Questions tagged [surinder-singh]

The so-called "Surinder Singh route" is for questions related to obtaining an EEA Family Permit as a way to enter the UK to live.

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EU Settlement Scheme for Surinder Singh applicants

We arrived in the UK on 21/12/17 after completing the Surinder Singh process in Spain. My wife received her UK Residence Card ( EU Family Member ) on 1/8/18. I'm now reading that the EU settlement ...
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Surinder Singh still viable route for UK

I am a retired UK citizen with adequate pensions and investments, my wife is a US citizen. We wish to spend half the year in the US and half in the UK. The UK right of residence procedure would appear ...
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Surinder Singh route at the airport

I am a UK national and my spouse is from Argentina. We have been living in Europe for over 3 years and we are relocating back to the UK. I've been told by an immigration lawyer that as long as you ...
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Surinder Singh route

I am British living in the UK. My husband is a non-EU citizen living in Germany with 3 year resident permit. I want to know the exact way for the Surinder Singh route. I’ve just recently found about ...
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Explain the Surinder Singh route

If I live with my husband in an EU country for a minimum of 3 months, and I am a British citizen, are we required to work there and not be on benefits? I'm trying to understand how the Surinder ...
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Entry into the UK with Article 10 EU residence card

I'm a UK citizen and my wife is non EU. We are currently in Spain and undergoing the residency process. Eventually ( probably after 6 to 9 months' of self-sufficiency in Spain) we will come to the UK ...
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Does Germany recognize the Surinder Singh ruling?

Under the Surinder Singh ruling, an EU citizen can choose to be treated under EU freedom of movement law in his or her own country after having exercised freedom of movement in another EU country. ...
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Bring my wife to Germany

I am a British citizen and I have a wife and children who are living in Afghanistan. I would like to bring my wife, an Afghan national, to Germany, under the Surinder Singh route. My three children, ...
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An EEA returning to original country does "EU law" or "Domestic law" for Family Reunification

My wife is German, we have been living in Mexico (I am Mexican) and she got a job in Belgium. As we understand: in our case, Family Reunification will be governed by "EU law" since she is an EEA ...
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When returning to the UK from working in the EU, what do you need to show you activated your "Treaty Rights" WRT non-EU family members?

As I understand it, under Directive 2004/38/EC, an EU national who has only ever lived in their own country is governed by national rules when it comes to inviting non-eu family members to join them. ...
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