EEA National Traveling Outside EU with BRP Card Husband

leshok wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:55 pm

Question: I was wondering how long could we travel TOGETHER outside of the UK/EU without any issue?

You’ll usually get settled status if you’ve:

• started living in the UK by 31 December 2020 (or by 29 March 2019 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal)

• lived in the UK for a continuous 5-year period (known as ‘continuous residence’)

Five years’ continuous residence means that for 5 years in a row you’ve been in the UK for at least 6 months in any 12 month period.

We will maintain our UK address and any money we make overseas will be paid into a UK bank account (we will work remotely).

kamoe wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:46 pm

leshok wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:55 pm

Question: I was wondering how long could we travel TOGETHER outside of the UK/EU without any issue?

I gather that what you are actually asking here is for how long you can be absent form the UK, without this being considered a gap in your continuous 5 year period needed for Settled Status? If so, the answer to that is 6 months in any 12 year month period: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-ci ... atus-means

>>Could I apply for pre-settled status and then have 2 continuous years allowed abroad? But okay, 6 months, understood.

You’ll usually get settled status if you’ve:

• started living in the UK by 31 December 2020 (or by 29 March 2019 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal)

• lived in the UK for a continuous 5-year period (known as ‘continuous residence’)

Five years’ continuous residence means that for 5 years in a row you’ve been in the UK for at least 6 months in any 12 month period.

There are some exceptions to the above, but that refers to force majeure motives, rather than traveling abroad as a personal choice. Is your travel imposed on you as an overseas posting for your company, for example, or is it your own choice?

>>This is all by personal choice. We want to travel a bit before we settle full-time in the UK.

We will maintain our UK address and any money we make overseas will be paid into a UK bank account (we will work remotely).

Bottom line is, if you are not paying UK tax you will not be considered as residing or working in the UK. You can of course choose to keep your UK address, this is perfectly legal, but be careful as there is a very fine grey line here. Making it "look like" you are living in the UK and earning UK salary, while in reality being abroad is to lie to the Home Office, and it is against this forum's terms of use for anyone here to advise you on how to do that.

leshok wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:28 pm

kamoe wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:46 pm

leshok wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:55 pm

Question: I was wondering how long could we travel TOGETHER outside of the UK/EU without any issue?

I gather that what you are actually asking here is for how long you can be absent form the UK, without this being considered a gap in your continuous 5 year period needed for Settled Status? If so, the answer to that is 6 months in any 12 year month period: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-ci ... atus-means

>>Could I apply for pre-settled status and then have 2 continuous years allowed abroad? But okay, 6 months, understood.

If you have pre-settled status, you can spend up to 2 years in a row outside the UK without losing your status. You will need to maintain your continuous residence if you want to qualify for settled status.

kamoe wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:40 pm

I just came across something important to notice, which is probably what you have seen. Even though you can find the following text on the Settlement scheme, you need to read between the lines: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-ci ... atus-means

If you have pre-settled status, you can spend up to 2 years in a row outside the UK without losing your status. You will need to maintain your continuous residence if you want to qualify for settled status.

The above means that you can spend two years abroad, then come back -even if it's after Brexit, for example- and still have the right to live and work in the UK (as you have raised your hand to say you are here). BUT this will effectively create a gap in your 5-year continuous residence, so presumably your clock will reset if you want to apply for Settled status after that! Read the bold line.