Greetings! I will make this bland for easy reading: I am a non-EEA national married (but separated) to an EEA national. September 2006 - September 2008 resided in UK with study visa September 2008 - June 2009 lived in non-EEA country August 2009 married EEA national in their home country (EEA) Augus...

Thanks for your reply! I saw that you dealt with an abusive situation yourself. Sorry to hear that you had to deal with that, but its great everything has worked out. I'm afraid of him returing to the UK. Before he left, he showed up to my house drunk wanting to come in. I wasn't there and it distur...

Greetings. Its been nearly a year since my last post. I am still concerned. My husband and I are not legally divorced, but I wish we were. He has a lot of very serious problems (drugs, alcohol, abuse) and I would like to have no ties to him. The scary part of this and what I risk if I were to push h...

Woo hoo! My resident card arrived yesterday in the post (2 March 2011). I'm an American married to a European. Here's the trail: 22/11/10 Posted EEA2 application via Royal Mail Special Delivery 21/12/10 - Received Certification of Application in the mail. (COA dated 14/12/10) 2/3/11 Resident card ar...

Greetings. Does anyone know if there are any OTHER options for remaining in the UK if a marriage breaks down before being married for 3 years? The non-eea person is working a full-time proper job and has private medical insurance. If the EEA partner leaves the marriage and the country, my understand...

Thank you for a swift reply. Its what I though. I think I will do both, self-sufficiency and keep encouraging my husband to get in the jobseekers system.

My husband is a citizen of an EU country and I am not. We are applying for EEA2. When we moved to the UK I had an EEA Family Permit and found a job immediately. I have a permanent full-time contract with a reputable company. My husband found work after a couple of months and we submitted our applica...