UK/US couple moving to Europe?

bh73 · Post by **bh73** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:26 pm

Hi, please forgive me if this has it's own thread elsewhere but I'm not entirely clued up on all the terms used here and my head is spinning with it all.

I just wanted to ask if my rudimentary understanding of the following is correct?

We are a UK/US couple yet have a couple of issues with UK immigration (finances / a conviction).

Therefore I've been looking around the internet and have seen that if I move to a EU member state and reside there with savings / find a job etc my spouse can enter a member state with no visa (valid to stay for three months) then I can express my right as a EU citizen to live with my non EEA spouse. Where we could live there or at some point return to the UK under the Surrinder Singh rule?

Am I right in understanding this could be an easier route to being together? In that they won't be so hard on finances and previous conviction.

Thank you for reading and apologies if this has been discussed before. We both just want to be together more than anything and the tightening of the UKBA rules has scared us both.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:33 pm

This is possible. The UK will expect you to have worked in another member state in order to return to the UK on the basis of Singh.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:36 pm

There are several current threads with posters asking similar questions

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=114366

and

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=113867

bh73 · Post by **bh73** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:28 pm

Thanks for the response and links EUsmileWEallsmile. We're not especially concerned about returning to the UK but it would be nice to have that as an option. We're looking for a country that won't be so hard on us / put us through it because of our situation. I noticed the form needed for this in Malta isn't as intimidating...I'm going to have to look more into this for other countries in the EU too.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:09 pm

bh73 wrote:Thanks for the response and links EUsmileWEallsmile. We're not especially concerned about returning to the UK but it would be nice to have that as an option. We're looking for a country that won't be so hard on us / put us through it because of our situation. I noticed the form needed for this in Malta isn't as intimidating...I'm going to have to look more into this for other countries in the EU too.

None of them can be too hard on you. It's really very easy.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:13 pm

If you haven't done so already, it might be worth your while reading this.

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/mov ... dex_en.htm

bh73 · Post by **bh73** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:44 am

EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:If you haven't done so already, it might be worth your while reading this.

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/mov ... dex_en.htm

Cheers! Thanks for that and it's good to know they won't be too harsh on us.

Thanks again.

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:36 pm

What is the nature of your criminal conviction? If it is mass murder, it would be more problematic to move to Europe. If it something minor, such as something that did not have a long prison sentence, it should not be a problem.

st pauli · Post by **st pauli** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:38 pm

If you don't have any foreign language skills then naturally Republic of Ireland will be a member state to consider. Although their economy is not exactly great at the moment don't be too put off by their scary-looking unemployment rate, as they use a metric which doesn't count people in part-time employment. You're actually statistically more likely to find employment in Dublin than in London right now.

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UK/US couple moving to Europe?

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