Yes. Working definetly is the mid to long term solution

It's just that I'd like to apply for the residence cards before I have a job in the UK. We are slightly under time pressure because the family permit will only be valid for a few more months...

Thanks! Let's assume we would like to get some proper health insurance. Does anyone know where we could get this, and what kinds of insurance will be accepted?

Thanks in advance!

After 90 days, you either need to be working in the UK, or be considered self sufficient, or commuting back and forth to Germany but coming home to the UK at least once per week. That's interesting. Two questions here: 1) I know that I have to be working in the UK or be self sufficient after 90 day...

Well, yes. I still have a job in Germany. But I also have quite a bit of flexibility. I am a software engineer. Wherever there's a good Internet connection, I can work. And I might quit and move soon anyhow. However, I though to take the self sufficency route, because that German work contract might...

Thanks, Jambo! Two more questions though, if you don't mind: If I declare "temporary intent", do I have to specify how temporary the intent is, i.e. when I am planning to get private insurance? Also, does this declaration of temporary intent mean that the residence card will be valid for less than 5...

Hello, I am planning a little in the future. Let's say my wife (Venezuelan) and I (German) want to apply for a residence card. In the EE2 form I read: "As evidence of comprehensive sickness insurance: You must provide either a private comprehensive sickness insurance policy document that covers for ...

Yeah, she was doing this for a while, then stopped. She looked for jobs in Germany, but her German isn't too great, so no luck. Then her boss from the UK called again. So the job in the UK is good and well-paid, she cannot find a job in Germany. I can work either in the UK or in Germany. That's why ...

<rant> I would like to add that I find the whole EEA family permit thing outrageous. The most outrageous thing about it is that you basically can't get sufficient information about whether you need it, and what you have to do in order to get it from any official place. Even worse: People are deliber...

Hello, I am still struggling with this requirement that the EEA national has to be in the UK, when a holder of an EEA family permit wants to enter the UK. Basically here's the situation: * My wife (Venezuelan) and I (German) used to live in the UK for more than four years * Right now we live in Germ...

Ay... It's always in the fine print... Thanks, Jambo.

Here the quote: "(5) The right of all Union citizens to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States should, if it is to be exercised under objective conditions of freedom and dignity, be also granted to their family members, irrespective of nationality." This is a very clear sta...

Jambo,

Why does being maried to a German not give her free movement rights? Please contrast that with the quote I posted earlier. Exactly that follows directly from the directive, doesn't it?

That was the point I was trying to make...

Let's forget the context for a second, please, and let's assume the wife gets to the border, and has proof that she is married to a German citizen. She does not have an EEA family permit or anything of that sort.

What happens then?

Hello, If a spouse of EEA national wants to enter the UK without an EEA family permit, but proof that they are married to an EEA national, what will happen? UK hardly can refuse entry, because of DIRECTIVE 2004/38/EC, right? "(5) The right of all Union citizens to move and reside freely within the t...

Thanks again. Well, her situation is the following: We both used to live in the UK for more than four years. We still have lots of ties to the UK. In case of friends and also business partners. In the next three months she needs to enter at least for the following reasons: 1) Her former boss offered...

Thanks! One question though: My wife is from Venezuela, so she actually does not need a visa to ENTER the UK at all. Do i understand correctly that the family permit takes rights away from her? Or maybe she can just tell the Border Officials that she is entering the UK as a national of Venezuela, no...

Hello, my wife got granted an EEA family permit (she is from Venezuela). We currently both live in Germany (I am German). We think about moving to the UK, but we are not 100% sure yet. Time will tell. What we do not fully understand: 1) Do I have to go with here if she enters the UK the first time? ...

Husband of original poster speaking: I don't quite agree with the fact that my wife and I are not living in the UK. However, one can say we are currently in a transition period. We both used to live in the UK for four more than four years. We were not married at the time. From that time my wife stil...

Thanks for your help and advice so far. I read more and made quite a lot of phone calls, and here's how I see the situation now: Immigration to the UK: An "EEA family permit", is absolutely not necessary in our case (and it almost seems like it is not necessary in most, if not all cases.) Two ladies...

Hello, I have been studying this page about the EEA family permit: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/eea-family-permit/documents/ What I do not quite understand is: If I (a German national) want to bring my wife to the UK under a "EEA family permit" what requirements do I have to fulfill?...

Thanks for your reply, John. I do have a job In Germany. But it also offers some flexibility. I potentially could live at two places for a few months. Is that good enough? What does it mean "exercise EU Treaty Rights", if I may ask. Living in the UK? Or are there other ways to do that? Best regards,...

Hello, my wife and I met in the UK. I am German, she is from Venezuela. We now live in Germany, she still has a UK work permit that expires Feb 15, 2012. She has been offered a three month contract job Jan-Mar 2012 in the UK. She would commute to the UK by plane for the work week Mon-Fri and stay th...