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No, you can also join her in the UK, if she is already there. Generally you right of residence and right to work depends on her residing in the UK.MickyBlue wrote:1.) Do i have to always travel with my partner since she is the EEA national. I read somewhere on some UK Border website that this is the case and that i cant ravel alone which sounds awfully strange. Maybe i have to travel with my partner to enter UK, no?
You should apply for a residence card either way. Unfortunately the process takes about 6 months, and is a bit of a hassle.2.) Do i have to apply for permanent residency within a certain timeframe of arriving even if we decide to stay for 1,2 or 3 years?
As a married couple you would enjoy some protection, but I do not think that extends to unmarried couples. And changing your status in country would be next to impossible, so you would to apply for a work visa from Australia.3.) What happens if things turn pear shape and our relationship breaks down and she decides to go back to Sweden, will i be able to still stay in UK on the family permit?
Are you referring to form VAF5? I cannot find anything that would indicate so. You just need to show that you will have enough money to live of, and your current financial situation is an indication of this. Showing that you will find a job is much more important though.4.) One section on the application form states that as evidence they require payslips from friends/relatives of whom you are staying with once arriving...are they for real?
You will not get permanent residency until after five continous years in the UK.MickyBlue wrote: 2.) Do i have to apply for permanent residency within a certain timeframe of arriving even if we decide to stay for 1,2 or 3 years? Or can i live there just with the family permit without issues.
But the question i stress here for more clarification is do i "have to" apply for residency when i arrive to the UK or if i have been living there for 1,2 or say 3 years?
2.) Do i have to apply for permanent residency within a certain timeframe of arriving even if we decide to stay for 1,2 or 3 years? Or can i live there just with the family permit without issues.
You will not get permanent residency until after five continous years in the UK.
2.) Do i have to apply for permanent residency within a certain timeframe of arriving even if we decide to stay for 1,2 or 3 years?
You should apply for a residence card either way. Unfortunately the process takes about 6 months, and is a bit of a hassle.
But what if neither of us are in the UK and we go at the same time or if I go first alone?1.) Do i have to always travel with my partner since she is the EEA national. I read somewhere on some UK Border website that this is the case and that i cant ravel alone which sounds awfully strange. Maybe i have to travel with my partner to enter UK, no?
No, you can also join here in the UK, if she is already there. Generally you right of residence and right to work depends on her residing in the UK.
You do not have to apply for a residence card, but life will be difficult without it.MickyBlue wrote:Can i live and work without any hassles with just the EEA Family Permit and if i decide to stay for longer than 2-3 years just apply for permanent residency then?
You cannot go first alone.But what if neither of us are in the UK and we go at the same time or if I go first alone?
How will it be difficult for me and in what sense? Will i struggle to get work is that the main issue with employers you're saying?Can i live and work without any hassles with just the EEA Family Permit and if i decide to stay for longer than 2-3 years just apply for permanent residency then?
You do not have to apply for a residence card, but life will be difficult without it.
Not having read the entire thread but I assume it's cos employers now have to duty to check the veracity of ur right to work in the UK and if it's not in your passport they're not interested in checking any further, or the ins and outs of EEA immigration rules. So they look at the next person for the job....MickyBlue wrote:How will it be difficult for me and in what sense? Will i struggle to get work is that the main issue with employers you're saying?Can i live and work without any hassles with just the EEA Family Permit and if i decide to stay for longer than 2-3 years just apply for permanent residency then?
You do not have to apply for a residence card, but life will be difficult without it.
Firstly, your only avenue of entering the UK is with your partner, using the EEA family permit/residence card. Forget about ILR...you are not eligible for that and wouldn't be anyway, because under the EU rules, you would obtain PR...Permanent Residency, and not ILR.MickyBlue wrote:in light of my situation i shave a few more questions that came to my head and that people suggested...
if i apply for this EEA family permit will it cancel my swedish permanent residency?
lately been thinking of even going to italy on a working holiday visa, will this type of visa cancel my swedish permanent residency?
back to the UK side of things again, what about ILR, am i elgible for that? i have been in an unmarried partner relationship for more than 4 years and have proof...would this be a better option of going to uk?
thanks again in advance.
No, if your partner returns home, you won't be able to apply for the residence card. What would stop you from doing so is the fact that she is no longer in the UK; therefore you would no longer have a claim to remain in the UK.so if she goes home before my work permit expires just say, will i still be able to apply for a second one and what would stop me from doing it?
Yes, they do require that, along with documentation of your partner exercising a Treaty right IN THE UK. For example, when I filled out the EEA2 application, I not only had to send in mine and my husband's passports, I also had to send in his payslips and a signed declaration from his employer that he was working in the UK.would the home office require to see her passport for any reason for me re-applying for family permit again?