Same sex/Unmarried Partnership for EEA4

aruisme · Post by **aruisme** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:14 am

hi guys

First of all, thank you for all the answers that I was looking for. This forum really helps. A LOT!! But I still have some questions that need to be answered. Really appreciated.

I (non-EU national) have been under same sex/unmarried partnership visa for almost 2 years. It expires 19 Jan 2013. So I will have to apply EEA4 to extend my stay in London. Me and my partner (EU national) has been together for 5 years (we live together as well). And both of us live in England for more than 6 years. All I have to do is to apply for EEA4? That's it? Because the more I look up the information, the more confused I get. Does he need to apply EEA3? Do I have to apply with another form? What is a COA? Because I am working now under this partnership visa, so by the time I receive my PR. will I be kicked off the country? Please help. I am thinking of posting the application next week after Christmas.

Wish all of you a merry Christmas and happy new year

Aru

ahmad_785 · Post by **ahmad_785** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:55 am

i am not sure you can apply for a eea4 after two years but wait for the gurus to reply because i am not sure let them shed some light on this...

Post by **Jambo** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:39 am

Is your partner British?

Why did you apply for (expensive) unmarried partner visa and not for a (free) residence card under the EEA regulations?

Basically you can apply for PR after 5 years under the EEA regulations which doesn't seem to be your case. You should be able to apply for ILR tough.

aruisme · Post by **aruisme** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:29 am

Thank you guys. My Partner is Belgian and has settled in London as he has lived in London for a long time. We met in London and that's why I applied for the Unmarried partner. I will have to look into ILR when I get home tonight. It seems to be quite complicated if your partner is settled European and you would like to extend the visa with him. So I still can apply for the EEA4? Or should I? Thank you guys.

Post by **Jambo** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:44 am

So you applied under the UK immigration rules. In that case, you should stay on that route and apply for ILR. There is no point to switch now to the EEA regulations.

See Completing application form SET(M)

aruisme · Post by **aruisme** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:16 pm

Thank you Jambo. I will do that. Will share my experience when I receive my ILR. Merry Christmas to you.

aruisme · Post by **aruisme** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:12 pm

Hi Jambo
While i am filling in the ILR form, found one question quite tricky. It says "If your partner was not British from birth, when did they obtain settlement in the UK?" As my partner is European, he can just come to the UK and settle here. So I don't know what kind of date I should put on the form. Any advice? Thank you.

Aru

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:04 am

It sounds like you lived together in the UK for 3 years before getting the "same gender/unmarried partnership visa". What visa or status did you have in the UK during this time?

Was there a reason you originally chose to apply under the traditional British immigration rules?

Note: Application under SET(M) costs £991 but a similar application under the European rules is free.

Post by **Jambo** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:26 am

aruisme wrote:Hi Jambo
While i am filling in the ILR form, found one question quite tricky. It says "If your partner was not British from birth, when did they obtain settlement in the UK?" As my partner is European, he can just come to the UK and settle here. So I don't know what kind of date I should put on the form. Any advice? Thank you.

Aru

What date did you use when you applied for the initial spouse visa (FLR(M))? You can also put a date which is after your partner has been working in the UK for 5 years. As there is no official process of getting settled as a EEA (this happens automatically after 5 years), the actual date can be vague. I would not worry too much about getting it exactly right.

aruisme · Post by **aruisme** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:27 pm

Jambo wrote:
aruisme wrote:Hi Jambo
While i am filling in the ILR form, found one question quite tricky. It says "If your partner was not British from birth, when did they obtain settlement in the UK?" As my partner is European, he can just come to the UK and settle here. So I don't know what kind of date I should put on the form. Any advice? Thank you.

Aru
What date did you use when you applied for the initial spouse visa (FLR(M))? You can also put a date which is after your partner has been working in the UK for 5 years. As there is no official process of getting settled as a EEA (this happens automatically after 5 years), the actual date can be vague. I would not worry too much about getting it exactly right.

I don't remember there's such a question on the form when I was applying. But I will put the date 5 years after he started working in the UK. Again, thank you and hope you are having a good day today. Happy new year.

ARu

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Same sex/Unmarried Partnership for EEA4

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