Everything is as was since the deal Cameron did has fallen having said that the HO has been dragging its feet and we have noted around a 25% refusal rate on Residence Cards completely spurious since these folk had all ready proven there case by being issued with a Family Permit so the appeal courts will become slower (its around a year now) and there is talk of raising the cost from £140 to plus £800
"Surinder Singh" will be an early casualty but I do expect visa restrictions for spouses to be considerably eased.
I seem to have got a disagree from the ignored member who will no doubt enlighten you all on what has changed? S S is case law since the 90,s and untill we have left isnt changable and interestingly apply,s for all Europeans
If you replied to what I actually wrote rather than what you think I may have written, you could save yourself some potential embarrassment
now a dumb since I an ignoring our resident miopic buffoon I can only imagine he enjoys talking to himself but I would point out that BigMacs question in the thread header asks about "Now" and as of now and untill we "leave" nothing has or can legally change so last chance folks
Is Surrinder Singh connected to the EU or the EEA? I guess it would depend on Britain retaining membership of the EEA??
SS is case law that allows return to your home state with your non eu family having exersised treaty rights in a host country everyone with acsess to the single market is bound by them they form part of free movement
It is ECJ case law, Graham, which the government is playing fast and loose with. In order for a Brit to qualify he must have exercised free movement rights in a EU member state (but not the UK or Gibraltar) by being actively employed in that state and holding a Residents' Permit issued by that state. Every other state in the EU also require applicants bringing non-EU family to hold Residents' Permits issued by another EU state on the basis of employment, self-employment, being a pensioner or being self-sufficient.
Is it possible we might relax our own spousal visa laws if EU immigration becomes less of an issue with people? Who knows. I doubt it though.
If you followed what Michael Gove said during the referendum campaign, you will have heard him talk about an Australian-style points system. On at least one occasion he did acknowledge that Brits married to non-EU spouses were discriminated against and a points system for visas would end that. Apart from changes to Surinder Singh, not much else can or will change immigration-wise until Brexit is complete, although a points-based visa system may be introduced before that.
I watched the Gove interview you're talking about, I would like to know out of interest how many visas were issued for spouses/fiancée of British citizens out of the visas for non EU nationals.
We are still waiting for the Supreme Courts judgement on the MM case regarding the financial restrictions
http://www.migrationobservatory.ox....an-migration-uk-family-unification-dependents In 2014 there were 12000 setlement visas from Asia
So if I'm reading the article right, more than nine in ten are partners of British citizens which in a way should not be brought into the immigration equation as such, what I mean is that they are not economic migrants.