Separation / Visa / Divorce / Retention

Hello guys,

My ex partner and I are officially separated since last month and we notified INIS (EU Treaty Rights) about it. But before that we got a letter from the EU Treaty Rights Division stating that our relationship may be for convenience plus they believed that my ex partner was not in the country exercising his EU Treaty Rights paying taxes etc. We then got a solicitor who is helping us with the case. Apart from that, my solicitor told me that I can’t apply for the retention of my stamp 4 visa as I’m not divorced yet (which is true) but at the same time she told me that while we are waiting the process proving that my relationship was real and my ex partner has always been in the country exercising his EU Treaty Rights, she (my solicitor) told me apply for another visa (stamp 4) as I’m married to an EU citizen even though we are separated. Have anyone gone through this before? Any advice on that? Thanks a lot!

plus they believed that my ex partner was not in the country exercising his EU Treaty Rights paying taxes

They are either dumb or have some evidence. Because this is not open to arguments and opinions really. They can't just claim the person wasn't paying taxes. It's easy for you to prove otherwise by providing tax documents.

Hi,
The thing is that he wasn’t working for some months in 2018 as he left his job to build his own company and he did. We have already sent all the documents through solicitor to prove that he has always been in the country, payed taxes and that our relationship has always been genuine even though we are not together nowadays so that they can not and should not revoke my stamp 4 visa. We are waiting for an update as everything was sent this week. However, my solicitor advised me to make another visa application as a family member of an EU citizen. Do you think this is a good advice? I can’t apply for retention yet. Ps.: my stamp 4 visa is up to April/2022. Thanks for your reply!