EEA Family Permit Card help!

[RioB]

Hey guys, sorry if this has been asked a million times, but I can't find a clear answer anywhere!

I am a US citizen living in America with my British husband. We would love to move back to the UK, but the spouse visa is very difficult as some of you know with the financial requirement. (my husband works in the US, not the UK).

I have been reading about the EEA Family Permits, and I am wondering if this is a route we can possibly take? Since my husband is a UK citizen with unlimited rights to work and travel in the UK surely he has the right for me to join him under this permit? Or is this permit only available within the EU?

Thanks for your help!

[noajthan]

Hey guys, sorry if this has been asked a million times, but I can't find a clear answer anywhere!

I am a US citizen living in America with my British husband. We would love to move back to the UK, but the spouse visa is very difficult as some of you know with the financial requirement. (my husband works in the US, not the UK).

I have been reading about the EEA Family Permits, and I am wondering if this is a route we can possibly take? Since my husband is a UK citizen with unlimited rights to work and travel in the UK surely he has the right for me to join him under this permit? Or is this permit only available within the EU?

Thanks for your help!

As spouse is a BC he is not treated as an EEA national by UK by default unless you undertake the Surinder Singh route.

This potentially switches a BC to being considered an EEA national & so switches your migration to the EU route;
ie operating under EU rules (not UK immigratiuon regulations).

It's not easy & it's not guaranteed - but worth digging into at least.

Plenty of info in the forum (and elsewhere on WWW); you could start here:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-ro ... gh%20month

[RioB]

Thank you for your reply. I wish things would change

[Casa]

You would qualify under finance if your husband can show that he has been earning the equivalent of £18.600 in the US for the 6 months prior to submitting your spouse visa application andhe has a confirmed job offer in the UK to start within 3 months of arrival, again with an annual salary of £18,600.

[RioB]

You would qualify under finance if your husband can show that he has been earning the equivalent of £18.600 in the US for the 6 months prior to submitting your spouse visa application andhe has a confirmed job offer in the UK to start within 3 months of arrival, again with an annual salary of £18,600.

I was not aware of this! This could be our answer!!
We have been living in the US for a year and a half now, but we really miss the UK. The requirement wouldn't be impossible for us to achieve but the time we have to spend apart trying to get it all to work out, the risk to his greencard, and the risk that the laws could change even more have kept us in the USA.