UK "to close Surinder Singh loophole"
Feb 16th 2016, 12:43 pm
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UK "to close Surinder Singh loophole"
Draft EU rules could tighten migration loophole for foreign-born spouses
Proposal aims to restrict ‘Surinder Singh’ route that gives UK residence rights to non-European spouses of low-income British citizens
Proposal aims to restrict ‘Surinder Singh’ route that gives UK residence rights to non-European spouses of low-income British citizens
Feb 16th 2016, 1:53 pm
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Re: UK "to close Surinder Singh loophole"
the OP title is incorrect...UK "to close Surinder Singh loophole"... , because that is not what it states in the 'draft proposal'- the way that I read it
Tightening - 'yes', closing - 'no'
Tightening - 'yes', closing - 'no'
Feb 16th 2016, 2:07 pm
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Re: UK "to close Surinder Singh loophole"
If it stops people moving to a country where they don't speak the language and have no intention of centering their life, but only pitching a camp for a few months while waiting to "qualify" for Surinder Singh, then the loophole is pretty much closed. Those who have genuinely lived and worked somewhere in Europe would be able to use their "treaty rights" to move to the UK, and doing that really isn't a loophole in the usual pejorative sense.
