Hey All
I was progressing on my naturalization path having passed my Life In UK test, got referees, filling in form_an and trying to book nationality checking service.
All seemed in order until NCS booking required me to fill in 'When did you receive indefinite leave to remain' field.
I was under impression that as a member of EEA (following wikipedia):
'Citizens of countries in the European Economic Area (other than British and Irish citizens) and Swiss citizens obtain permanent residence status automatically after five years' residence in the United Kingdom exercising Treaty rights rather than ILR'
However when I contacted council they advised me they require a date which is 5 years from the date I acquired Worker Registration Scheme.
I have been working in UK since 2006 as full time employee in large VAT registered company but sadly I do not recall if I applied for WRS (having thought it was done automatically through company's HR department).
I am unable to obtain any information from Home Office or Border Agency as they are notoriously difficult to contact.
So I guess my questions are:
1) Do I really need WRS for naturalization?
2) If so, how do I check if my records exist and if they don't what should I do?