Any help on this matter would be most appreciated.
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Wrong. British citizens are treated as other EEA citizens (should they wish to be treated as such), for the purposes of the provisions of Directive 2004/38/EC, when returning to the UK with their non-EEA family members, after having exercised EU treaty rights in another Member State (with same family members).Pasha wrote:Do you also hold Irish Citizenship as well, by birth or decent?
Making an application in the UK based on your Irish/ EEA citizenship, your wife can apply under EU laws via the EEA 2 form for her residence card.
Making an application in the Uk based on your British citizenship, your wife will need to apply under National Law.
It may be more advantageous to apply under the U.K. Immigration Rules rather than the EEA rules, especially if there is a plan to apply for British citizenship.benifa wrote: Wrong. British citizens are treated as other EEA citizens (should they wish to be treated as such), for the purposes of the provisions of Directive 2004/38/EC, when returning to the UK with their non-EEA family members, after having exercised EU treaty rights in another Member State (with same family members).
The disadvantage under the EEA rules is that you don't get Permanent Residence until after 5 years.fysicus wrote:sorry, but I looked on http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/britis ... uirements/ and http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/britis ... ofcitizen/, and cannot see any disadvantages for applying under EEA rules. And such applications are free of charge