If it is the EEA route, this situation of yours is a little tricky and I don't think you qualify for PR sakura, what is so tricky about the situation? The OP has been financially supporting the EEA wife and thus helping her exercise her treaty right as a self-sufficient person! Pretty straightforwa...

markus, this really is the wrong section to be posting this question in. Will a moderator pls move this to the general section? You can apply for with the EEA4 after 5 years of getting married. no need to wait any further. Only proof of one of you exercising treaty right for 5 years is enough. if it...

You do not need to complete 24 months before you apply for the ILR but rather 28 days short of 24 months. So, if you were to apply by post using a cheque, by the time your applcation is seen by a caseworker, you would have had the sufficient time required and would not encounter any problems. All th...

miel, as pointed out by John, the 5 years have to be in the UK for them to obtain the Permanent Residence (PR) in UK. Staying for 5 years in Italy will not be sufficient to get the UK PR. To ask the question posted to you again- what is the nationality of your friend and how long have they been toge...

kive, its quite easy to see what tasha75 is pointing out to as the points in both cases including the time of marriage amongst the other pointes are eeirily similar. Happy Peep, your husband can indeed apply for the Residence Card using the EEA2 even if the asylum case is pending as it is only a con...

To get a clearer picture to help answer your question, I got 2 questions for you-

1.What are your respective nationalities and what have you been doing in the UK and for how long?

2. What was your 3rd question?

John, I think I will have to go with tasha75 on this and say that inspite of not having a Residence permit prior to 2003, since the rules are interpretted retrospectively, if the OP has indeed resided since 2000 without being a burden on public funds, she might indeed have the PR since 30.04.2006!

Using you own numbering to answer:-

1. Neither! She will get a 2 year spouse visa.

2. Provided she passes the life in UK test, she will also get the ILR along with you. No specific time needed to be resident in the UK for that.

mym wrote:And this seems to be the answer:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/sit ... 010149.pdf

Richard, see page 50.

Mark, how does page 50 seem to answer the question you have posed in your first post?

This is the procedure for Spain and even though outdated, still remains the procedure to apply there.

3 months is the minimum requirement, while 6 months is better. There is no fixed amount to show as income as long as the amount is sufficient for the family not to be a burden on the public funds. For example, if you make only 1000 pounds but is a 2 person household it should be OK, but might not be...

I do not know how the regulation in question,i.e- [urlhttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Regulation&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=1030] Regulation1030/2002 [/url] is interpreted in the rest of the EU, but here in the UK, as there is no id cards, it me...

a visa officer tells me that EEAFP was issued in error as it is ony intended for those who go to UK to settle not just for visits I am sorry to tell you this, but the visa officer is entirely wrong. Check the DSPs for proof. My suggestion would be to apply for the Residence Crad ASAP and put them d...

As for the part about the residence card... This should be a regulation, with a uniform model for all the EEA You would not believe this, but there already is a uniform format and the UK does take part in the regulation. The format of the Residence Card vignette endorsed in the passport is almost i...

Richard66, the entire discussion was based on the Surinder Singh case alone. As for the Residence Card issue, this topic has come up in the board over and over again in this board and am quite happy that you are raising it up with the EC. Best of luck on that fight! We are all behind you on this.

Congrats and you are very welcome. Enjoy the PR and get ready for the next step- BC.

If someone with some inside information on how the detention centre operates would like to explain why this woman is a liar, I'd be interested in hearing it. Now that we have established that some people take everything that they read in the media to be the gospel truth with absolutely no leeway fo...

Will eventually be like the real concretration camp according to the first hand account of former inmate. Wright, even overlooking the exaggeration that I would associate with such an account of events, I still think it is a long way off comparing with concentration camps. It isnt belittling it, it...

Dawie, comparing the real concentration camp to the immigration detention centre is belittling the suffering of the ones who were unfortunate to be in one.

What debate would be complete without I putting my 2 cents in as well? If someone turns up with a foreign passport the guy in the market stall needs to know if the issuing country is one of the 26 other countries in the EU. Are you claiming that someone who knows the advanced functions of google and...

Directive/38/2004/EC, this is the first time that I have seen logic since this argument began and something I think is probable! But if that is the reason, then should not the HO accept Residence Cards of other EEA countries in lieu of the visa requirement, or not take much longer time for processin...

I don't mean any offense whatsoever, but I'd like to understand this frame of mind so many people in the UK have I just point out the law as it stands and is not my personal "frame of mind". If you do not like it,... It seems that regulation 9 of the UK regulations is too restrictive, in that it on...

Then the big question is, if he does divorce her after 3 years of marriage but before 5 years elapse, would she upon completion of 5 years still be eligible for permanent residence under EU law even if divorced? YES! Read the part regarding the 'retention of residence' from Chapter 5 of the ECIs to...

Looking at the definitions of exercising treaty rights, according to the JCW, visiting can count... Victoria Victoria, visiting pre se is not a treaty right. But there is a unconditional right of entry for upto 3 months for EEA nationals and if after that they do remain without being a burden on pu...

The DSPs, which Vinny posted a link to above, have been recently updated and they now state (as they didn't used to) that Surinder Singh applies to those family members of Brit cits working in another member country and who will simply be visiting the UK. Because EEA nationals have an initial three...