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Hi,

I have been living in the UK for four years. I first arrived to UK on work permit on 15.08.2008. And since then full time working. On 29.05.2010, I got married with an EU national and my residence status changed to EEA2.

For September 2012 intake for Phd, can I qualify as Home student?

As far as I know there are two conditions;

1) Being a EEA national family member - I satisfy
2) Resident in the UK/EEA for 3 years before the start of course - I satisfy

My confusion is the second condition actually. I have been resident in the UK more than 3 years now. However only 1,5 years of the period I live here as a family member, before that i WAS on work permit.

Does this condition means just being resident in any status or resident as EEA family member for 3 years? I am a bit confused!

Yes, that is fine. The three years residence does not have to be as an EU family member. For example, if you had been in the UK for 3 years but were still paying international fees, you could marry an EU national and automatically switch to home fees from that moment.

You may want to read http://eumovement.wordpress.com/2010/09 ... ber-state/

Thank you for the link.

However, I couldn't find an answer to my question. It does not give any information about the EEA family members fee classification.

The article covers EEA nationals and non-EEA nationals (not family members). no permanent residence rights for non-eea nationals, full fees...etc

Only states that EEA family members can reside in an EEA country, that's it.

You should be considered pretty much as if you were an EU citizen yourself, so long as you are the family member of an EU citizen who is legally in the UK.

Oh, thanks a lot for your this.

And the period which i will be studying for the next 3 years will also count for my total period for my permanent residence and then citizenship? (provided that my wife is working and get PR next year)

And for the comprehensive medical insurance, do I have to get this for myself as a student while my wife is working in the UK? It is written that treaty rights as a student need a CSI while applying PR.

If your EU wife is working, neither of you need CSI.

Any time you are in the UK counts towards your PR. Does not matter what you are doing. Even if you are drinking down at the pub!