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Are you aware that as an Irish citizen, you can sponsor for a UK spouse visa under normal UK rules.cb1964 wrote:In order for a non-EEA spouse of an EEA resident exercising her treaty rights (I'm Irish and living in England), what exactly will we have to prove in order for my husband to obtain a visa? My understanding is is that we only have to prove our marriage is genuine, we do not have to prove anything about finances, etc.
Well if you are living in the United Kingdom, he's never going to become an Irish citizen, unless you happen to be in Northern Ireland. Have you thought about naturalisation as a British citizen yourself? (would fix a number of immigration issues).cb1964 wrote:Hmmm, not sure I would want to be married to a 'British' Citizen.
We wouldn't consider even trying for children until he is here as I think it would be a rather silly thing to do.
I've been here donkey's years.
Your choice obviously. But if you don't want to be British, why do you want to remain in the United Kingdom? You could always return to Ireland if you would feel more comfortable there.cb1964 wrote:Please stop trying to make me British!!!!
I'm sure for a few hundred quid an immigration lawyer would be happy to answer any questions you may have...without asking you any questions to determine whether his/her answers are truly appropriate to your situation.cb1964 wrote:Jaj, Please don't bother to respond to anything I write as you are not actually trying to answer my question.
As an aside, I strongly suggest anyone travelling in the EU with a non-EU partner reads the following:Marco 72 wrote:When we applied for my wife's EEA Family Permit two years ago we were advised to include: a letter of employment, two recent pay slips, and my most recent P60. This was probably overkill, the letter itself may well have been enough. However, that was two years ago and the rules may well have changed since then.
I think what JAJ probably meant was that it might be useful for your husband to become an EU citizen in the future. Depending on his current nationality, this could make it easier for him to travel. Even if his current passport already allows him to travel visa free to most destinations, having EU citizenship would spare you a lot of bureaucracy if you decided to move to another EU country, or to spend a long period of time overseas. Just a thought.cb1964 wrote:Hmmm, not sure I would want to be married to a 'British' Citizen.
We wouldn't consider even trying for children until he is here as I think it would be a rather silly thing to do.
I've been here donkey's years.
Studying has become a treaty right since the advent of Directive 2004/38/EC and can be seen in Paragraph (1)(c) of Article 7. It is also transpositioned as 4 (1)(d) in the Immigration EEA Regulations 2006.Marco 72 wrote:By the way, how has the definition of "treaty rights" changed over the years? When did studying, for example, become a treaty right?
That is right, after 4 years. However a Long Residence application would have been possible, However that is only possible after 10 years in the UK ... all legal .... or after 14 years .... all or partly as an illegal.I do not think that an EEA student could apply for ILR under the UK immigration rules prior to 30.4.2006 after 4 years
There are at least 1.3 million British citizens resident in Australia. Many of them have not taken out Australian citizenship.Hard to see why anyone would want to live in the UK for a long time if they preferred to stay a foreigner.
Life's too short to spend it in a place you feel you don't belong.
But bear in mind that the British citizen when applying for Australian citizenship would not have lost their British citizenship even before these long-awaited reforms 3 or 4 years ago..And in Australia? Was there a noticeable increase in the number of British citizens seeking Australian citizenship?
Equally incomprehensible. If they feel that Australia is home, then why on earth don't they want to have Australian citizenship and passports?tt wrote: There are at least 1.3 million British citizens resident in Australia. Many of them have not taken out Australian citizenship.
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But I don't think most Australians would really question too hard why the British resident there wants to remain a foreigner there. Possibly one reason would be that infact no-one would actually see them as foreigners, not would the British resident see themselves as a foreigner there.
I have a theory...now don't everyone queue up to shoot me...but: it is a lot easier to grumble without having to take responsibility for changing things if you can't participate fully in the democracy where you reside. In the early American republic the idea of "taxation without representation" was deemed utterly unacceptable. But when you look at it, I - an American citizen - signed up for taxation without representation when I submitted my visa application! I can imagine it being a very comfortable situation for a grumbling Brit to engage in whingeing about the Australian government with the excuse that all he/she can do is whinge because he/she can't vote.JAJ wrote:Equally incomprehensible. If they feel that Australia is home, then why on earth don't they want to have Australian citizenship and passports?
No further responses needed. The judge upheld the appeal. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!cb1964 wrote:In order for a non-EEA spouse of an EEA resident exercising her treaty rights (I'm Irish and living in England), what exactly will we have to prove in order for my husband to obtain a visa? My understanding is is that we only have to prove our marriage is genuine, we do not have to prove anything about finances, etc.
Many thanks.