Hi, I'm EEA and my wife is japanese. On 16/01/2017 she applied for a residence card. On 01/02 she asked to to get her passport back and received it on 25/02. On 11/03 we both flew to Australia to attend a wedding of close friends (that is why we asked the passport back). We came back on 20/03 and ...

Thanks noajthan, RC is residence card I suppose? https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview There is also the EEA family permit (https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview). They both have the same "Eligibility" list but the RC is better because it last longer. So I wonder why anyone ...

Hi noajthan,
Thanks a lot for your reply!
So my wife doesn't need any visa?
How can she prove her status at the border or to potential employers?

And you are saying that before working, she has to wait for me to exercise treaty right.
Do I need to do some kind of process for that?

Thanks again,
Jean

Hello, I am a french citizen and my wife is Japanese. Right now we are living in Japan but we want to move to the UK. What is the process for her to be able to live and work in the UK? I couldn't find any clear answer to that question. I read about Surinder Singh but I don't really understand how it ...