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My understanding is .... not quite! That is, in order to make use of the Surinder Singh route, which is what is being mentioned above, the EU citizen needs to be economically active in the other EU country. Therefore, for example, being a student would be insufficient to trigger the ability to use the Surinder Singh route.So, to make use of the EU route, you yourself as the EU citizen, have to show that you intend to live & work or study in another EU country and make it your home. This is called "exercising your treaty rights" in another country. When you decide how you do this, you need to apply a visa for your husband of that country. Once you have stayed there for a while (6 months at least) you can then apply for settlement in the UK with your husband.
In general, where a non EEA spouse of a UK national is seeking to enter the UK for the purposes of living with his or her spouse, the ordinary immigration rules (as detailed above) will apply, even though the UK is part of the EEA. However, a small number of people may take advantage of the case of Surinder Singh [1992 3 All ER 798] which applies the rules relating to spouses of EEA nationals to non-EEA spouses of UK nationals. This is particularly important when it comes to marriage breakdown (see below). The ECJ held that, where a British citizen has been exercising a right to free movement in another EU state, the spouse of that British citizen will retain their rights to benefit from EU law on moving to the UK. Regulation 11 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 ("the Regulations") now therefore states that the spouse of a British citizen will be treated in this way, namely in the same way as a family member of an EEA national, if:
After leaving the UK, the British citizen resided in an EEA country and was employed there or was established there as a self-employed person;
The British citizen did not leave the UK in order to enable his family member to acquire rights under the Regulations and therefore evade the ordinary immigration law;
On returning to the UK, the British citizen would, if he or she were an EEA national, be a "qualified person", namely exercising Treaty rights, under the EEA Regulations; and
The marriage took place and the parties lived together in an EEA country before the British citizen returned to the UK.