Invite Russian Girlfriend to the UK - EU Citizen

[jfmombiela]

Hi,

First off, thank you for opening and reading this. I really appreciate your help.

I am an EU Citizen (Spain) living in the UK for two years and I have been dating my girlfriend from Russia for more than a year. We have met in different places more than 10 times last year and she even came to the UK a couple of times. Now that things are starting to get serious, we have decided to live together in the UK (we communicate in English and it'd be the easiest thing for both of us).

I found in the forum different advises for UK citizens living in the UK, but how would it work for a EU Citizen? If possible, we wouldn't like to get married yet, but in case that makes things easier, we could do that.

It might sound like I don't have much idea, but I haven't been able to find more information.

Thanks,
Javier

[Casa]

Your girlfriend won't qualify for a residence card as an extended family member as according to your post, you haven't lived together in a durable relationship 'akin to marriage' for a minimum of 2 years.

There is no boyfriend/girlfriend permit or visa.