Dear anybody that can help,
I am a UK Citizen, and I have resided in Latvia (EEA Member State) for the past five years as a self-sufficient student while I complete my university degree.
I legally married my wife, a US Citizen, in Oslo in the summer of 2011. She has been living with me in Latvia since we married.
At the end of my studies in June 2012, I intend to move to the UK together with my wife.
My question is regarding the type of visa she requires in order to settle with me in the UK. We originally started applying for a spouse visa, but then I became confused by the section of the ukba website that states:
Although the UK is a member of the EEA, a non-EEA family member of a British citizen should not generally come to the UK using an EEA family permit. However, a non-EEA family member of a British citizen living abroad can apply for an EEA family permit to join the British citizen on their return to the UK if:
the British citizen has been living in an EEA member state as a worker or self-employed person; and
the family member, if they are the British citizen's spouse or civil partner, has been living together with the British citizen in the EEA country.
I do not want to rush into the spouse visa and waste my fees when it is feasible for my wife to enter the uk under an EEA family permit.
therefore, can anybody provide me with any information as to which route to go down???
I am a UK Citizen, and I have resided in Latvia (EEA Member State) for the past five years as a self-sufficient student while I complete my university degree.
I legally married my wife, a US Citizen, in Oslo in the summer of 2011. She has been living with me in Latvia since we married.
At the end of my studies in June 2012, I intend to move to the UK together with my wife.
My question is regarding the type of visa she requires in order to settle with me in the UK. We originally started applying for a spouse visa, but then I became confused by the section of the ukba website that states:
Although the UK is a member of the EEA, a non-EEA family member of a British citizen should not generally come to the UK using an EEA family permit. However, a non-EEA family member of a British citizen living abroad can apply for an EEA family permit to join the British citizen on their return to the UK if:
the British citizen has been living in an EEA member state as a worker or self-employed person; and
the family member, if they are the British citizen's spouse or civil partner, has been living together with the British citizen in the EEA country.
I do not want to rush into the spouse visa and waste my fees when it is feasible for my wife to enter the uk under an EEA family permit.
therefore, can anybody provide me with any information as to which route to go down???