Adnanarshad wrote:Thank you all for your useful advices....i know my status depend on my sponsor, as i am depended, and term visa im using again and again becz its allowing me to enter and exit , sorry if im quoting mistakenly but the argument which ZAHAMED05 and OHARA talking about i have some concerns.....like you both are mentioning in your comments that......NON EEA applicant will loose his/her rights if sponsor left UK or Stopped working. so you meant to say when my wife stopped working when she gave a birth to my son and she couldn't find a work for about 2 years, I shouldn't be in the UK ? also I thought if your sponsor left the UK and you like to continue, you can apply in another category until unless u can prove your relationship, her/his exercising treaty status and can prove she/he wouldn't be back.
my other question with ZAHAMED05 what happen to the people who get divorced with EU nationals or they died ? what will be the status of NON EEA then ?
A RC is not a visa and it is optional; it simply confirms the status the holder had on the day of its issue.
It doesn't prove the holder still has the same status years later.
A RC is useful to assist entry back into UK but even EEA family dependents without a RC are able to re-enter country after appropriate investigation.
If sponsor stopped working and was in no other category of qualified person (and did not retain rights eg as a worker
whilst on maternity leave) then yes, neither of (or child) would have had a right to remain in the country and to reside or work.
Rock-solid evidence of maternity leave required.
That is why your PR clock has probably only restarted since wife went back to work; two years is too long even for maternity leave and no indication sponsor was a self sufficient qualified person instead.
CSI or alternative would have been required; a UK EHIC is inadequate.
That is why it is pointless divorcing as it makes no difference to your overall timeline which effectively started from then.
And if you plan to stay with (ex)wife you have no valid grounds for divorce; divorce is not like buying a TV license or a fishing permit.
In general, ofcourse people can avail of r
etained rights of residence due to reasons such as death or incapacity of sponsor, sponsor leaving country, divorce;
all are somewhat extreme options and hardly a lifestyle choice to be made made just for someone's convenience.