EEA Unmarried Long Distance Relationship & PACS
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:04 am
Hi,
I would like to have the experience/feedback of the members of this forum regarding the situation of my couple.
I am a French national, currently living in the UK since February 2015. I am in love with a Taiwanese girl I met in Australia in March 2013. Since then, we spent a total of 3 months together in Australia, 4 months in Taiwan, 2 months in France and 6 months in the UK. We also travelled a lot together in Italy, China, New-Zealand and Spain. We registered a French civil partnership contract called "PACS" which is different from the civil partnership in the UK and the gay marriage in France in March 2015. After spending 6 months with me in the UK as a visitor, my spouse had to come back to Taiwan as we were unable to apply to another visa. We are planning on getting engaged in winter 2015 as I will visit her in Taiwan for the 3rd time. We should marry by the end of 2016/beginning of 2017.
My questions are the following:
1. Should we apply as soon as possible for an Unmarried EEA visa so that she can come back to the UK to live with me and work?
Is there a chance that this application will be refused based on the fact that we only have paper proofs that we lived together under the same roof for 6 months in the UK (with accommodation under our names). The rest of our relationship being a list of pictures together in different places in the world, plane tickets, letters...
2. Should we rather apply for the fiance visa as soon as we get engaged and celebrate the Taiwanese engagement party in Taiwan? My understanding is that this visa does not provide more rights than the visitor visa.
3. Should we not apply for the EEA as we are unmarried but wait for being married to apply for it?
I am wondering what would happen if we apply for the EEA now, get refused because we did not spend valuable time under the same roof and then found ourselves unable to re-apply once we get married - or worse, get refused once we get married on the basis that it could be understood as a marriage of convenience.
Looking forward from hearing your feedback and return on similar experience!
I would like to have the experience/feedback of the members of this forum regarding the situation of my couple.
I am a French national, currently living in the UK since February 2015. I am in love with a Taiwanese girl I met in Australia in March 2013. Since then, we spent a total of 3 months together in Australia, 4 months in Taiwan, 2 months in France and 6 months in the UK. We also travelled a lot together in Italy, China, New-Zealand and Spain. We registered a French civil partnership contract called "PACS" which is different from the civil partnership in the UK and the gay marriage in France in March 2015. After spending 6 months with me in the UK as a visitor, my spouse had to come back to Taiwan as we were unable to apply to another visa. We are planning on getting engaged in winter 2015 as I will visit her in Taiwan for the 3rd time. We should marry by the end of 2016/beginning of 2017.
My questions are the following:
1. Should we apply as soon as possible for an Unmarried EEA visa so that she can come back to the UK to live with me and work?
Is there a chance that this application will be refused based on the fact that we only have paper proofs that we lived together under the same roof for 6 months in the UK (with accommodation under our names). The rest of our relationship being a list of pictures together in different places in the world, plane tickets, letters...
2. Should we rather apply for the fiance visa as soon as we get engaged and celebrate the Taiwanese engagement party in Taiwan? My understanding is that this visa does not provide more rights than the visitor visa.
3. Should we not apply for the EEA as we are unmarried but wait for being married to apply for it?
I am wondering what would happen if we apply for the EEA now, get refused because we did not spend valuable time under the same roof and then found ourselves unable to re-apply once we get married - or worse, get refused once we get married on the basis that it could be understood as a marriage of convenience.
Looking forward from hearing your feedback and return on similar experience!