Hi there.
I've done some extensive research of the past few weeks.
So, my girlfriend recently moved up to the UK and is currently staying there with her parents. She has a German passport, making her an EU citizen and she's already applied for the EU settlement scheme so that she can retain her right to live and work in the UK when the immigration regulations come in sometime at the end of 2020. She also has a job paying around 24000 pounds per annum. Now I plan on visiting her up there from November 2019 till end of January 2020 on a visitor visa. I plan on asking her hand in marriage when I'm up there (I'm currently a South African citizen residing in Cape Town). I read up that I could apply for an EU settlement scheme family permit to join her seeing as she's an EU and I'm a non-EU.
So my question is, will the immigration office allow me a family permit if I've only been with her for 9 months after getting engaged? We would be 9 months at the end of January.
My intention is to live in the UK and spend the rest of my life with her.
Now, the reason I want to get engaged is because we both love each other very much and have given many hints on marrying each other. So actually my intention wouldn't only be to work up there but actually marry her because I love her and am prepared to spend the rest of my life with her. (Although I would appreciate the better economy and benefits of working in the UK).
So will the authorities see it this way? Because I have a feeling they'd see it as a way for me to take advantage of the system (which is understandable). They'd also ask to prove our relationship.
So would 9 months of a relationship be enough to apply? I'd be engaged to her before I apply.
Also another thing to mention is that I would be 21 and she would be 20 at the time. So is youth also a problematic factor at all?
I'd like to apply for a permit before the end of 2020 if you understand.
Any advice or information would be much appreciated!
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