Seperating from EU spouse, but time to apply for ILR?
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:50 am
HI
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.
I am a non EU citizen married to my EU wife for 6 years now. We have been residing in the UK coming up to 5 years now and i am currently on a family visa. The time is almost here for me to apply for ILR but myself and my wife (with whom i have 2 children also both born in the UK) are now separating but have not yet started divorce proceedings. I am concerned that she will no longer support my application for ILR and this forum is the first place i have gone to seek advice. She has been excersing treaty rights and worked the entire time we have lived in the UK, but if she is unwilling to support my application then how i am i supposed to go about displaying this. I am also concerned as to how i would prove we lived to together? What type of documentation do the Home Office require. We had separate bank accounts and i believe all bills were posted in her name, so aside from my place of employment, bank statements and doctors i don't have much other proof. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated, and if she is unwilling to support my application do i start divorce proceedings now? Would that be of any help?
Thank you
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.
I am a non EU citizen married to my EU wife for 6 years now. We have been residing in the UK coming up to 5 years now and i am currently on a family visa. The time is almost here for me to apply for ILR but myself and my wife (with whom i have 2 children also both born in the UK) are now separating but have not yet started divorce proceedings. I am concerned that she will no longer support my application for ILR and this forum is the first place i have gone to seek advice. She has been excersing treaty rights and worked the entire time we have lived in the UK, but if she is unwilling to support my application then how i am i supposed to go about displaying this. I am also concerned as to how i would prove we lived to together? What type of documentation do the Home Office require. We had separate bank accounts and i believe all bills were posted in her name, so aside from my place of employment, bank statements and doctors i don't have much other proof. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated, and if she is unwilling to support my application do i start divorce proceedings now? Would that be of any help?
Thank you