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You do not need to obtain documents confirming your right of residence in the UK if you are a family member of an EEA national.
However, you may be inconvenienced if you do not obtain this confirmation, as:
you may have difficulty proving that you are lawfully resident in the UK;
if you leave the UK, you will usually need to obtain an EEA family permit before returning here, in order to guarantee readmission as the family member of a qualified EEA national;
If you have an EEA Family Permit, I believe you can travel after you arrive in the UK; however, you need to travel with you spouse (or your spouse needs t be at home in the UK upon your return). This is because the EEA FP is linked to your spouse and its an entry clearance. I haven't been able to find anything explicit, so I would bring your marriage cert with you just in case.RKnight1983 wrote:You do not need to obtain documents confirming your right of residence in the UK if you are a family member of an EEA national.
However, you may be inconvenienced if you do not obtain this confirmation, as:
you may have difficulty proving that you are lawfully resident in the UK;
if you leave the UK, you will usually need to obtain an EEA family permit before returning here, in order to guarantee readmission as the family member of a qualified EEA national;
so if i were to leave and go to france for like 3 weeks before i come back i need another permit if mine has expired??
Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread, but does your residency on the RC and then the PR count for Citizenship? Just curious as this is something my partner and I are hoping for, and if not, then we might move to NL in the future so I can get Dutch Citizenship and just make things that much easier, in case a job takes us elsewhere. Ta.fysicus wrote:Yes, that is correct. It is very advisable to make sure that you always have a valid
- EEA Family Permit, or
- Residence Card, or
- Permanent Residence Card
You will not lose your rights if you have none of these, but it will be difficult to exercise your rights, like re-entering the UK coming back from holiday.
The usual order is: you apply for an EEA Family Permit before coming to the UK, once in the UK you apply for a Residence Card, and after five years in the UK you apply for a Permanent Residence Card (and renew that one every ten years)
Simple answer ..... yes!does your residency on the RC and then the PR count for Citizenship?
Well no, you will never ever qualify on this route for ILR. Instead you hope to end up with PR .... Permanent Residence ..... after 5 years of exercising Treaty Rights in the UK. ILR and PR are not very different, but there are differences in the application procedure, for example, no pass certificate from the Life in the UK Citizenship test required for PR.I have just received my EEA Family Permit I was wondering once I've enter the UK under this visa do i need to take to remain in the UK and work? I know i need to get i ILR ......
Why are you talking about moving to the Netherlands specifically? If you are married to a Dutch national you can even acquire Dutch citizenship while living abroad (after three years of marriage and living together).kabuki wrote:Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread, but does your residency on the RC and then the PR count for Citizenship? Just curious as this is something my partner and I are hoping for, and if not, then we might move to NL in the future so I can get Dutch Citizenship and just make things that much easier, in case a job takes us elsewhere. Ta.
Thanks. Well, we aren't sure about marriage. Not because we don't think it will last, but we just don't know about the marriage thing in general. We've already been living together for 3.5 years, and if that had been in the Netherlands, I would already qualify, but living abroad, I think we have to be married. However, there is another reason, I want to get my PhD in Linguistics and the Netherlands is better than here. It's treated as a job, so no fees and better funding. Plus, it's a hub for Linguistics So, this would be the main reason for the move. Plus, whilst I love London, I do prefer the Netherlands, especially the culture!fysicus wrote:Why are you talking about moving to the Netherlands specifically? If you are married to a Dutch national you can even acquire Dutch citizenship while living abroad (after three years of marriage and living together).kabuki wrote:Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread, but does your residency on the RC and then the PR count for Citizenship? Just curious as this is something my partner and I are hoping for, and if not, then we might move to NL in the future so I can get Dutch Citizenship and just make things that much easier, in case a job takes us elsewhere. Ta.
Unfortunately, living together before marriage only counts when you do it within the Netherlands. I guess it is too difficult for the Dutch authorities to verify claims about living together abroad, although they give married couples the benefit of the doubt in such cases. So for you: you would have to marry first, and then wait another three years (and hope that the law doesn't change in the meantime).kabuki wrote:Quick question on this note . . . if we got married, would our time living together before marriage count, or does it start from the time we are married?
Hello Kabuki, sorry for bringing you back on this topic. Can a non Eu spouse of UK Citizen (married, 4yrs) exercising his treaty right in France, acquire British Citizenship while living abroad? Or is this rule only apply to non Eu spouse of Dutch National?kabuki wrote:fysicus wrote:Why are you talking about moving to the Netherlands specifically? If you are married to a Dutch national you can even acquire Dutch citizenship while living abroad (after three years of marriage and living together).kabuki wrote:Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread, but does your residency on the RC and then the PR count for Citizenship? Just curious as this is something my partner and I are hoping for, and if not, then we might move to NL in the future so I can get Dutch Citizenship and just make things that much easier, in case a job takes us elsewhere. Ta.