First of all I am sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong section, I hope you will forgive a newbie!
Anyway, I have one question for you: recently me (Italian) and my girlfriend (Romanian) got married in London; I am living here for almost 3 years now and I have a permanent job. She is actually working here as self-employed but she is thinking of cancel this status as it'e pretty hard to find a good job with it. As I read in the Border Control/ Immigration website, Romanian spouse of an UK citizen or EEA citizen settle in the UK are extempt from the Work Permit request (Yellow/Blue card, self-employ and so on). However after a short call with a not very polite operator of the customer service of the Border Control, they told me that nothing is changed for her, she still has no rights here and still have to apply to get permit etc etc.
Now my question is: where is the truth? Is the "applying for a permit" a formality in case of a wedding? Is she automatically "gain" the right to work or we still have to go trough the BR1 (if I am correct)?
I have another little question that is a bit OT but I hope some of you guys can help me on this as well: we were planning to have a trip in the US but according to their website, the Romanian citizen are still required to get a VISA even for tourism. Does anything change from the moment she became my wife?
Thanks for your time and sorry again if I choose the wrong section!
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