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Forget it! That provision gets removed in April 2007 when the new provision about needing to have passed the Citizenship Test before getting ILR gets introduced.I am aware that after 4 years of marriage one may apply directly for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Where are you getting that 180 days from? I know of no such specific provision like that.If, at the end of the two year probationary period, the holder has spent more than 180 days outside of the country whilst on a UK Settlement Visa, is it a straightforward process to extend this visa?
I was quoting the "maximum figure" given by a UK "visa specialist" to whom I sent an email. Important to know the facts if this is incorrect - obviously - although for the general purpose of this question, it was just a figure, whether 1 month or 6 months.Where are you getting that 180 days from? I know of no such specific provision like that.
I wasn't aware of the details of the Citizenship test however if we were to be interested in ILR I would, regardless of the law, wish to be very settled in the UK prior to application and for my wife to be very capable to meet the demands of the test.I am aware that after 4 years of marriage one may apply directly for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
I don't see any concrete evidence however I also see figures that suggest the authorities allow up to 90 days per annum outside the UK.180 days
Why do you not intend to apply for a spouse visa for your wife forthwith?
Why can your wife not apply for a spouse visa, travel back and forth with you and just make sure she is in the UK when it comes to applying for ILR? As long as she has taken and passed the Life in the UK test at some point what is to stop her gaining ILR? As John has said, there is nothing in the rules to say you can't have spent time outside of the UK, just as long as you were living together in a relationship akin to marriage and you have correspondence sent to the same address to prove that. Or, if you think she will need more time, apply for FLR (further leave to remain) at the end of the two year spouse visa (no need for a pass of the test) which will grant her a further two years. In theory you could do this indefinitely, which would be a pain, and expensive in terms of application fees but might suit your purpose. She will also be able to work in the UK on spouse and FLR visas, unlike the visitor visa.45. Will people still be able to be granted settlement on entry? Spouses and partners of persons who are already settled here are currently eligible to apply for settlement on entry to the UK in certain circumstances. This will no longer be possible, and they will be granted a period of leave as a spouse or partner and will have to take the test in order to obtain settlement.
You are still at liberty to live anywhere ... but if you want a particular outcome, such as ILR and Naturalisation for your wife .... then sorry, you need to abide by the rules appertaining to such applications.I am not so happy about the impact of marrying a non-EU national on my liberties.
And EU/EEA Treaty Rights do not extend to citizenship of the host country either. Some countries do allow people on EU/EEA status to acquire local citizenship, others make it difficult or impossible. Same goes for children born locally.John wrote: For example, now that your wife is married to an EEA Citizen ... you! ... you could go and live and work in any other EEA country and get your wife an EEA Family Permit to live there with you. So nothing to stop you and your wife moving to Iceland, if you like it cold, or Greece, if you like it hot ... but don't expect UK ILR or Citizenship for your wife if you exercise EU/EEA Treaty Rights in that way.
It sounds like you have first hand experience. It wouldn't surprise me if they're also pigs at the embassy here, although pork is a bit of a no-no you know - I suppose the embassy is spanish soil. I don't think the two countries get on very well. What I love is how much of a fuss Spain make about Gibraltar but they have two Gibraltars (Ceuta & Melilla) on the north coast of Morocco and they're in no hurry to cede them to Morocco!I just hope, for your sake, that the Spanish Embassy in Morocco are more polite than "the pigs" that inhabit the Spanish Embassy in London and deal with Schengen Visa application there.