and as long as your Residence Card is not formally revoked I think you can even travel in and out of the country without problems. Until an immigration officers feels like asking about the husband... in which case you can answer with a big smile: I hope he is waiting for me behind that door... as m...

toni34 wrote:didyou say you have permant residency?then you r not under immigration control.simple what is left is for you to get ur bc.except it is not pr you have got but rc.

Thanks! I think you are right I got RC not PR. and what does BC mean? txs!

If your lawyer says it's a grey area, I would say it is a very dark grade of grey. Sorry for the bad news. As I understand you are still (legally) married and your husband left the UK about a year ago to work and live elsewhere. This is far more than the six months temporary absence normally allowe...

EU_lawyer wrote:Am I correct in thinking you already have permanent residence?

No sorry, toni34 is right I got a residence card not PR... I've applied for this in 2008 and got it in 2009 until 2014. txs!

Does anyone have any piece of advice at all? It'll be very much appreciated!

Hi there! I'm a non EU national who was married to an Italian for 7 years. We lived in UK 4 years (from 2001 to 2005 and got married in 2003 which means I was on a student visa fo 2 years), then we moved away to other countries and came back together to UK and live from Jul 2008 to April 2010 and I ...