EEA permit to permanent residence card question

[thewayofdarragh]

Hi everyone,
My Thai wife and I moved to the UK from Thailand in June. We were told to wait 5 months before applying for her permanent residence card. I have found full time work and she has part time work. Can someone advise me on how to apply?

Many thanks,
Darragh

[CR001]

She doesn't qualify for Permanent residence as she doesn't have 5 years residence in the UK.

She must apply for an eea residence card which will be valid for 5 years before she can apply for PR.

[thewayofdarragh]

Hi everyone,
My Thai wife and I have been in the UK for 6 months now. She is working full time (34 hours per week) in a restaurant I am working part time in a gym (16 hours per week).
We are going to apply for her permanent residence card but we aren't sure if I earn enough to be her sponsor? She has a UK bank account and payslips, would this be enough?

Any advice is greatly appreciated,
Darragh

[CR001]

She doesn't qualify for Permanent residence as she doesn't have 5 years residence in the UK.

She must apply for an eea residence card which will be valid for 5 years before she can apply for PR.

[NikiGio]

We are going to apply for her permanent residence card but we aren't sure if I earn enough to be her sponsor? She has a UK bank account and payslips, would this be enough?

Part-time work counts and technically there's no minimum earnings threshold, so long as it is not what the HO call "marginal or supplementary" work. 

See this other similar post:

eea-route-applications/eu-citizen-exerc ... hilit=Part time genuine

Like CR001 said, your wife needs to apply for a Residence Card (not a Permanent Residency Card).

It's more important to show your earnings, as you are the EEA sponsor - so you should send your pay slips/bank statements and maybe, if you can get it, a letter from your employer confirming you work there, how many hours, etc. I'm presuming you're an EEA citizen.

You can use this form for both of you - form EEA (QP):

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... orm-eea-qp

Through this EEA (QP) form, you are applying for a Registration Certificate (RC) and are the main applicant, and she is applying for a Residence Card.

If you don't want to apply at the same time as her, she needs to use form EEA (FM), with you as her sponsor:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... orm-eea-fm

[thewayofdarragh]

Thank you very much for your detailed reply Niki. We will use apply at the same time and hopefully it will be approved.

Kind regards,
Darragh