Hello again,
I hope it is still okay to continue the conversation here(in the citizensip section) even though I am going to ask a few questions about the PR as an EEA member.
Anyway...i have found in the The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 the following:
".—(1) The following persons shall acquire the right to reside in the United Kingdom permanently—
(c)a worker or self-employed person who has ceased activity
(f)a person who— .
(i)has resided in the United Kingdom in accordance with these Regulations for a continuous period of five years; and .
(ii)was, at the end of that period, a family member who has retained the right of residence. ."
and then
"A worker or self-employed person who has ceased activity” means an EEA national who satisfies the conditions below (regulation 5 of the 2006 Regulations refers).
A person satisfies the conditions if s/he:
• terminates his/her activity as a worker or self-employed person and:
- pursued his/her activity as a worker or self-employed person in the United Kingdom for at least twelve months prior to the termination; and
- resided in the United Kingdom continuously for more than three years prior to the termination.
The conditions as to length of residence and activity as a worker or self-employed person shall not apply in relation to a person whose spouse or civil partner is a United Kingdom national.
For the purposes of this category:
• periods of inactivity for reasons not of the person‟s own making;
• periods of inactivity due to illness or accident; and
• in the case of a worker, periods of involuntary unemployment duly recorded by the relevant employment office,
shall be treated as periods of activity as a worker or self-employed person, as the case may be."
So..what I understand is that I do have the right to reside permanently, on the basis that I would be considered a worker who has ceased employment( I did work for more than 12 months prior to termination and I am the spose of an UK national) and also my inactivity was due to unexpected events.
Is my logic right? What do you guys think?
P.S. Sorry for the long post