Student for nearly 5 years - but do we need to start over?
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 1:48 pm
Hey all,
I'm a British Citizen, and my partner is an EEA national who has been in the UK since October 2011, studying for an undergrad between October 2011 - June 2014, working at an studentship with a research group June 2014 - August 2014 (payment was exempt from income tax and NI), studied for an MPhil at a different institution September 2014 - August 2015 and has been studying a PhD since September 2015 from the same institution as the MPhil, due to be completed in September 2019.
We were recently spooked by the Brexit result and want to make a move to ensure that we can build our life together once she has graduated. She has sufficient evidence to cover her status as a student between October 2011 -> October 2016 at the earliest, including proof of residency, and sufficient funding.
We've been optimistic so far. However, when collecting documents we noticed the Comprehensive Sickness Insurance requirement for students in particular. She has held an EHIC which will be up to date when she applies in October, however my interpretation indicates that this is not good enough as the HO insists on coverage by some kind of private scheme. She will undoubtedly take out private coverage as soon as possible.
My questions are as follows:
1) What kind of coverage is accepted by the CSI requirements? Has anyone taken out any policies which was okay as evidence for a successful PR application?
2) Given the CSI predicament, has the last 5 years of her residence here in the UK counted for nothing at all? An EHIC card is valid if your stay is "temporary". However, obviously it's in our interest to stay here permanently, but my partner is estranged from her family back in her home country so they won't be providing any assistance what-so-ever, which complicates some things further.
3) If this is the case, what are our options here? Is it really just starting from the beginning with private health coverage until she graduates?
Thank you all so much for your help!
I'm a British Citizen, and my partner is an EEA national who has been in the UK since October 2011, studying for an undergrad between October 2011 - June 2014, working at an studentship with a research group June 2014 - August 2014 (payment was exempt from income tax and NI), studied for an MPhil at a different institution September 2014 - August 2015 and has been studying a PhD since September 2015 from the same institution as the MPhil, due to be completed in September 2019.
We were recently spooked by the Brexit result and want to make a move to ensure that we can build our life together once she has graduated. She has sufficient evidence to cover her status as a student between October 2011 -> October 2016 at the earliest, including proof of residency, and sufficient funding.
We've been optimistic so far. However, when collecting documents we noticed the Comprehensive Sickness Insurance requirement for students in particular. She has held an EHIC which will be up to date when she applies in October, however my interpretation indicates that this is not good enough as the HO insists on coverage by some kind of private scheme. She will undoubtedly take out private coverage as soon as possible.
My questions are as follows:
1) What kind of coverage is accepted by the CSI requirements? Has anyone taken out any policies which was okay as evidence for a successful PR application?
2) Given the CSI predicament, has the last 5 years of her residence here in the UK counted for nothing at all? An EHIC card is valid if your stay is "temporary". However, obviously it's in our interest to stay here permanently, but my partner is estranged from her family back in her home country so they won't be providing any assistance what-so-ever, which complicates some things further.
3) If this is the case, what are our options here? Is it really just starting from the beginning with private health coverage until she graduates?
Thank you all so much for your help!