How deep do these 'authorities/admissions bodies' dig? As an ex-scaley-brat, I was often passed a form with a question 'how long have you lived in the UK?' - my answer was always 'since birth'. I always regarded my time with my parents on NATO or RAFG bases as being 'in the UK'
. Guess 90% of forms are scanned these days and as long as no 'not resident' boxes ticked - on they go to next stage