I wrote recently about my dilemma and recieved some wonderful advice. I want to confirm a few things before I take what could be a big gamble! I am a UK citizen and married my filipina wife here in the Philippines. We are thinking of taking the 'excercising economic treaty right' route. Her family visit visa was denied and at the same time we found out she was pregnant. I really just want to clear a few things up.
She can go to any EU country with me, without a visa?
When we are in the EU country we apply for the residence card for her? Both of us? How long does that take?
How long after this can we then apply for the EEA family permit to the UK?
The reason for asking these questions is that we want to get this all sorted out before the baby is born. I can easily get a job in Bulgaria for instance, but we would want to move quickly to the UK so that we are settled there before the baby is born.
In the following link:
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/eunati ... t#14763111
It does not matter if the only reason the British national went to another Member State was to exercise an economic Treaty right was so that he/ she could come back to the UK with his/ her family members under EC law.
It seems to me that we could then apply to go to the UK quickly, after I have been working there for just a few weeks. As in that quote above they can see its a bit of a loophole.
As you can imagine the clock is ticking and we don't want to be in limbo somewhere when the baby is due! FYI she is 2.5 months pregnant.
Many thanks for advice.