Visitor Visa for Surinder Singh?

[Ewald]

Hi,

My wife (British Citizen) and I will be using the Surinder Singh route in November this year. We have been in Germany for the last 4 years. I have spoken with the EU Settlement scheme centre and they have already forwarded my application to our UK address. According to them we only need to be living in the UK before the end of this year but will have until June next year to do the application.

I have a current 5-year visitor Visa for the UK, would I still need to apply for an EEA family permit to enter the UK?

According to the settlement centre, I just need to be there, it doesn't matter what kind of Visa I am on. I guess this is similar to how I got my residence in Germany (arrived on a tourist visa).

Of course, I would like to avoid doing all the paperwork here and then again in the UK. But I am not sure if they will accept my application there if I only have a visitor visa and not a family permit.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Zerubbabel]

According to the settlement centre

Be careful with that call centre. You are not talking to the Home Office but to a external contracted centre and they have been known to mislead people.

[Ewald]

According to the settlement centre

Be careful with that call centre. You are not talking to the Home Office but to a external contracted centre and they have been known to mislead people.

Yes, great point, that is also the reason why I have created this topic. I cant get any good information on it on here or anywhere else. It makes sense that I can enter on a tourist Visa, as this is how any EEA route application works.

Also according to the home office I can enter the UK on my article 10 residence card, but I got refused entry twice this way. So you need to be careful with them too.