Form EEA4 - UK Border Agency - the Home Office

Section 8 – Time Spent Outside The UKTo qualify for permanent residence you need to have resided in the UK continuously for 5 yearsunless you are applying on the grounds that your EEA national family member stopped working orbeing self-employed due to early retirement, reaching state pension age or permanent incapacity,or has died.. Time spent outside the UK which does not exceed 6 months in total in any year andabsences due to special circumstances will not affect your period of residence.8.1 Please give the date and place of your first arrival in the UK for yourself, your EEA nationalfamily member and any family members mentioned in section 2. Continue on a separate sheet ifnecessary and enclose it with this form.NameDate of first arrivaldd/mm/yyyyPlace of first arrival8.2 Please complete the table below for yourself, your EEA national family member and anyfamily members mentioned in section 2 to show any time you have spent outside the UK duringthe 5 years continuous residence. If your EEA national family member has a document certifyingpermanent residence you only need to mention any absences they have had of more than 2consecutive years since they received the document. When counting the number of days absent donot include the day of departure or the day of return. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary andenclose it with this formName of person(s) absent fromthe UKCountry or countriesvisitedDate ofdeparturefrom UKDate ofreturn toUKNumber ofdays8.3 If any of the absences mentioned above exceed 6 months in any year please explain below thereasons why you were absent from the UK. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and encloseit with this form.EEA4 Permanent Residence Card Version 06/2014 - page 28 of 38