Your partner will need to apply for an EEA Family Permit. Info here:
http://www.gov.uk/family-permit
Apply here:
http://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk.
This is a copy of something I wrote in another thread. You can ignore the part about renunciation of British citizenship.
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Re: Renouncing British Citizenship to use EEA FP route-
Hi there
The basic info is here:
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit. It says: You must provide:-
-your passport
-proof of your relationship, eg a birth or marriage certificate
-a letter from your partner or family in the UK declaring that they’re travelling with you or that you’re coming to stay with them in the UK
-your partner or family member’s passport or ID card
However, as your son is already working in the UK, he will need to provide evidence that he is there as a 'qualified person'. This is all the firms stuff, e.g. pay slips, work contracts etc. The Home Office have another list of supporting documents here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -form-vaf5. This might give some ideas as to what he should provide, but this goes way beyond what the EEA law requires. It may, however, give a good indication of the things that a the family member of an EEA citizen already working in the UK should provide.
Please note that she should be applying online and not via form VAF5 which is on the link above. She should be applying via the online form at:
https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk. She shouldn't choose settlement. That is a different visa. She will need to choose:
-Reason for visit: other
-Visa Type: EEA/Swiss family member
-Visa Sub Type: family member of an EEA national.
I was born British and Irish. I renounced British citizenship in April and my civil partner applied for his family permit at the end of May with only the following:
-both our passports (my Irish one)
-my proof of renunciation
-a completed application form
-a letter from me stating that we were traveling to the UK together
-a copy of our civil partnership certificate (We were told that we didn't need to provide the original by the visa processing centre in Beijing).
I also provided a copy of the directive, from here:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 123:EN:PDF with some parts highlighted, e.g. Article 5, Right of Entry, 2 re: visas (free/accelerated procedure) and Article 6 Right of residence for up to three months, which proves that I don't currently need to be working in the UK.
Then we went to the appointment and waited our turn. We submitted our documents to the clerk and she checked everything. She didn't take the originals and said that they didn't need them now. His permit was issued 8 days later.
Sorry - bit of a messy post. I'm happy to answer more questions if you have any.
