Hi everybody,
I have a question regarding "Proof of Admission" as stated in the "Document Checklist" under section 8 "Travel documents and passports":
I have been living in the United Kingdom for over 3 years now and am not planning to move back to my home country so I will request my visa office to be London. This is what is says in the document regarding having another visa office other than that of your home country:
If the visa office you have specified for processing your application is not the visa office responsible for your country of nationality, provide proof that you have been lawfully admitted for a period of at least to a country for which the specified visa office is responsible.
Proof of lawful admission is in the form of a stamp in the passport or a status dacument issued at the Port of Entry or other place of admission.
Submit photocopies of:
- current or expired entry/exit stamps in your national passport, and
- current or expired status documents indicating the date you were admitted and the validity.
My problem is that I am a EU citizen (my home country is Austria) so I can live and work anywhere in the EU without a lawful admission document therefore I don't have a stamp in my passport or documentation of admittance to the UK. Do I still need to proof that I have been living here for the past three years? I only have my pay slips that state that I have started working at a company in the United Kingdom over three years ago and obviously I have utility bills to show that I have been living here.
What document should I send with my application to proof that I have been living in the United Kingdom for the past three years and is it even necessary?
I hope somebody can help!
Michaela