Residency Card Application - exchange program from university - how is this perceived?

[FERN184]

Hi,

I have been in the UK since June 2010 but I only have enough solid, continuous evidence for my residency card application for my time here from September 2012 till now. That's fine since for the application, I only need 5 years worth of evidence.

I have been studying my degree in England between 2014-2018 (graduated and working full time now). However, I have been sent by my British university to do a year abroad program as part of my degree between 2016-2017. I am now planning to apply for my residency card but I am really worried that this time away will disqualify me. I've seen something about a single exemption when a person joins military forces or does vocational training, studying etc., but I couldn't find anything about it.

Would anyone please advise me if the year abroad disqualify me or can they treat it as an exemption since it was sponsored by the university and SFE?

Many thanks.

[Djsuccess]

Hi,

I have been in the UK since June 2010 but I only have enough solid, continuous evidence for my residency card application for my time here from September 2012 till now. That's fine since for the application, I only need 5 years worth of evidence.

I have been studying my degree in England between 2014-2018 (graduated and working full time now). However, I have been sent by my British university to do a year abroad program as part of my degree between 2016-2017. I am now planning to apply for my residency card but I am really worried that this time away will disqualify me. I've seen something about a single exemption when a person joins military forces or does vocational training, studying etc., but I couldn't find anything about it.

Would anyone please advise me if the year abroad disqualify me or can they treat it as an exemption since it was sponsored by the university and SFE?

Many thanks.

I am not sure this will be treated as an exemption. I will suggest you wait for those who have experienced similar situations to respond or you can speak to a solicitor.