As lizzy90 correctly pointed out, your boyfriend cannot marry on just a Visit Visa. He would either need a Marriage Visitor Visa if he intends to go back after the marriage or a Fiance visa if he intends to settle down over here with you. He is eligible to come to the UK and get married to you with ...

Alex, a better choice of words would be - ...my wife is exercising her treaty rights as an economically "self sufficient person" as per as paragraph 1(b) of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38/EC and as defined in Regulation 4(1)(b) of the Immigration(EEA) Regulations 2006. Proof of the resourc...

I tend to think as Docterror, why she should be obliged to work or look for a job if she doesn't need it Fortunately, the HO tends to think the same way as well as evidenced by the changes they made to the Section 4 of the EEA2 forms from the August of 2006. I would not suggest sending your wife's ...

Wanderer, you just have to teach me that trick! How and why Lithuania? Was it all in the name?

OK! Let us get to the task at hand and start with your queries one by one My initial query is whether I can apply for a EEA residence permit from within uk on an hsmp visa. Yes you can! There is no "no switching " rule from the immigration to the EEA route. But I needed to know whether the...

If it was 2006 and she hasn't been doing anything, then your application is likely to be refused because she is not "exercising treaty rights". Sorry sakura, I dont think that is quite right. She is exercising her treaty rights as a self-sufficient person. AlexS could easily send his last...

They do not apply to dependents of work permit or HSMP visa holders who are subject to the usual requirement of not spending more than 90 days per year outside of the UK in order to qualify for ILR Dawie, from where did you get this "90 day" information? Isnt that the requirement for natu...

Unfortunately its highly unlikely your friend will be issued another Working Holidaymaker visa again as it one of those things that you get only once in your life.

Any loopholes?..try some other visa, like visitor visa or HSMP or WP visa if she can find some job here.

She left her home country and came to live with me before the wedding in August 2004. But she entered on a visitors visa for 6 months She did come to live with me permanently in August 2004 How did she manage to get the Visitor visa if she came over to stay with you permanently? Isnt proof that the...

All these comments remind me of an incident during my time in the university. There was this colleague of mine who after the first couple of months of regular attendances in the classes, his attendances started to become quite infrequent. To make things worse, he always appeared cheerful and most of...

I do not know whether the IO(Immigration Officers) are trained enough right now to remember that you do not lose your right of residence in the case of a divorce or seperation, but I suggest that you donot become the guinea pig who gets to find out how well trained they are. When you do return from ...

"Or its no longer needed?".. as in people used to do that before- take the permission of the HO before going on a holiday?

You will have plenty of time to tell the HO about your holiday when you apply for your ILR. No need to do such a thing now.

:D I thought that the last sentence of the paragraphs were more appropriate and clearer for the OP to understand for this case. It does mention ILR somewhere over there doesnt it? Sorry, but I got a bit lost in the part 8 of the IDIs and could not find the paragraph about ILR for the spouse and chil...

Sam123, a clear picture of what you are looking for can be seen in http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/immigrationrules/part5 the paragraph you are specifically looking for is paragraph 195 for your wife and paragraph 198 for your child. As you can see there is no specified time limit for ...

iv, I hope you are aware that all of you need to have a pass in the Life in the UK test since you will be applying after 2nd of April.

Also, you are mistaken, there are lot of ways to find out if a person is in the country or not, but what criminals usually do is 'escape' on fake passports from foreign countries which makes it difficult to track and confirm their presence within the police/immigration systems in the UK As UK does ...

Sid79 unless someone with a different experience can suggest otherwise, if the gap of the 5 months was entirely the HO fault because of the back log of cases, the gap of 5 months should not affect your ILR application. Just to make further clarifications, did you apply for the extension of your visa...

I have read that there are new rules for those who are holding a settlement visa, will this affect me? What new rules affecting settlement visa /Spouse Visa holders did you hear? An absence of 2 weeks during the 2 years on Spouse Visa should not affect your application for ILR at the end of the per...

Magata,since no one else has taken a crack at it yet I will add a few words. Do we each need to fill an EEA4 form or can mother include us in her application as dependents? It has not been clearly mentioned whether you, your brother and your sister are non-EEA family members of an EEA national or EE...

Mortgage acceptance offer, payslips from both employers, evidence of moving houses (moved twice over a 4 year period!), P60 forms, various utility bills in all addresses, evidence of photos with family, friends and on holidays, airline ticket stubs from holidays. Osiris, that is some folder that yo...

Suzy, to make further clarifications I would need further information. Does your husband-to-be have the letter of employment or is he already working? Also are you still in Brazil? And if not, can you pls let me know which country you currently live in? If he has the letter of employment he can use ...

Pay 85 pounds for a one year visa and get a 6 month visa in return and you would be annoyed - 6 months is the minimum validity term ECO's can give and they regulary do my friend. Yes! I would be annoyed... my friend. So annoyed that I will not try and apply 20 times more and see whether I get more ...

Russia wrote:In practice this could mean 20 applications for 6 monthly visas over ten-years and at 200 each that's 4000 pounds....!

And here I am thinking that BHCs charged only 50 pounds(or 63 pounds from the next month) for a 6 month visit visa.. silly me!

iv, after a look at the SET(O),it does look like you do have to use a SET(F) for your daughter. My apologies for the mixup andI will let someone else clarify about that.... like John ,who just did!

Using your own numbering to answer- 1)You are to only use one SET(O) form for you and should put down your wife and daughter as your dependants. The SET(F) would have been appropriate to use for your daughter only if you were already "present and settled", which is not the case. She will b...