Hi walkyriee,

You are a little ahead of us.
Same situation.
My wife's 5 years is completed in October 2018 (this year, 3 months away)
We are also looking for confirmed steps.

GW.

Hi all, Another question, sorry. My wife's Chinese passport expired in November. She got her new Chinese passport in October, a month before the old one expired. Her UK Entry Clearance Visa is in her old passport. Her Residence Certificate is in her old passport. Are we OK to go to Spain on a week ...

Hi all, Another question, sorry. My wife's Chinese passport expired in November. She got her new Chinese passport in October, a month before the old one expired. Her UK Entry Clearance Visa is in her old passport. Her Residence Certificate is in her old passport. Are we OK to go to Spain on a week h...

Hi , Thanks to every one who replied. Quite a mine field is the DCPR and the PR Card So as my wife is Non-EEA, we should be applying for her PR Card. Then after PR Card, final part of the jigsaw, as so politely mentioned in several posts earlier, is a UK passport. So after the LIUK test, English tes...

We have been the users of the Settled Status entry into UK., as my wife is Non-EEA We spent months in Germany, myself working, then we applied UK Entry Clearance, and gained entry to UK. Very soon after, we submitted her EEA2, which was issued. Now in October this year (2018) we will apply her EEA (...

Hi all, 1 more year on from my opening post on this EEA 4 subject. We have looked at the EEA 4 forms, and they look just as daunting as the EEA 2 forms did. Just out of interest, which form(s) are you actually looking at? As the current UKVI form to apply for a DCPR or PR card is called EEA(PR). Th...

How will this affect partners of British citizens in the Surinder Singh route? I am due to apply for permanent residence in August 2018, will I still be able to do so? This is very confusing... My Chinese wife will have completed her 5 years in UK in October 2018, ie, 5 years from our (her) entry i...

gmchowe wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:56 pm

We answered the questions from the letter as best as we could and the PR arrived in the post today.

Hi,

Can I ask when you both arrived in UK, and when did you receive your EEA2, the 5 year residence vignette in her passport?

Thanks

Hi All, I am a British Citizen from birth. My wife is Chinese citizen. Our EEA2 was issued without problems in October 2013. Her will be applying for the EEA4, or its equivalent in October 2018. I guess we may be informed that the rules will also be applied to us retrospectively.? I can demonstrate ...

Hi,

Thanks for the confirmations.
Fortunately my Chinese wife will have no problem with the B2 English test, her English is very good, it will simply be a small additional cost for us.
My wife is currently at a university undertaking her Chartered Accountants degree.

GW

At the same time, she will undertake and pass her "Life in UK Test" LIUK is not required for EEA4. Then with the return of her EEA4, plus her Life in UK, she would apply for naturalisation. She will also need English B1 SELT test for citizenship. We expect EEA4 (or its then equivalent) to take 5 mo...

Hi Richard, We will be applying for my wife's naturalisation as soon as she is eligible. We both arrived in UK together in October 2013, as her date stamp on her UK Entry Clearance (visa) She gained her EEA2 Residence document vignette in march the following year, 2014. Our understanding is that 5 y...

Graham, I remember your posts from 5 years ago. We are now required to turn water into wine my friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...... Eind apparently is being ignored. All the years you as BC were living in the UK after your return now require documentation of employment etc!!!!!!!! see ...

Hello to all, Just writing a few lines to keep this thread alive. with a question at the end, = Hope no one minds. My wife's entry into UK was 22 October 2013, as the date stamped by UK immigration, on her UK entry clearance visa, when we entered UK So we are eagerly awaiting 22 October 2018, just 1...

We sometimes use the UK passport queue, or the EEA queue, or whichever is the shortest. My wife has her Chinese passport open on the UK issued Residence visa page when she hands over both our passports together, my UK passport. They don't stamp out of UK, or on return to UK. They just look into my p...

Thank you very much Ohara

Your explanation above is clear, and easy to understand.


Thanks

GW

Hi all, 1 more year on from my opening post on this EEA 4 subject. We have looked at the EEA 4 forms, and they look just as daunting as the EEA 2 forms did. Just out of interest, which form(s) are you actually looking at? As the current UKVI form to apply for a DCPR or PR card is called EEA(PR). Th...

Thanks very much for your rep!y, and great to see a little light hearted humour. I understand most of that, as I am a UK citizen, born and lived here, I don't quit understand this bit. "PR is acquired automatically after 5 years of sponsor exercising treaty rights (if sponsor is not settled). So if ...

Hi all, 1 more year on from my opening post on this EEA 4 subject. We have looked at the EEA 4 forms, and they look just as daunting as the EEA 2 forms did. We are just doing some forward thinking, and any required forward planning, It looks like the cost is still 65 GBP, please correct me if I am m...

Yes. (Proof of date required of course). Great, so a few months earlier than we had originally anticipated. The October 2013 is the date stamped in her passport across her Entry Visa, when we entered UK. So until October 2018, we work and wait. Gra. As a returning Brit & SS-er you don't even have t...

noajthan wrote:Yes. (Proof of date required of course).

Great, so a few months earlier than we had originally anticipated.

The October 2013 is the date stamped in her passport across her Entry Visa, when we entered UK.
So until October 2018, we work and wait.

Gra.

Hi JellyBean,

Thanks for the reply, seems we are in similar situation.
I never thought about the alternative "Family Spouse Visa"

Also, as we entered UK in October 2013, is it 5 years from that date, that my wife can apply?

Thanks

Gra

Hi all, My non EU wife came with me to UK in October 2013. via SS route, and got her residence documentation (sticker in passport) in March 2014 She applied and got her 5 year residence visa in her non EU passport in March 2014. Her 5 year visa expires March 2019, when we plan for citizenship applic...

Thank you Chris,

So when you say she can apply directly for citizenship after the 5 years are up, I guess she must still do the "Citizenship " test ?

GW

chriskv1 wrote:IDL ? You mean ILR (Indefinite leave to remain) is a UK immigration visa which is equivalent to EEA4 / PR .

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Yes, my error.

ILR (Indefinite leave to remain)