EEA2: Self sufficient via non UK employment?

I'm American, my unmarried partner is French working for French company. He will be sent to UK to work and do research on opening a branch there. Someone on this forum kindly suggested that we could apply for the EEA1&2 as self sufficient as he's not working in the UK, but will obviously continue to be paid by his French employer (his contract is full time/permanent). Does anyone have any experience with this sort of case? All the self sufficient statuses I've seen have been via savings, pension, or something other than work (in another country).

Thanks!

And no worries about insurance (I'll save that for another post).

knm812 wrote:I'm American, my unmarried partner is French working for French company. He will be sent to UK to work and do research on opening a branch there. Someone on this forum kindly suggested that we could apply for the EEA1&2 as self sufficient as he's not working in the UK, but will obviously continue to be paid by his French employer (his contract is full time/permanent). Does anyone have any experience with this sort of case? All the self sufficient statuses I've seen have been via savings, pension, or something other than work (in another country).

Thanks!

And no worries about insurance (I'll save that for another post).

What timelines are you thinking of here - is this temporary of for the long haul?

As an alternative you could shoot for a family permit (instead), see:
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility

It gives you 6 months in UK (multiple entry/exit);
note that the first 3 months of activities by EEA national do not matter - they only have to exercising treaty rights as a qualified person after an initial 3 months in UK.

Does that float your boat?

What timelines are you thinking of here - is this temporary of for the long haul?

As an alternative you could shoot for a family permit (instead), see:
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility

It gives you 6 months in UK (multiple entry/exit);
note that the first 3 months of activities by EEA national do not matter - they only have to exercising treaty rights as a qualified person after an initial 3 months in UK.

Does that float your boat?

Sorry I should have specified! I already have the FP and it's for long haul as you say Additionally, I will need to find work so we wanted to apply for the EEA2 as soon as possible.

knm812 wrote:

What timelines are you thinking of here - is this temporary of for the long haul?

As an alternative you could shoot for a family permit (instead), see:
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility

It gives you 6 months in UK (multiple entry/exit);
note that the first 3 months of activities by EEA national do not matter - they only have to exercising treaty rights as a qualified person after an initial 3 months in UK.

Does that float your boat?

Sorry I should have specified! I already have the FP and it's for long haul as you say Additionally, I will need to find work so we wanted to apply for the EEA2 as soon as possible.

Understood.
So you need to establish if an EEA national working or, rather, operating on that basis can be considered as a qualified person;
ie either as a worker or self-sufficient person.

They may also be a frontier worker (under Regulation 6) if they continue to reside in home country but 'work' in UK.

Over to EEA-hands to tease this one out.

Your concerns were addressed in this thread

Understood.
So you need to establish if an EEA national working or, rather, operating on that basis can be considered as a qualified person;
ie either as a worker or self-sufficient person.

They may also be a frontier worker (under Regulation 6) if they continue to reside in home country but 'work' in UK.

Over to EEA-hands to tease this one out.

Yes exactly! Though he wouldn't be a frontier worker (to the extent of my knowledge) because he will be residing in the UK (we will be living together) and though he'll be travelling a bit around the UK he would be returning to France rarely and basically telecommuting for meetings and whatnot. I originally thought he would be considered a worker as well, but was told that worker only applies to people working for companies within the UK (where everything is set up, they're registered, paying UK taxes, etc).

You can see why it's confusing

From where I am sitting there is nothing confusing.

The situation is very simple.

If he work in France and lives in the UK, and move from UK to France to work every day, or return to the UK at least once a week following work, then he is a frontier worker.

If he stay in the UK and works in France, and does not move at all to work in France, then he is not a Frontier worker in the UK, however his earning will qualify him as a Self-Sufficient Person.

I hope that makes sense.

Obie wrote:From where I am sitting there is nothing confusing.

The situation is very simple.

If he work in France and lives in the UK, and move from UK to France to work every day, or return to the UK at least once a week following work, then he is a frontier worker.

If he stay in the UK and works in France, and does not move at all to work in France, then he is not a Frontier worker in the UK, however his earning will qualify him as a Self-Sufficient Person.

I hope that makes sense.

Indeed that does make sense...in fact it was on your advice that I started researching the self sufficiency option. I was just hoping to hear from some people who claimed self sufficiency for a similar reason (working inside the UK for a company outside UK) as I haven't found any examples which made me nervous!

Yes. An eu national can become self sufficient on the income he/she has been receiving from French employer. For this purpose the CSI covering the whole family will be needed.