One option to consider: She could even not bother with formalities, especially if she is not remaining for more than 3 months in the UK in one visit. As an Eu citizen she has a right to come and go as she wants. But she will not accumulate time towards PR in this way (not that it is very important ...

Does your partner work or have savings? My partner works in Croatia, and can continue to do her job remotely from the UK over the winter. It's seasonal work, and she is required to be "on site" in Croatia from (approximately) February to September. This may seem ideal in the short term, b...

Thanks EUsmileWEallsmile, we do hope that my partner will be able to obtain permanent residence at some point, so will be keeping a close eye on the "three months" thing - we don't want to put any future applications in jeopardy. Hopefully these are the kind of issues an immigration lawyer...

Your partner can stay in the UK for as long as they wish. A few people have said this, but it's not what the UKBA have on their website - according to the "Guidance for Croatian Nationals" document: If you want to stay for longer than three months you will need either to be working, self-...

You are British? She is Croatian. This should be very straight forward. What exactly are you worried about? Unfortunately the process is not straight forward, at least according to the guidance documents on the UKBA website: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/croatia/ For example, to qual...

Having never lived together I think the chance of getting an unmarried partner visa is 0%! You will just not succeed going down that route. Thanks for your reply John. As mentioned in my original message, we have lived together for around a month in Croatia and over five months in the UK, over thre...

Could your partner be considered a highly skilled worker? We have looked into the tier/sponsorship route and although my partner has a degree we didn't feel it was realistic - essentially it would involve her being sponsored by an employer who would then need to commit to paying her a fairly unreal...

Not sure what the issue is. Croatia joined the EU so your partner can move to the UK and stay as long as she wishes. The 3 months are grace period from exercisig treaty rights but after that she can still stay in the UK as self sufficient (living off savings). The only restriction is that if she wa...

Can you post the link to the guidance you are referring to, but I suspect it is not nearly as complicated as stated. I am not familiar with the CR1 application you refer to. Perhaps a guru can therefore offer more advice for your, but my understanding is these applications can be made within the UK...

Thanks again for your reply! The unmarried partner visa is applicable to Non EEA members so I don't know how you would go about this if she is an EEA national. I'm a little confused by this... As best as I can tell from the Croatia documents on the UKBA website, "exemption from worker authorisa...

Hi guys, thanks very much for your replies! I've spent a few weeks reading over all the material on the UK Border Agency website pertaining to Croatia's EU entry, and it does appear that from 1st July 2013 my partner has freedom of movement to the UK, but in order to obtain the correct worker author...

Hello all, Apologies in advance if this is listed in the wrong part of the forum - if someone can point me in the right direction that would be great. I have a few questions with regards to UK immigration pertaining to Croatian nationals moving to the UK. I am a UK resident and have been in a long-d...