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USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by melissafranks90 » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:20 pm

Hello I am an american that lives in Sweden on a resident permit and my wife and I ( she is a swedish citizen) want to move to the UK. We have friends all over the UK that have set us up with a house and want to set us up with a job when we get there. They were telling me that I should apply for the family visa since my wife is a EU citizen. So I was thinking that maybe after I have my family permit can I change my permits if I find a job? I have a degree in phlebotomy so I want to find a hospital in new castle that I could work with. My main questions is how long typically does it take for family visa to go through? can I apply for residence card or work permit after I enter the UK on a family visa? Is this costly? Does it help at all that I am married to an EU citizen? :D thanks ahead of time of any answers or help! :P
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Re: USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by Casa » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:56 pm

Why would you want to change your family permit to a work visa? The route to permanent settlement is the same.
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Re: USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by melissafranks90 » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:21 pm

I read on the uk website that you could not work if you were on a family visa. Is that not true?
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Re: USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by Casa » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:06 pm

That's not true at all. You would have full rights to employment as a family member of an EU citizen. You need to apply for an EEA2 permit;
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ideeea.pdf
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Re: USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by melissafranks90 » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:11 pm

Casa wrote:That's not true at all. You would have full rights to employment as a family member of an EU citizen. You need to apply for an EEA2 permit;
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ideeea.pdf

Wow thankyou that is so helpful I had no idea. I am so glad I got on this site it is so helpful thankyou!
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Re: USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by Amber » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:44 pm

Our excellent and most helpful moderator Casa is so often on hand to guide you and confirm rights, so empowering when you know. I hope you enjoy exercising EU free movement rights and enjoy the UK!
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Re: USA citizen living in sweden wanting to move to UK

Post by sheraz7 » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:11 pm

As an American you can even skip the process of applying EEA family permit and can freely travel to UK with your EU national partner who will not need to exercise her treaty rights during the 1st three months. And once she start excersing her treaty rights then you can apply the EEA2 RC and on its submission you will get CoA confirming your right of work & live for employment purposes.
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