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by obormot » Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:42 pm
On page 17 of the link I cited above it says:
Where dependency is necessary, the family member does not need to be living or have lived in an EEA state where the EEA national sponsor also lives or has lived. Their dependency on the EEA national sponsor does not need to have existed before they came to the UK.
And then:
No valid proof of dependency provided
If they can not provide valid proof to show they are currently dependent on their EEA national sponsor,
or the sponsor’s spouse or civil partner, you must check the guidance for extended family members to see if they satisfy the conditions of regulation 8(2) of the Regulations.
For more information, see related link: Extended family members. For examples of how to apply the four-stage test see related link: Example scenarios of the qualifying conditions four stage test.
So it seems that it is enough to show that they are NOW dependent (for example, from the time they came to UK), not that they were dependent BEFORE coming to UK.
My impression (when I applied fro my parent) was that dependency should have existed before they'd come to UK. Did it change?