As unmarried partner, you are considered an Extended Family Member of a EU national under EU law only after 2 years of cohabitation, i.e. when your card was issued (or best case scenario, when you applied for it). Actually, the 2 years of cohabitation is the UK's interpretation of what it considers...

So do you think that if I (or someone else in a similar situation) were to apply for PR on the basis of having lived in the UK as an (extended) family member of a qualified EEA national for continuous period of 5+ years (even though part of that time was prior to the issue of a residence card), and ...

I have also been wondering about this (see my earlier post here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/5-years-for-pr-clock-starts-when-t193390.html?hilit=clock#p1234609 ). I just read this Tribunal decision: https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ia-48835-2013 which I thi...

In response to my own question - there seems to be a contradiction between the EU directive and the UK rules on this point. DIRECTIVE 2004/38/EC Article 16 says: "1. Union citizens who have resided legally for a continuous period of five years in the host Member State shall have the right of permane...

My immigration history: Sept 2005 to Jan 2009 - student visa. Started living with EU partner in Dec 2008. Post-study work visa Jan 2009-Jan 2011. Work permit Jan-Aug 2011. Residence Card as durable partner of an EU national (> 2 years living together) issued Aug 2011 for 5 years. EU partner obtained...

Directive/2004/38/EC: No, I entered as a student initially and met my partner while studying here. I was then was a post-study worker. So I was under UK immigration rules for ~7 years and then under EU rules (as EEA partner) for the last ~18 months. Thus I don't think I'm eligible for PR yet. (I'm h...

Many thanks Jambo! Perhaps the UKBA will get their act together and send the PR document before the baby comes, but I'm not too hopeful of that, so it's reassuring to know that we can make a back-up plan.

Thanks for replies.

Yes, baby will be born in UK.

So basically if UKBA doesn't issue PR document before baby's DOB, we have to send the same set of documentation to the IPS for baby's passport as my partner has sent to UKBA for the PR application?

Hi all, I am the non-EEA partner (with residence card) of an EEA citizen. As of October 2012, my partner has been exercising treaty rights for 5+ years. He applied for certification of PR in Nov 2012, but has received nothing from the UKBA acknowledging receipt of his application (the online postal ...

Hi all and Happy New Year,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me on the minimum time I should allow between sending off my EEA2 application and getting my passport back? e.g., Can I email the day after they receive the application to ask for the passports back?

Thanks,
Achan

Further to my previous post, the UKBA has now sent me two responses to my question about my immigration status if my current LTR expires while my EEA Residence Card application is being processed. Both replies told me what I wanted to hear: that as long as I make an 'in time' application, my current...

Kitty, I agree with your point about my application not being for a "variation of leave" - and moreover, the Immigration Rules on the UKBA website state: "Application 5. Save where expressly indicated, these Rules do not apply to those persons who are entitled to enter or remain in the United Kingdo...

Further to my previous post, I have now spoken to someone at Immigration enquiries by telephone (having been advised to call them by the EEA queries call centre). The woman advised me that as long as my RC application was made 'in time' before my Tier 1 visa expires, the conditions of my Tier 1 visa...

Thanks, Kitty, for your fast reply. We may be able to provide bank statements from our personal accounts which went to the same address. The tricky thing is that my partner was using a different address as a correspondence address for much of the first ~18 months we were living together. But I'm sur...

I am a non-EEA national currently in the UK on a post-study work visa, valid until March 2011. My partner of 3+ years is an EEA national. In December we will have been cohabiting for 2 years, meaning I will be eligible for a residence card. We intend to apply for this as soon as possible after we pa...

Thanks so much Obie, that's really helpful!! I did think that was the case, but my partner interpreted the text differently...

Me: NZ citizen, in UK as a student from Sept 2004-March 2009, then switched to a Tier 1 (Post-study work) visa, valid until March 2011. Him: EU citizen, currently studying in UK, soon to be working in UK Us: together for 3 years, living together in UK for 1.5 years. We want to stay in the UK for ano...