time before marriage counts towards 5 years of UK residence?
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:52 pm
Hi,
my non-EU husband was in the UK on a student visa for 3 years. He left to go back home, we got married in his country and he will return to the UK soon on a EEA family permit. I know that his PR can be attained by living in the UK for 5 years with absences of 6 months maximum per year and one absence of total of 12 months for certain purposes. He will be within this time frame of absence from the UK.
My question is, does his time being on the student visa in the UK and us not being married during that time count towards his 5 year residence or not? Does he only have to complete another 2 years of living here once he returns to the UK to get his PR?
Thanks!
my non-EU husband was in the UK on a student visa for 3 years. He left to go back home, we got married in his country and he will return to the UK soon on a EEA family permit. I know that his PR can be attained by living in the UK for 5 years with absences of 6 months maximum per year and one absence of total of 12 months for certain purposes. He will be within this time frame of absence from the UK.
My question is, does his time being on the student visa in the UK and us not being married during that time count towards his 5 year residence or not? Does he only have to complete another 2 years of living here once he returns to the UK to get his PR?
Thanks!