- the applicant is habitually resident if he or she resided there for at least six months immediately before the application was made and is either a national of the Member State in question or, in the case of the United Kingdom and Ireland, has his or her "domicile" there;
- on hageja alaline elukoht, kui ta on seal elanud vähemalt kuus kuud vahetult enne taotluse esitamist ja ta on kõnealuse liikmesriigi kodanik või, Ühendkuningriigi ja Iirimaa puhul, kui seal on tema alaline asukoht;