I hope we could make a pretty strong case that her future lies back in the UK, simply by stating that we would be back there already rather than in a third country if her residency wasn't an issue. Ultimately, we do at some point wish to settle back in the UK, but when the time is right - although ...

Thanks to you both for your replies and links - it's greatly appreciated. To give you a little extra background, we were living in Thailand until a few weeks ago. My work has now taken us the The Netherlands, with my grand-daughter accompanying us on an EEA family permit. Potentially we could bring ...

My wife and I are both British citizens, although my wife holds duel British & Thai nationality. We are the court appointed sole guardians of our 6 year old grand-daughter who is a Thai citizen (both her natural parents are Thai, although the mother had sole custody and parental responsibility until ...