ME: British...My Husband:Albanian....Visa type:6 month EEA

[xhesika]

Hi

I will write a bit of background information before so that you can get the full picture.

My husband is Albanian, I am british, we have been married for 5 years, together for seven. We were living in Greece 2007-2009, my husband was successfully granted a 5 year residence card to stay in Greece.

We then applied for an EEA FP to come to the UK as I was exercising my treaty rights in Greece, this took absolutely ages to be decided but nonetheless was successful

Now, we are living together in UK, renting a house, paying our bills together etc, I am on job seekers allowance now, as ALL my benefits stopped when my husband entered the country. My husband is a qualified driver (of all licence categories exc:FL & CB) and is also seeking work but has no recourse to public funds.......

we have a soon to be one year old baby...hence my jobseekers, as apparently I have right to maternity leave up until my baby is a year old. ?

I am under the understanding that me being on JSA is enough in terms of exercising my treaty rights within the UK, BUT can someone pleae tell me how to go about applying for the next visa or residence card??

My husbands current visa (multi EEA FP to join (me) ) is valid from 01/10 - 07/10 ( 6 months validity).

If my husband was to take the life in the UK test now, would it still be valid in a few years when he would become a british citizen? he is not too keen on becoming a BC , is there any other way around this eg ILR?

Any help on the next step would be very much appreciated....

Thankyou in advance

[Wanderer]

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=51193

[Dr Logic]

Hi

I will write a bit of background information before so that you can get the full picture.

My husband is Albanian, I am british, we have been married for 5 years, together for seven. We were living in Greece 2007-2009, my husband was successfully granted a 5 year residence card to stay in Greece.

We then applied for an EEA FP to come to the UK as I was exercising my treaty rights in Greece, this took absolutely ages to be decided but nonetheless was successful

Now, we are living together in UK, renting a house, paying our bills together etc, I am on job seekers allowance now, as ALL my benefits stopped when my husband entered the country. My husband is a qualified driver (of all licence categories exc:FL & CB) and is also seeking work but has no recourse to public funds.......

we have a soon to be one year old baby...hence my jobseekers, as apparently I have right to maternity leave up until my baby is a year old. ?

I am under the understanding that me being on JSA is enough in terms of exercising my treaty rights within the UK, BUT can someone pleae tell me how to go about applying for the next visa or residence card??

My husbands current visa (multi EEA FP to join (me) ) is valid from 01/10 - 07/10 ( 6 months validity).

If my husband was to take the life in the UK test now, would it still be valid in a few years when he would become a british citizen? he is not too keen on becoming a BC , is there any other way around this eg ILR?

Any help on the next step would be very much appreciated....

Thankyou in advance

Life in uk test has no expiry date so It will be valid.
I guess ( not 100% sure ) you husband may apply ILR ( SET-M ) as you were used to lived together outside UK for 3 years. After ILR he will seek recourse to public funds.

Cheer.

[geriatrix]

Please don't make multiple posts on the same topic.

[Plum70]

I guess ( not 100% sure ) you husband may apply ILR ( SET-M ) as you were used to lived together outside UK for 3 years. After ILR he will seek recourse to public funds.

You guessed wrong!
If the OP and her husband had resided together as a couple outside of the UK for 4 years prior to returning to the UK, then he would have been eligible to apply for ILE (Indefinite Leave to Enter) which is exactly the same as ILR except only issued to qualifying persons applying from outside the UK.
As it doesn't appear that they have done this, but returned to the UK via the EU route, the husband will have to reside in the UK in accordance with the EU regulations for 5 years before automatically qualifying for permanent residence under the EU law.

[xhesika]

MODS, can you please delete this post/topic on this EUROPE forum for me? I did try to delete it as I realised I had posted incorrectly, I copied and pasted to the correct EEA ROUTE forum....and went back to delete this topic and couldn't find a way. sorry about this. If anyone has any information, please can you post on my topic on the EEA ROUTE forum. Thank you

[Dr Logic]

I guess ( not 100% sure ) you husband may apply ILR ( SET-M ) as you were used to lived together outside UK for 3 years. After ILR he will seek recourse to public funds.

You guessed wrong!
If the OP and her husband had resided together as a couple outside of the UK for 4 years prior to returning to the UK, then he would have been eligible to apply for ILE (Indefinite Leave to Enter) which is exactly the same as ILR except only issued to qualifying persons applying from outside the UK.
As it doesn't appear that they have done this, but returned to the UK via the EU route, the husband will have to reside in the UK in accordance with the EU regulations for 5 years before automatically qualifying for permanent residence under the EU law.

Thanks for correction.