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Beany2012 wrote:Hello everyone,
I'd be grateful if someone could answer the following question as despite a very thorough search of the UKBA website I can't find a definititive answer.
FYI, I am British citizen with a non-EU wife (Peru) and we were living and working in Spain until earlier this year when we relocated to the UK.
We successfully applied for an EEA visa on this basis but it runs out in January. My wife has been granted a NI number but her English is not great.
So, having used the above route to enter the UK can my wife now apply for the FREE residence card on the basis on my EEA citizen status? Or do we have to go down the other - expensive but faster - route of applying for Leave to Remain?
Thanks in advance,
Yes your wife can go ahead and apply for here free residence card using form EEA2.
Please, may I ask how long you and your spouse leaved in Spain before returning to Uk.
Could you also tell us briefly how your process of applying for her family permit went, and the document you submitted in the UK embassy in spain, I am on this process, pls, help. Thanks alot.
Daddy.
Beany
Yes, we applied for a Schengen visa but the path was long and full of obstacles. The Spanish government does everything it can to "hide" the relevant information on its various websites.EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:I would be interested in you and wife's experiences entering Spain from Peru. What did you do, apply for Schengen, with what? Did you apply for RC in Spain? Spain does not require EU nationals to be exercising treaty rights as far as I can see.