obormot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:05 pm
Let's see. There is now a new type of visa: if a EU citizen wants to bring direct (!) family members to UK, they can now apply for "EU Settlement Scheme family permit", instead of Family permit:
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eu-set ... ily-permit
note though that they still require dependency proof for parents.
Nope.
They require to prove dependency only if the relevant EU citizen is under 18:
You’ll also need to provide proof of your dependency if you’re:
- a dependent child or grandchild of your EEA family member and you’re over 21
- a dependent parent or grandparent of your EEA family member and they are under 18
Then,
I merely extrapolated from the fact that proving dependency for Family Permit is not always evident (in case of topic-starter - parents are dependent on him; so if for example he was sending them money, and he does not have joint account with his wife, there will be a chain of evidence to show).
That's exactly the danger here, and why I guess @Zerubbabel claims this is nearly impossible. But we all need to be careful here and realize the EUSS is NOT the EEA route. It is a different process, specifically designed to be more easily delivered. If our experience is not specifically with the EUSS let's not assume it dictates what people applying under the scheme will experience.
I repeatedly saw cases, related to parents, both on this forum and among people I know, who did not get it right from the beginning, or who had embassy refusing FP for no valid reason and had to fight (myself I submitted a monstrous package of documents for my mother, both for FP and for EEA 2 - and in the case of EEA2 we were apparently initially unlawfully refused, which then was overruled by senior officer before decision was communicated - we only learned that after submitting information request much later)
Are all these accounts under the EEA route, right?
It very well might be that this new EU Settlement Scheme family permit is streamlined, but they ask for the same documents as FP was asking before, in particular for dependency. So i do not see how proving dependency would become easier now..
Again, they do not need to prove dependency. See the
caseworker guidance here, page 51 Dependent Parent:
Where the relevant EEA citizen (or qualifying British citizen) is over the age of 18,
the applicant’s dependency on the relevant EEA citizen (or qualifying British citizen),
or on the spouse or civil partner, is assumed, and the applicant is not required to
provide evidence of this.
My posts express what I believe are the facts, based on the best of my knowledge, about the topics discussed in this forum. They do not constitute immigration advice.