Is it essential that the UK citizen partner is working (earning money) while residing with non-EU spouse in another EU country? I thought that one was also exercising treaty rights by studying in another EU country, or simply living there as a self-sufficient person (eg by living on the rent from an...

Suppose that the non-EU spouse of a British citizen, currently living outside Europe, needs to travel to an EU country such as France to join her spouse as the first stage of the Surrinder Singh route. The advice here seems to be that she should obtain a 'Schengen' (that is, a short-stay) visa and t...

Assuming your wife lives in Morocco, she should visit the Spanish embassy there. She will need to show your passport and wedding certificate. The embassy is then obliged to grant her a residence permit.

Thank you for the swift replies.

To answer the question posed, she arrived in the UK as a dependant of a student (her mother, my wife) and it was only later that I adopted her.

My adopted daughter is Chinese, and would like to retain her Chinese nationality. Since I (British) adopted her before her eighteenth birthday, she is also a UK national and in fact holds a British passport as well as her Chinese passport. The problem is that China does not permit dual nationality, ...

Would I be able to sponsor an application for ILR made by my wife's daughter, at a time when she (daughter) is aged 18. At present my wife could apply for FLR (M) and daughter (now 16) would be included in the application. (We have all lived in the UK since 206, but they hold visas as student and st...

She should immediately switch to FLR(M) ( 285 ) and subsequently apply for SET(M) ( 288 ). Thank you: this raises an additional problem. Our family includes her daughter from a previous marriage, aged 16, who is currently here on a visa as a dependant of a student. Her (our) daughter could be inclu...

Could you also answer my other question - under what category will she qualify for ILR? Since you mention she is currently on a student visa. I just want to be sure that she does indeed qualify. Thanks Sakura. I believe that she qualifies as the spouse of a UK citizen (me): we got married in the UK...

Thanks for the advice. Yes, I am a British citizen. I have read the linked page on requirements and it is clear that she will soon satisfy all of them, apart from the one quoted by Sakura, which I had not understood: You must be free from immigration time restrictions when you make your naturalisati...

My wife will soon be eligible for UK citizenship (UK student visa at present). However, since her home country does not allow dual nationality and she wishes to keep her original citizenship, she will need to hold on to her old passport and ensure that it has a valid UK visa stamped in to it for any...

What does your visa say?

I would imagine that you have a residence permit for one country, and that does not give you the right to reside in another, only to visit.

Just to clarify: you do NOT need to be Christians to get married in an Anglican church. You should approach the priest (vicar, rector, whatever) in charge of the church nearest to your home. The basic condition is that neither of you should ever have been married before. The priest has wide discreti...

[quote="Wanderer Question is, where else can u easily obtain a Schengen Visa? Germany didn't seem soo fully booked up when we got our WP/Schengen. France seems the easiest/quickest but only if outside London when u can apply by post. After calling to book with 5 consulates u can spend 100 quid ...

Yes, I can confirm that anyone who holds a visa for the UK that allows them to remain for more than six months can visit Switzerland without a visa. My wife (Chinese passport) travelled there with me earlier this year, and Immigration was quick and completely free from hassle. Have a great time there!

We also have a letter from the European Commission explaining that my wife (it mentions her name) should according to EU law, be let into Spain as long as she is with me and holds a valid Passport-it mentions that she may also require a residence permit "issued by an EU member state". Tha...

We think it is better to appeal and prepare a new application at the same time, as we have heard that an appeal can take a while to be heard. Now that the application has been refused, can anybody tell me what is the process of appeal, and more importantly, anyway to bring to the attention of the E...

Of course no guarantee can be given but if your family are with you .... all of you going together through the non-EEA passport channel, and all passports handed over together, well at least you are all together if any questions are asked. When I (British) recently arrived at Heathrow with my Chine...

In my pre UKP days I went to Spain 7 times, and never once set foot in their UK embassy. I wish people would boycott all these difficult Schengen embassies like the Spanish and Italian and stick to the French, as for all their sins they have a good onlne booking service and give you the visa the sa...

If they do not allow you on board,they are infringing on your air passenger rights and are therefore liable for litigation,Ignorance of the law is not an excuse especially if (as I was told by the commision)the people in question politely and clearly explain the provisions to them,preferably with c...

Thanks Doc for the link, there seem to be ways around indeed, yet we're not sure how to exploit those as in September we'll be travelling to London to a trade fair likely carrying commercial goods so we don't want to antagonize the customs. Still thinking the issue over anyway, perhaps shipping goo...