today I was reading on the website this:
Providing Evidence of residency for 3 of the last 5 years
In order to receive funding from SUSI, you must have been resident in the Irish State or the EU/EEA/Swiss Federation for three of the last five years.
Which 5 last years are meant? It never includes current year? 5 years before this current year? or 5 years including this one though it has just started? (what if I was in the middle of this year 2017, would it be included then? or no?)
So the LAST 5 YEARS are:
2017,2016,2015,2014,2013 or 2016,2015,2014,2013,2012??
We never cover the on-going year? just the calendar ones that have already passed or? And does that also apply to months/weeks? – by which I mean that only completed weeks/months are meant by last weeks/months, not the one that is current which is not over yet. Or am I wrong in understanding this?
Thanks for your help
Best Answer
The laws of each jurisdiction are different, so without researching I could not say for sure. If this is an important question for you, you must ask someone who works in the Irish government to be specific.
There is also a question of what it means to be "resident". This can be very complicated but usually requires you to live in that place for a significant portion of the year, obtain local documentation (get a license, pay taxes, etc), or own property (and live in it). I don't know what those laws are for Ireland, so you will have to research that as well.
Without further explanation I would assume that it means, going back five calendar years (not including the current year), you had to have been resident for at least three out of those five calendar years. It may include the current year if it is late enough in the year that you can establish "residency" for this year.
Again, this is just a casual reading, and should not be taken as actual advice. Please do the research and ask.