Hi all,
both my wife and I are EEA nationals living in UK (and married) for more than 5 years.
- I have been working in UK since we arrived together in UK those many years ago,
- and my wife has been taking care of our young children (so she hasn't worked during these years -- I know, raising children is a full-time job, but I don't think the home office would view this as such).
We were about to submit the EEA(PR) form (https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... orm-eea-pr) to obtain permanent residence certificates, but I'm a bit confused about which sections we should fill, especially because in the payment details there's an option for "Main applicant and one family member". My children all are UK citizens, so I'm not considering them further.
Because she doesn't work, I wonder (a) if she needs me as her EEA sponsor, or (b) if we should apply independently.
- If (a) is the right answer, I wonder which sections I need to fill and which sections she needs to fill. We probably both need to fill sections 1 and 3 (applicants details and about) twice, once for me and another for her. She then would fill sections 2 (sponsor) and 11 (spouse). Do we both need to fill sections 5 (residence in UK), 9 (EEA national's activity), 17 (personal history), 18 (documents), 19 (declaration) or only me? Of course, I still expect to pay for 2 applications, choosing "Main applicant and one family member" in the payment details.
- if (b) is the right answer, then I suppose we both need to fill all the sections, but not 2 (sponsor) nor 11 (spouse), since we will be applying independently. I guess we can share the documents proving residence in section 5. In this case, I would use the option "Single applicant - no family members" in each of the independent applications. I think this would be the straightforward way to apply, but since she hasn't worked in UK for all these years we've been living here, I'm not sure if she can claim Treaty Rights and apply independently from me.
Which is the recommended route, which would be correct and hopefully simplify the number of pages and documents to be sent?
Cheers,
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