Failed Habitual Residency Test

electronicfox · 17 October 2016 at 11:14AM

I am my wifes carer and have been for the past 3 years. Because of this I havent been able to work in most of this time, and I have been told that I've failed the test because I havent worked for 5 consecutive years.

I have just found out though that my father got British nationality quite some time ago (he was Irish before, I think he has dual nationality), would I be able to use this to pass the HRT this time around? Information around this seems a bit confusing and I dont have time to wait on hold on the phone for 40 minutes to find out that its a no.

Thanks in advance

Mike.

pmlindyloo · 17 October 2016 at 11:25AM

As as start you can check if you are a British Citizen by using this link:

https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen

electronicfox · 17 October 2016 at 11:29AM

pmlindyloo wrote: »

As as start you can check if you are a British Citizen by using this link:

Thanks, unfortunately my parents werent married when I was born so I cant gain citizenship through him, and my mother is a German national.

[Deleted User] · 17 October 2016 at 4:01PM

Get Irish citizenship, they are treated differently than other EU citizens. Though expect a delay, they've been inundated with applications apparently since brexit.

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