Solvit replied in just 5 days. They confirmed what Directive/2004/38/EC said. They also pointed out that English courts tent to apply a restrictive application of the EC rules, and advised me to seek the help through a law society to make sure I am given equal treatment on the student fees. I tried ...

Thanks for pointing that out. The choice of words do make a complete difference when presenting a legal situation, I tend to use the term family member for most situations too. However, UKCISA has been using their own terms to indicate which family members are "relevant" and explicitly leaving out s...

Thanks, I was thinking to apply directly for PR now. I have extensive evidence on living with my current EEA partner only since Sep 2006, and I was planing to use my phone records as evidence to cover from Nov 2005 hoping that they will be flexible at UKBA. After receiving the replies from the Unive...

I re-read my previous post and noticed the typo it should read, "it shouldn't be a problem" instead of "it should be a problem". Yes, as you are married it should be just a matter of showing the evidence, (exercising rights, three years in the UK, etc). Good luck, please do come back and post the fi...

I contacted UKCISA and about 6 universities sent me their questionnaire to determine my fee status (I am unmarried to my EEA partner) only one University accepted me as home student the rest and UKCISA didn't. Still I am trying to deal with this before my course starts, however their point was that ...

Thanks for your reply, I believe, when I last looked, you had to be resident in the UK for the previous 3 years to get "home" fees. Yes that is correct,I cover all the relevant criteria except for I contacted the Universities and also UKCISA. Only one University agreed that I should be liable for ho...

Hi,
The kind of evidence that you provided as a proof of cohabiting before your marriage might have been also an issue if it was insufficient. What kind evidence did you send?

Thanks, yes, I though about just giving it a shot, fingers cross I was hopping that someone with a similar situation will come forwards and share his/her good/bad experience.

With the information you mention I can point out this from the European Casework instructions: Eligibility for permanent residence The following are eligible under Regulation 15 of the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006: • EEA nationals who have resided in the UK (in accordance with the Regulation...

5.4.2 Retention of a right of residence following divorce or annulment of marriage / dissolution of civil partnership Regulation 10 (5) of the 2006 Regulations makes provision for the following: If the marriage or civil partnership has lasted for at least three years immediately before the initiati...

Hi, EEA nationals who are exercising Treaty rights in the UK as workers, self employed persons or work seekers are able to claim public funds without their right of residence being affected. You can find this quote in chapter 12 here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyand...

1. I have traveled with my FP which is about to expire and they only asked if my partner was traveling with me or if I am coming to join her. I traveled alone so I was coming back to join her. They pointed out that the permit is about to expire and I explained that I am summiting my application duri...

Thank you for your replies. I had already explained this overstaying issue at the Consulate back in 2004 when I applied for a new student visa, which was granted and ever since I have had no problem renewing my visas. The only problem is that I keep being stopped and interview about this every time ...

Me and my partner started living together in her flat back in 2005, She was shearing with some friends, the flat was quite small and had a signed tenancy agreement for one year. I rented a small room close to her house for me to store my things and use as study room. As the bills where included in b...

Hi, I would like to know from your experience how much or how little should the cover letter contain. I have a rather long and complex immigration history for the past 9 years, and I am stopped by the boarder officers every time that I come back in the UK as they say I have a red flag (back in 2003 ...

It seems that the earned citizen program will not be put into practice at all.

As reported in UKBA website on the 5th of November:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... nt-reforms[/quote]

Yes, so far they are quoted in Legal 500 as a good firm and other mentioned on some immigration and human rights websites. I just got a reply from them as I sent them an email asking them for some form of guarantee (ie. show prove of similar cases, no-win/no-fee contract) They have replied: If you w...

Thank you for your reply, In September 16th is 5 years that we have been living together. I am starting Postgraduate studies in October 2011 and only if I obtain PR or BC before 1st of September '11 I will be able to get my fee status as "home" and not "international", which could save me 12,000 pou...

Thanks John, A law firm that I have contacted said that they believe is possible to proceed with my case. As usual they want over a hundred pounds for an initial consultation and about a thousand for taking on the case. Do you think its worthed to pay their fees?, I mean based on the previous commen...

It depends on the Country where your husband has applied for the Permit as they have centralized the process, before the permits where received, reviewed and produced at most consulates which was faster, now after delivering the applications they are forwarded to the main consulate of the region in ...

Than you Vinny, I have come up with a new path, that is depending on the answer to the question that I made here in another thread: Can I count two separate unmarried relationships for EE4? ((I don't know how to make this a link to another thread in this forum)) As going through the FLRM-SETM route ...

As far as I understand. There will not be a problem if she becomes BC after you have completed the 5 years of being married as you will obtain PR automatically, and once that you are under PR you hold your rights independently. Then when you have PR she can naturalize, and then you can apply for nat...

Hi, Back in 2002 I start living with my previous EEA unmarried partner we lived together for 4 years then after moving apart I stated to live with my current EEA unmarried partner we have been together for 4 years too (so far). I would like to know if anyone knows if it will be possible to add the t...

Another Question that might be relevant to the original post: If my unmarried partner obtains British Citizenship, AND; I can prove that we have being living together in a relationship akin to marriage for 4 years in the UK, AND; I also satisfy the required 5 years of residential period within the a...

From page 5 of the Guide for the form AN for naturalization (available at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/applying/applicationtypes/naturalisation/ ) New immigration regulations came into force on 30 April 2006. If you are a national of a country which is a member state of the E...