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by nonspecifics » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:15 pm
Under the EU Directive the EEA national is meant to exercise treaty rights, which is based on the idea of having the freedom to work, study or be self-sufficient in another country of the EEA area.
Thus, to use the Directive as a UK citizen, UKBA would have expected you to have worked or studied in a different EU county - not your own country.
Thus, I guess part of the reason for refusal is that you have not provided evidence of the exercising of treaty rights. i.e. you have never worked or studied in another EEA country.
Even if you had exercised treaty rights, it might be difficult to get a residence card for your boyfriend. Normally, UKBA want proof of two years co-habitation to qualify your bf as your partner in a durable relationship.
Even some of those EEA nationals who have married illegal immigrants or asylum seekers had problems in having their marriages - when they are genuine relationships - being accepted as genuine relationships, as UKBA are suspicious because of the large number of bogus marriages that have taken place to cheat the immigration system.
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nonspecifics on Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
