EU FM Permanent Residence but absent from UK for 4 years
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 9:39 pm
Asking for a friend of a friend, so any advice appreciated.
She was granted PR as a vignette in her now expired passport in November 2014 as the South African spouse of an EU citizen.
In 2015 she left the UK and has also since divorced her EU husband who has also left the UK.
The South African PR holder visited the UK entering with PR in 2016 and stayed for a couple of weeks to see her non-EU adult son (who is now British).
She wants to return to live in the UK but scared she will be refused entry.
1. Can she enter using the EU gates with her DCPR even if no longer married to the EU citizen or does she have to go through Immigration Control as a South African passport holder?
2. Is there a risk she can be refused entry for being away for more than 2 years?
3. Is there anything she can do to get back to the UK to settle without any hassles?
She was granted PR as a vignette in her now expired passport in November 2014 as the South African spouse of an EU citizen.
In 2015 she left the UK and has also since divorced her EU husband who has also left the UK.
The South African PR holder visited the UK entering with PR in 2016 and stayed for a couple of weeks to see her non-EU adult son (who is now British).
She wants to return to live in the UK but scared she will be refused entry.
1. Can she enter using the EU gates with her DCPR even if no longer married to the EU citizen or does she have to go through Immigration Control as a South African passport holder?
2. Is there a risk she can be refused entry for being away for more than 2 years?
3. Is there anything she can do to get back to the UK to settle without any hassles?