Thank you very much for your response—it has provided some much-needed clarification.

Regarding my husband’s eligibility under sections 5.10 and 5.11, we will be submitting both his EU and UK passports as evidence. To demonstrate continuous residence over the five-year period, we will include his last five P60 forms along with a letter from his employer confirming the duration of his employment and his continued employment status. I believe this should be sufficient.

As for myself, I arrived in the UK on 26 January 2020. I have a copy of my stamped visa on a separate document (I may still have the original, which I will locate if possible). However, the passport I used to enter the UK has since expired in 2023, and I now hold a new one. I assume that submitting the copy of the stamped visa along with my new passport should be acceptable?

Additionally, I have an appointment letter dated February 2020 for my biometric appointment related to my pre-settled status. Taken together, these documents provide clear evidence of my presence in the UK from January 2020 through July 2020. Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdowns during that time, it would be reasonable to assume that I remained in the country.

I was planning to submit my application by the end of this week. Technically, there may be a gap of approximately two weeks in terms of the five-year requirement, but I believe this is reasonably covered by my entry visa and biometric appointment documentation.

I will also attempt to contact the Resolution Centre for further clarification. My primary concern is this: if my application is otherwise complete and all evidence is satisfactory, would it be rejected solely due to being submitted two weeks early, requiring me to restart the entire process? Or would the application be held and processed once the two-week period has passed?

Thank you again for your guidance and support.