EEA Family Permit UK and Permanent Residency EEA Family Permit UK is for people in civil partnership or married to EU citizen and it allows the nonEEA nationals join or travel with the EU citizen. It is possible to include dependent children as well in such applications. Those not yet in UK should make entry clearance application through British authorities at home country prior to travelling to UK. The requirements include the following:
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Exercising UK Treaty rights of self-sufficient, employment, and self-employment Legal marriage between couples or civil partnership They must meet each other They need to have an intention of living together
In case the EU partner/spouse does not have Residence current Permit, it is necessary to make joint application to Home Office applying for EU partner/spouse Residence Permit and Family Permit for 5-years for non-EU partner/spouse. EEA Permanent Residency application is possible to people living in UK for the last 5 years. Documentary proof is not a requirement unless you are the extended member of the family of EEA resident, wish to apply for UK citizenship or wish to sponsor visa application of partner as per Immigration Rules. Those with documents of permanent residency in UK should know that it would no longer remain valid once UK leaves EU. After this, one has to abide by the new scheme introduced in that situation.