UCAS 'where you live' section issues

Hi! I've gotten my PSS documents a few years back, and I lived in the UK for a while. Unfortunately, my mother's health wasn't the best so I had to go back and forth from the UK to my original home country.

I need to apply to uni now, but I'm not sure about the 'where you live' section on UCAS. I'm currently in my original home country since my mom passed and I had to deal with my family and some personal mental health issues. It says they need this information so they "can determine where you have been living for the three years prior to your course" and it asks me to put my current address and the date I started living here but it's complicated, since I've been going back and forth. It also asks to provide the reason I'm living here, so I thought to select 'other' as my option since the ones provided are not suitable. Could it be an issue? What should I do?

Thank you :smile:

Reply 1

McGinger

I'm currently in my original home country
Where are you now at school - or where were you at school for your A levels?

Reply 2

hstntasia

Original post

by McGinger

I'm currently in my original home country
Where are you now at school - or where were you at school for your A levels?

Italy. I've graduated from high school years ago

Reply 3

McGinger

Original post

by hstntasia

Italy. I've graduated from high school years ago

Do you have Settled Status in the UK?
Do you have any more recent qualifications than High School?

Reply 4

hstntasia

I have Pre Settle Status until around 2027. And no, I didn't attend any Uni after high school, I just worked in the UK and in Italy

Reply 5

McGinger

You will have two potential problems here.1) No recent qualifications - most UK Unis will require 'recent study', usually within the last 3 or 5 years. 2) Without Settled Status and since you have not been living in the UK continuously, you are likely to be seen as an International fee payer.