Dual National Relinquishing British citizenship EEA FP

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Hi There,

I have been living in Bangkok, Thailand for the past 4 years (currently still in Bangkok)

I hold British and Swiss citizenship.

My objective is to move back to the UK with my non-EEA Thai National girlfriend. We have been living together since April 9th 2011.

I am seriously considering Relinquishing my British citizenship in order to apply for an EEA family permit as it seems that i would have more favorable rights in doing so. I would then apply based on my Swiss citizenship.

I have a few questions regarding the best way to approach this. Any help would be much appreciated

1) After giving up my British Citizenship is it possible for us to apply for the EEA family permit without me having to travel back to the UK first?
A visa services company has advised that i must travel back to the UK and register for job seekers allowance(JSA) or gain employment before applying?
I was under the impression that one only had to provide evidence that they are a 'qualified person' if they have already been living in the UK for over 3 months or when the non-EEA national is applying for a residence permit at a later stage.

2) Does anyone know if it is possible to get my British citizenship back in the future? I realize that this is possible if you're relinquishing it in order to gain another citizenship but since this is not the case would there be any possibility? Does anybody know if my national Insurance number will change after relinquishing my British citizenship?

3) Is not being married a big disadvantage? As i previously stated we have been living together in Bangkok for over 2 years, from April '11 until now.
We have letters on headed paper from serviced apartments stating the dates we lived there together and we also have a tenancy agreement in both our names for a condo that we lived in for a 1 year period. We also have photos etc. We are planning to get married and would do so before applying if it would make a big difference to the application.

4) If we are declined on the basis of the UKBA deeming that the relationship is not 'durable' would it be ok to marry and reapply?

5) I have savings in a UK account of 25,000 pounds (Not sure if this is relevant or not)

Many thanks and apologies for so many questions.

[rachellynn1972]

Let me give you a very simple advice, you dont need to drop you british nationalty, you have enough money, what you need to do is first move to any other eu country apart from the two you are a national, you will easily get a residence permit for your wife or if a flight will allow her to fly without it to europe. When you get to any of the eu country you have chosed. Try to get a job there for three months, do not mind the wages at least you have enough of your own. After working there for 3mths, it may be a bar job, dont mind as long you know your future plan which moving to uk with your wife. After 3mths working there, you can now move to uk with your wife without applying for any document for her. When coming to uk use british passport to enter and apply for wife for eu rc under sigh route, you dont need to exercise any treaty right again as you have already done that for 3mths in anothe eu member state. You wille fine. Only those that dont want to move cancle one of there nationalty but as for you, you have enough monies to move and get your wife an eu resident card wiht paying a penny. Ask more question about this route i have just said and menber here will advice you more, by first moving to anothe eu first you see your british passport will work far better, bcus when you inside uk you will have no more need to exercise treaty rights.

[rachellynn1972]

One more thing, get married before you apply, you have upper hand here, you have money and dual nationalty, you can chose any eu country to first move to, i think ireland or spain will be a better choice, then move to uk after three months by then the eu law is on your side.