx. 10 years (i.e. from 1999 to 2010), the period 1991-1999 cannot be considered valid as my Qualifying Period.
Therefore, in the form I have answered “January 2010” as the date I first entered the UK, which is the date when I came back to the UK for good and is also the date relevant to my Qualifying Period. Since January 2010, I have continued to live in the UK and have only been absent for short holidays (shorter than 6 months).
Activity in the UK: Work
In relation to my period of employment at [Company] during my Qualifying Period – please note this is the same company. Their business name was initially [Company], and subsequently in 2011 they changed their business name to [Company].
In relation to details of my other UK employers – please note that I haven't included details of my employers after leaving my job at [Company] in May 2016, since these are after my 5-year Qualifying Period of 2010-2015 and so are not relevant to my EEA (PR) application.
Study or vocational training: Vocational training since entering the UK
During part of my Qualifying Period, I was enrolled at [University] in a postgraduate diploma, to prepare the examination to become a qualified [profession] in the UK. This was an evening course, and during that period I continued to be a full-time worker.
However, given I am applying for permanent residency on the basis of being an EEA national qualified person (worker) during my 5-year Qualifying Period, I have therefore answered “No” to the question if I have been a student or done vocational training since entering the UK.
This is also the reason why I answered “No” to the question if I was a student or self-sufficient person.
Convictions and other penalties: Fines for driving offences
I have included details of the following 5no. driving offences relative to 2012, 2013 and 2014.. Please note that I learned to drive in the UK and acquired my driving licence in 2012, and I was driving weekly all over the UK between 2012 and 2016 due to my work. All fines were paid promptly.
Additional information: Other periods
As mentioned earlier, I first came to live in the UK as a child in 1991 and stayed here until 1999, when I went back to [EU country] to study my university degree and also worked there for a few years following conclusion of my university studies. I then came back to the UK for good in 2010.
As the 1991-1999 period is outside my Qualifying Period of 2010-2015, I answered “No” to the question in this section.
Documents: Other documents
Aside from the 6no. P60 tax certificates relative to my Qualifying Period, I have enclosed 2no. further P60 tax certificates, 3no. Payslips and 4no. Utility bills as proof that I have continued to live in the UK since the end of my Qualifying Period (i.e. since February 2015).
I hope you’ll find my application acceptable, however should you notice any errors, omissions or should you require further documentation, please kindly contact me at the address and/or number indicated in the heading to this letter. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
[Name and signature]
