Home vs international student for medicine

Hi everyone, I’m planning to apply for medicine next year (current yr12) - I’ve been at boarding school in the UK since year 8 so 5 years now. I have a UK passport/citizenship and also a place of residence but don’t stay there often. I’m from Asia originally and my family lives there so I go home often during long half terms/christmas/easter/summer.
I understand there is a big difference in terms of international vs home acceptances for medicine (international places capped at 7% + a lot more expensive) so I’d like to apply as a home student if possible but have heard different things.
Some people are saying my citizenship + 5 years + residence would be enough but some are saying I need to spend more time in the UK during holidays - is anyone else in the same position/have experience with this kinda thing as any advice would be helpful? Thank you!

If you have a UK passport which states 'British Citizen', then you are a UK national and would be considered a home student I think.

This isn’t sufficient. You need to be resident here for three years. You are not counted as resident here if you are only here for education eg at boarding school. It normally depends on where your parents live.

My understanding was that if you meet the requirements to be a British citizen (via the rather complicated rules which I do not fully understand) you will be granted indefinite leave to remain and thus be eligible to be issued a British passport?

Hi everyone, I’m planning to apply for medicine next year (current yr12) - I’ve been at boarding school in the UK since year 8 so 5 years now. I have a UK passport/citizenship and also a place of residence but don’t stay there often. I’m from Asia originally and my family lives there so I go home often during long half terms/christmas/easter/summer.
I understand there is a big difference in terms of international vs home acceptances for medicine (international places capped at 7% + a lot more expensive) so I’d like to apply as a home student if possible but have heard different things.
Some people are saying my citizenship + 5 years + residence would be enough but some are saying I need to spend more time in the UK during holidays - is anyone else in the same position/have experience with this kinda thing as any advice would be helpful? Thank you!

This is determined by fee status, which is dependent on which country you are ordinarily resident in/domiciled in, not citizenship. You can be a home fees student without British citizenship, and you can be a British citizen who lives abroad and not be classified as a home fees student.
Based on the fact you appear to be primarily in the UK in order to receive full time education, and your family lives outside the country, I suspect you may be assessed as an international fees student; a similar case was challenged legally and I believe it failed: Wing Kew Leung v Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine [2002]
That said even in that case, some universities assessed the student as home fees and some as international fees, so it is variable.

I see, thank you very much! I have also heard that different unis decide on different things, would there be much I can do at this point given I’m applying later this year to maximise my chances of being a home fees student?

I see, thank you very much! I have also heard that different unis decide on different things, would there be much I can do at this point given I’m applying later this year to maximise my chances of being a home fees student?