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I’m open to corrections, but I thought one needs 2 years of legal co-habitat to qualify as extended family member, whereas we are discussing an overstayer.
You are confusing things.
How can one have 2 years of cohabitation akin to marriage (i.e. with joint financial commitments) if one of the partners is not legal?
How did he manage to open a joint bank account without any visa or residence permit?
No. You cannot apply to the Settlement Scheme as an unmarried partner if you don't already have a EEA Residence Card. In other words, the Settlement Scheme is not open for first-time applicant unmarried partners, as explained here:
Now, regarding your other questions:If you’re their unmarried (durable) partner
You must hold a relevant document issued to you under the EEA Regulations on the basis that you’re the durable partner of an EU citizen.
For some reason I was thinking that if you do not have a valid visa or residence permit, the opening of the bank account would be the biggest problem, but now that I think if it, and according to what you say, maybe it's not. The problem here is rather the renting and working, and accepting that this has been the case for two years. This puts him and others around him in a very tricky situation:For @free: any chance to apply to residence card and others without incomings?
For @cr001: Yes, they lived from Sep 17 to may19 in one house (they have statements separated and joined from Loot and Monzo from there plus contract from house), and then from may 19 up to now in other one (council tax, dps, contract, joined Monzo bank accounts etc).
- For @kamoe: He used always his passport for all the documents, so I don't know, he didn't do anything bad in this country during his stay.
I was illegal when I applied as the unmarried partner of an EU citizen. I was granted residency and have since been granted pre-settled status.
Glad to year you were able to regularize your situation. I suppose yours is a useful reply for the OP.Haystacker2 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:39 pmI was illegal when I applied as the unmarried partner of an EU citizen. I was granted residency and have since been granted pre-settled status.
Even though being illegal is an issue, every application is different. From what I gather, being in a genuine relationship, akin to marriage, for 2 years is far more important than ones illegal status