Hi there any recent EEA4 PR recipients,
May I ask you if your EEA4 PR accompanying letter has the following wording in terms of "habitually and normally resident in this country".?
nonspecifics wrote:As an update on this discussion, the letter accompanying PR in January 2012 still used these phrases in it:
"In order to be considered as permanently resident here you will have to be able to show that you are habitually and normally resident in this country, and that any absences have been of a temporary or occasional nature.
You will not be re-admitted as a person with a right of permanent residence if you are resident overseas and only return here for short periods."
I thought these parts of the letter were also going to be removed from all future letters because it has no legal basis and is simply tripe?
The case is re-opened!
As per Directive 2004/38/EC, CHAPTER IV – Right of Permanent Residence, Section I Eligibility, Article 16 – General rules for Union citizens and their family members
4. Once acquired, the right of permanent residence shall be lost only through absence from the host Member State for a period exceeding two consecutive years.
It looks like a short trip should suffice. Do you have any legal references on the concept of "absence" that may clarify this?
Thanks a lot!