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UK EEA(FM) visa holder can invite non-EU spouse to UK

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 8:43 pm
by shazy am
Hello,
I am new here and I need help from members of this website.
I came to the UK 2 years before on EU family member visa because of my father who is Netherlands National. I have UK 5 years Residence permit sticker on my passport. I am living and working in UK for the last 4 years.
A Few months before i got married in my home country and now i want to invite my wife here in UK.
so how can i invite her here ? according to British law or EU law . please can someone explain me in detail and procedure to invite her, thank you

Re: UK EEA(FM) visa holder can invite non-EU spouse to UK

Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 6:27 am
by secret.simon
As family member of an EEA citizen, you can not directly sponsor your own family member under either EU law or UK law. Only the EEA citizen can sponsor his family members under EU law. You would have an independent right to sponsor your family members under UK law after you have acquired PR under EU law and hence become "settled" under UK law.

However, daughters-in-law are not considered family members for the purposes of EU law. She could possibly be considered an extended family member, as either a person dependent on him or as a member of his household. However, there is no precise definition of membership of a household and whether she needed to be a part of his household in the EFM's home country.

So, you can see that it is nowhere near as straightforward as what you may have expected.

Re: UK EEA(FM) visa holder can invite non-EU spouse to UK

Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 7:48 am
by secret.simon
Pages 14-15 of the Extended Family Members Guide contains more details of what it would be required for your wife to apply as an extended family member of your father (the EEA citizen).