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Short answer is, bad judgement.kamoe wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 6:42 amWhy did you switch to FLRM instead of EEA Unmarried partner?
As far as I understand only time under the EEA regulations or as a married spouse count towards your 5 years. As such the FLRM would not be considered a relevant document, only a EEA Family Permit or Residence card.
Also, which nationality did your spouse first acquire? British or EU, and when was that?
Who cannot use this service
You cannot use the online service to apply to the scheme if you’re applying as:
- the family member of a British citizen you lived with in Switzerland or an EU or EEA country
- the family member of a British citizen who also has EU, EEA or Swiss citizenship and who lived in the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen before getting British citizenship
- the primary carer of a British, EU, EEA or Swiss citizen
Contact the EU Settlement Resolution Centre online to find out how to apply.
- the child of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen who used to live and work in the UK, and you’re in education - or you’re the child’s primary carer
kamoe wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 8:02 amOK, yes, you should have applied to the EEA route instead of FLRM. Why the Home Office lets people apply for routes that are not in their best interest is beyond my understanding.
Anyway, not all is lost. You can still apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, but given your continuous residence time starts on your wedding date (as spouse of EU citizen), not on the date you were issued your FLRM (since it's outside of EEA rules, it does not count), you will get Pre-Settled, not Settled status (if you had had a EEA RC instead of a FLRM you would get settled status; sad but true).
Since your spouse is dual EU/British national, you need to make a paper application as a Lounes applicant. You need to call to get a paper form, as explained in the page: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-ci ... lsrc=aw.ds
Who cannot use this service
You cannot use the online service to apply to the scheme if you’re applying as:
- the family member of a British citizen you lived with in Switzerland or an EU or EEA country
- the family member of a British citizen who also has EU, EEA or Swiss citizenship and who lived in the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen before getting British citizenship
- the primary carer of a British, EU, EEA or Swiss citizen
Contact the EU Settlement Resolution Centre online to find out how to apply.
- the child of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen who used to live and work in the UK, and you’re in education - or you’re the child’s primary carer
From what I have read what will happen is that they will contact you to tell you they cannot proceed with the app application and that you need to do a paper application, which they will send. At least it was like this a few months ago, but things might have changed and they might let you go ahead, just wait and see what happens.
Just an update - Emailed the EU Resolution Centre to query, no response on email but received the 44pg form 3 days later.kamoe wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 9:10 amFrom what I have read what will happen is that they will contact you to tell you they cannot proceed with the app application and that you need to do a paper application, which they will send. At least it was like this a few months ago, but things might have changed and they might let you go ahead, just wait and see what happens.