Implications of a period w/0 salary on unlimited WP & citizenship

No it doesn’t.

was in a similar situation. You now have to complete the integration process (course plus language) since you will no longer have 5 years of uninterrupted work to prove your integration. The rest should be fine as long as your residence permit stays valid during the new permit issuance. 

@saad.s Thank you very for advising

This is great to know

Thank you 😊👍

@saad.s Hi there! I have read your replies on the forum regarding the uninterrupted work requirement, and I still can't figure out my case. I switched jobs only once, and my first work permit was still valid when the second one was approved. I stopped working on a Friday for the first company and started the next Monday in the second one, meaning I have no payslip gaps. I wonder if this still violates the uninterrupted work requirement. Is there an official source defining what 'continuous and uninterrupted' work means?

@saad.s Hi there! I have read your replies on the forum regarding the uninterrupted work requirement, and I still can't figure out my case. I switched jobs only once, and my first work permit was still valid when the second one was approved. I stopped working on a Friday for the first company and started the next Monday in the second one, meaning I have no payslip gaps. I wonder if this still violates the uninterrupted work requirement. Is there an official source defining what 'continuous and uninterrupted' work means?
-@lucasfariaslf

your case is definitely not a gap as you already mentioned that there was no gap, no?

@peterjohn1104 My concern was with the fact that one contract ended on a Friday and the other started on a Monday, so I thought: "wait, would that weekend count as gap?".

I'm really just not certain what a gap is in this context.

@lucasfariaslf Hi, This is not an issue. I had a break of 15 days between jobs. I had no issues for the WP and for citizenship they only look if you worked the required 400+ odd days in the last 5 years.

@BMM996210 But aren’t this 400+ days related to the economic-integration?

The 5 years of uninterrupted work is a requirement that allows you to skip the social-integration/language tests…

@lucasfariaslf @lucasfariaslf Thats true.

I had done my Integration + language course so that was submitted for integration.

In your case, there really does not seem a gap because you immediately started working, but indeed it is different employers. you can try your luck with the cityhall or go ahead and do the integration courses.

@lucasfariaslf in your case, this is not an interruption. They look at day worked in a month. You will now get two individual statements from each employer and both will show days worked in the same month hence no interruption.

hope this helps.

@saad.s Thanks a lot for that information! What a relief!