I thought by putting CHEN under EEA regulations, one will not be able to get ILR after 10 years on CHEN because ILR is based on leave to remain and not residence or derivative residence under the EEA route??

Wouldn't it be difficult to show that I am dependent on my children as they have been dependent on me and members of my household and not the other way around?

I have been residing in the UK with my two EEA children under CHEN since July 2010. They will however both be over 18 years old when my leave expires in 2015. Since there is still no right to PR under the new EEA amendments, what do you think UKBA can do in my case; split up the family unit just bec...

Thanks for your reply. My immigration advisor thinks I can apply for a residence card next January when my daughter turns 18 even though my CHEN visa will not have expired yet. This is so as to put me on the right path towards PR which the CHEN visa doesn't guarantee. I am not convinced that this ca...

Oh yes i had already read it several times before but i still don't think it will apply!

I have already read the Zambrano ruling and even though it is positive, UKBA hasn't changed its rules regarding CHEN yet and I don't know if it would! I had thought about applying as a family member of my eldest daughter who turns 18 next January(2012). I cannot however envisage how it can work sinc...

I have been in the UK since July 2010 on the CHEN visa which will expire in May 2015. By that date however my children will both be over 18years. What rights have I to stay in the UK then. The CHEN ruling does not lead to PR or ILR after 5 years even though the children would have been exercising se...

Our children are 15 and 12 years so hopefully the Chen category for minors under 18 years will work!!!

It seems under The Chen ruling(ECJ C-200/02) the ruling did NOT state that the EEA national child's parents would have a right to reside as a 'family member' as defined under EC law. Furthermore, they did not consider that a parent can be 'dependent' on a child!!( I am just reiterating their way of ...

Thanks, John. However from what I gather it seems we,as non dependent parents of EEA minor children don't qualify for a family permit.the children have to apply for registration certificates as EEA minor self sufficient children excercising thier treaty rights( EEA1 app. form) being funded by us the...

We are in Abu Dhabi the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

so from what I understand the UK authorities can after say 4 years (PR being usually granted after 5 years)request that the none EEA parents of EEA children over 18, whom the parents have been living with under the same roof , to leave the UK! wouldn't that be against EEC law of splitting families u...

MY husband and myself are both none EEA nationals with EEA(Irish) children under 18.We were planning to settle in the UK under the 'retirement of independent means' category, but this route has recently been closed.We are now studying the possibility of entering the UK under the EEA law which allows...