EEA Visa application in Pakistan for Spouse of UK national

[arts99]

Hello,

Can the one in the know share their knowledge and experience; which European country will be the easiest to get visa for from Pakistan for the spouse of a British national who got married in Pakistan to a Pakistani national. The objective will be to later on follow the Surinder Singh route after 3 months stay in that country.

Has anyone applied to the Spanish, Greece or Romanian embassies in Pakistan for such a visa?

Thank you

[Prince_irl]

Yes I know one of my friend apply for Spain from Islamabad. But will be good if you apply for Ireland ( English speaking country ) easy to find job etc..



Also try Malta it's quicker and easy. If you want then we can talk about that in detail

[andyleo7109]

Prince
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[CR001]

the Surinder Singh route after 3 months stay in that country.

You will need more than 3 months stay to use the Surinder Singh route. You have to prove that you have 'moved the centre of your life' to the member state for at least 6 to 12 months.

[Obie]

You have to prove that you have 'moved the centre of your life' to the member state for at least 6 to 12 months.

Where did you derive the guidance about that.

I will be interested to see it.

[CR001]

https://www.freemovement.org.uk/surinde ... ion-route/

http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/eu-rights-clinic/

And also based on advice seen provided by other mods/gurus but cannot off the top of my head think at the moment and I suppose the advice is to err on the side of caution rather than haste and get it right.

Obie, having found this post, page 15 where yourself and Vinny contributed, I understand that UK is being looked at regarding this issue but not sure if this has been concluded as yet as can't find any recent information on this.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-ro ... 0-280.html

[Obie]

Char i was not trying to catch you out or anything. It just that i genuinely thought that they had put up a guidance saying a person has to have resided for a period of 6-12 months to meet the Centre of Life test.

The last guidance i say from them does not seem to indicate 6-12 months, but you may be right, that the require something like that.

Home Office are very tricky people.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... 0Singh.pdf

[CR001]

No worries, just all so confusing and the constant need to play catch up with HO changes is like a full time job. Guess it is too much to ask of HO to keep things simple eh??

I have seen a number of regular contributors on the EEA forum advise at least six months as a minimum, which to me would make sense if you think 'centre of life' otherwise it does just appear to be a ruse to circumvent the UK immigration rules (in the same sort way FLR(O) and FLR(FP) is abused to buy time).

[arts99]

Can anyone please share their experience if they have applied for a EEA family visa in the last few months from Pakistan?

Thank you

[samfam]

Can anyone please share their experience if they have applied for a EEA family visa in the last few months from Pakistan?

Thank you

What exactly you want to know?