Out of the Country for 3 months at a time

berserker66 · Post by **berserker66** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:05 am

I am a British Citizen and work in Germany. My Wife has ILR and lives with me in Germany. We normally return to UK every 3 months for a long weekend and upto now she has not had any problem with Immigration. I am aware that she may lose her ILR if she is absent for more than 2 years, but I would like to know the finer details of that and what time restrictions are there on leaving the UK.

Anyone got any ideas ??

mrlookforward · Post by **mrlookforward** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:20 am

I will post a link when I can find it that would answer your query.
Has she got permanent residence card in germany as a spouse of eea national?

berserker66 · Post by **berserker66** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:44 am

Yes she has a Residency Card for Germany

republique · Post by **republique** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:23 am

berserker66 wrote:I am a British Citizen and work in Germany. My Wife has ILR and lives with me in Germany. We normally return to UK every 3 months for a long weekend and upto now she has not had any problem with Immigration. I am aware that she may lose her ILR if she is absent for more than 2 years, but I would like to know the finer details of that and what time restrictions are there on leaving the UK.

Anyone got any ideas ??

When she received ILR she was given details about its conditions and those details are available on the ho website

mrlookforward · Post by **mrlookforward** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:47 pm

her having a german residence card could be looked at as abandoning her settled status in uk. plus if an IO think that she is just using her ILR as a free tourist visa, they might want to dig a bit deeper into her circumstances.

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