EEA Family or Unmarried Partners Visa URGENT!!

[diegob]

Hi all,

I am Colombian and my gf is German. We've been living together for over 2 years now and have a strong and quite well documented application I believe. We've been preparing my FLR(M) Unmarried Partners visa application but last night while I was going through some info I ran into something I wasn't quite expecting. Turns out to be that my gf doesn't qualify as someone settled in the UK as she has only been working here for 3 years. We just didn't know that that's what they meant by "settled" so now we don't know what to do. We both live in the UK, I'm on Tier 1 (PSW) at the moment which expires the 16th of August of this year. As you can see we're running out of time and freaking out a little bit. I've read that it exists the option of applying as an EEA Family member but I've found the information on it scarce and confusing. I am not sure if I can do it whilst being in the UK. I was planning on sending my application by mid-july will it be a problem if my visa expires whilst I am waiting for the new permit to get back? I've read in some sites that she would have to make a "joint application" to be regarded as a resident or something like that. Can anyone please explain me what this means?? I am very worried about this, I would really appreciate any help you guys can give me.

Thanks,

[Lucapooka]

You can't use FLR(M) or the UK immigration rules if you partner is not settled in the UK. If you are in the UK now, you apply for a residence card using form EEA2. It's good news in the sense that the requirements are much less onerous.