Residence requirement for citizenship - business trips

[Satish]

Hi,

I am in the process of applying for citizenship and have a question regarding the need to detail business trips as part of the continuous residence requirement.

During 2010-2011, I was part of a Nordic team that meant that I travelled to Stockholm or Copenhagen at least once every two weeks (returning the same day). Thanks to the expenses reporting system at work, I have already detailed all the trips on the application and have the SAS invoices "in my back pocket".

I would like to know whether any of you have had to provide more detailed explanations to support your application. My angst is from this sentence in the migri site:

"Your continuous period of residence will be interrupted if the periods of absence are regular and frequent enough that you can be considered chiefly to reside outside Finland. Your continuous period of residence is not interrupted if you have a well-founded personal reason for your absence."

Maybe the second sentence above should calm me down. In any case, any tips would be most helpful. Thanks in advance

[Upphew]

Hi,

I am in the process of applying for citizenship and have a question regarding the need to detail business trips as part of the continuous residence requirement.

During 2010-2011, I was part of a Nordic team that meant that I travelled to Stockholm or Copenhagen at least once every two weeks (returning the same day). Thanks to the expenses reporting system at work, I have already detailed all the trips on the application and have the SAS invoices "in my back pocket".

I would like to know whether any of you have had to provide more detailed explanations to support your explanation. My angst is from this sentence in the migri site:

"Your continuous period of residence will be interrupted if the periods of absence are regular and frequent enough that you can be considered chiefly to reside outside Finland. Your continuous period of residence is not interrupted if you have a well-founded personal reason for your absence."

Maybe the second sentence above should calm me down. In any case, any tips would be most helpful. Thanks in advance

Reside as in have permanent home. If you do day trips how your residence could be anywhere else than where your home is? How do you reside if you don't have a place to sleep?

[Satish]

Reside as in have permanent home. If you do day trips how your residence could be anywhere else than where your home is? How do you reside if you don't have a place to sleep?

lol. Very good point! Just to make sure, I have footnoted all the same day trips with Kesto 1 = menopaluu saman päivän aikana. That should do the trick...

[Pursuivant]

Basically, if you would have claimed you have been 186 days out of Finland and said you don't pay tax - then you'd been "resident abroad". Shuttling like that doesn't count.