What do I do (fiancee is 18, wants to live in England)?

PJWR · Post by **PJWR** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:51 pm

Now that the minimum age is 21, what do I do to bring her over here? Can I marry her in another country and bring her that way? She's American.

Post by **John** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:08 pm

PJWR, what about you? Your nationality?

And what do you do? Employed? Self-employed? Student? What?

ElenaW · Post by **ElenaW** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:15 pm

She can try coming here on a student visa until she turns 21 and then switch to flr(m). Or you can excercise your treaty rights elsewhere in the eu where she can join you with minimal hassle.

PJWR · Post by **PJWR** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:23 pm

"John": I'm a British Citizen (born and bred, says 'British Citizen' on my passport), currently unemployed but want to be employed (and if it's a better idea, will make sure I'm employed at time of applying for whatever I need to apply for to bring my fiance here to live). I don't know if it's relevant, but I'm a university graduate (honours degree).

"boulevardofbrokendreams": What are my treaty rights in the EU? Could you clarify your suggestion please? Thanks. As for student visa - can she get any funding for studying in the U.K.? When I was at uni, I remembering reading about international students being charged massive fees to study at university.

ElenaW · Post by **ElenaW** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:52 pm

PJWR,

About the student visa, yes the international tuition fees are enormous. The only "help" she would get is stafford subsidized and unsubsidized loans which obviously she would have to repay and it's quite a lot. There are limited scholarships available as well. Also she would need to show funds for maintenance when applying for the visa.

As far as excercising your eu rights. You can relocate to another country in the eu, become employed or self employed. Spend a minimum of 6 months there and then come back to the UK. You will then be treated as an EEA national and can apply under those rules. I'm not familiar with how it works for a fiancee so I'm sure someone will respond about that aspect of it shortly. Best of luck to you!

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:16 pm

Basically it;s not gonna happen, sorry. Age, lack of job etc is all against u...

Wait till u can afford it.

ElenaW · Post by **ElenaW** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:08 pm

pjwr, you can always have your fiancee file a K1 visa that enables you to later switch to an immigrant visa catagory and live in the states. It's just that your options are fairly limited in the UK like wanderer said a lot of things are against you.

Post by **John** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:29 pm

I'm a British Citizen (born and bred, says 'British Citizen' on my passport), currently unemployed but want to be employed

So given that you have no job at the moment, get married and go and live in any other EEA country, apart from the UK that is. Get a job there! That is, exercise Treaty Rights as a worker .... an employed person.

Having done that for a while, use the Surinder Singh route to get your wife to the UK. That is, in the country where you are living and exercising Treaty Rights, apply for an EEA Family Permit.

The minimum age of 21 does not apply to applications made under the terms of the EU Directive?

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What do I do (fiancee is 18, wants to live in England)?

What do I do (fiancee is 18, wants to live in England)?