Moving back to UK with girlfriend

[Jean-Mike]

Hello,
We need some help, I am an Englishman living and working in Norway for the last 4 years with my Norwegian girlfriend.
Next year she will finish university and the following year we are planning to move to England.

We are currently researching how to do this, obviously with the ongoing Brexit, things may change but we would like some guidance on what we may need to do.

We are not married but have been together for 4.5 years and are engaged, we don´t currently children but this may change at the time of moving.

She speaks good English, and this time next year will have a degree in Nursing, currently we both earn a decent salary here in Norway but of course moving to England with a planned baby will probably mean she would like to stay at home for the first year, but we have researched that she will receive child benefits from Norway to cover this first year, even if living abroad.

We would like to know, what we would need to do to make this as smooth as possible.

Thanks in advance
Mike

[Jean-Mike]

We would also be interested to know what fees we may occur (obviously again this may change) but just to give us a guide

[ouflak1]

As long as you can provide evidence for atleast 2 years of cohabitation effectively living as a married couple, then she can apply to be a dependent of you. You will have to meet the financial support requirements. I'm assuming she's non-EU?

[alterhase58]

I believe OP's girlfriend is Norwegian, therefore EEA, and she should be able to move to the UK in her own right, at least as long as the UK is part of EU/EEA Free Movement.