No. The home office lets him (as a UK + other EU citizen) choose if he is being a UK person for the purpose of entering, or is being a EU person. It is not up to them at all. So just to clarify, the difference in our case would be that as my husband is and has been outside of the UK, and as the UK ...
Hi Patrick -- I'm very aware of the situation over there. We have friends and family in both the north and down south and also in Scotland and London and Germany and Belgium. It's just as bad here the US in the area we're in. The unemployment rate (and also the number of people on the move) is the h...
Wanderer -- Thanks for the info! That would be the same for receiving Unemployment Benefits here in the US. Good to know, and thank you again! wet26 -- I'm sorry, I haven't missed your point, but it seems I am not making my own point clear. Please accept my apologies, what with me having had the sm...
Okay, maybe I should clarify a bit... Yes, my husband has Dual Citizenship, British and Irish. But , due to the status of the Irish in the UK, he is in a much different category than someone who is say, British and French or British and Whatever-EU-Member-State. Any person holding an Irish passport ...
Directive/2004/38/EC , thank you so much for replying! The link that you have in your signature leads to this: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/pri/en/oj/dat/2004/l_229/l_22920040629en00350048.pdf Which on Page 6, has under Article 7 (Right of Residence for more than 3 months): 2. The right of residence pr...
I hope I have not thrown a 'spanner in the works' as I really meant to help! Thank you, Plum70, for taking the time to reply. No, the spanner's already there, obviously! :oops: I have read elsewhere that a few returning citizens have had a bit of trouble when applying for benefits upon arrival, but...
Hi all -- I am new to the Forum here, but I have been reading over the topics for a while. My husband is dual British/Irish, and we have a Special Needs 6-year-old son who is American/British/Irish. I am American. We got married here in California almost 8 years ago, and have been living here in Cal...
