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1. To be clear, if you're going the EEA route, this is not a visa per se, rather you would apply for an EEA residence card and/or pre-settled status. This is different than the visa you would apply for if your partner were a UK citizen.Hope19 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:31 pm1. Can we apply for the unmarried partner VISA under the scope of her pre-settled status? (all the information we see refers to applications with settled status);
2. We have been studying with financial support from full scholarships. Do these count as proof of income?;
3. Would you have any advice on how we could strengthen our application to demonstrate a relationship akin to marriage?
Thank you in advance for your attention and looking forward to hearing back from you.
The OP has clearly said their couple has not lived together for more than 5 months. Your suggestion implies you are advising them to trick the Home Office into believing the contrary, which is strictly forbidden in this forum.
I'm sorry to say that you do not meet the 2-year cohabitation requirement for unmarried couples, for the EEA RC. Any attempt at supplying evidence to make it look like you have is deception, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone on these forums to suggest you do that. Unless you have the joint responsibility of a child or share relevant and substantial financial commitments (e.g. joint mortgage, joint utility bills), it is unlikely your application will be successful with only 5 months of cohabitation. Note that this does not mean your relationship is not genuine, it is simply not 'aking to marriage'.Hope19 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:31 pmDuring my course of study, we have lived apart since our universities are in different cities. Nevertheless, we have seen each other and traveled together frequently during this time. In the beginning, some of my correspondence was also linked to her address as she was the first to move to the UK.
After my course finished in July 2019, we decided to live together in her city and signed a 1-year accommodation contract with both our names.
We lived together in Germany for a period of 4 months before she came to the UK. Previously, we have lived in the same cities but not in the same addresses.
Ah, sorry, I misread the OP, I thought they were saying they were just temporarily staying elsewhere for university. Given that that can mean as little as eight weeks at a time and many UK students maintain a residence "at home", I imagine that would still be within the unmarried partners criteria. If they've genuinely lived apart, that's a different situation, obviously. My apologies for that, I should have read the post more carefully. I can't seem to edit my previous response now nor delete it, but if a moderator wants to do so please go ahead.
No, as the Settlement Scheme is not open for unmarried partners who do not already have a EEA residence card.
There is no income requirement for either the EEA RC or the Settlement Scheme.2. We have been studying with financial support from full scholarships. Do these count as proof of income?;
Again, although your relationship seems perfectly genuine, you are only long-term boyfriend and girlfriend / long-term girlfriends, not unmarried partners in a relationship that can be defined as 'akin to marriage'. Being considered 'akin to marriage' does not reside on the duration of the relationship, but weather you have actually lived together and have shared financial responsibilities for 2 years. None of this seems to be the case, I'm afraid.3. Would you have any advice on how we could strengthen our application to demonstrate a relationship akin to marriage?
I have no professional expertise on this, and purely from the top of my head I'm thinking you might, just might, have a shot by filling in the gaps of the cohabitation period with solid proof of constant communication and frequent travel to see each other regularly (not for holiday but purely to see each other) during the periods you have lived apart. Many married couples have similar arrangements due to job locations. Depending on your situation and how often you saw each other during that time (weekly? every other week?) I believe it could be considered to describe 'akin to marriage' if this was frequent enough and you have very strong proof.