Rights of my Non-EU Wife
May 7th 2019, 7:32 pm
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Rights of my Non-EU Wife
Hi, I am a UK Citizen and my wife is a US Citizen. She is currently in the UK on a family of a settled person visa, which we will be intending to renew in 2021. I am interested in a fixed-term post available with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Spain. What would my partner’s rights be in terms of both living and working with me in Spain, and when it comes to renewing her UK Visa?
May 7th 2019, 7:40 pm
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Re: Rights of my Non-EU Wife
Hi, I am a UK Citizen and my wife is a US Citizen. She is currently in the UK on a family of a settled person visa, which we will be intending to renew in 2021. I am interested in a fixed-term post available with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Spain. What would my partner’s rights be in terms of both living and working with me in Spain, and when it comes to renewing her UK Visa?
With regard her renewing her visa in 2021, the visa was issued so that you and your wife could live in the UK. If you now intend to live in Spain for long term then that does not fulfill the 'spirit' of the visa. At the time of renewing you would need to explain the long absence - one outcome might be that you would need to have an extention to your current visa. Long absences have an affect on when you can get Idefinite Leave to Remain and naturalisation.
May 7th 2019, 8:40 pm
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Re: Rights of my Non-EU Wife
How long is the contract? Are you currently a Crown servant or will this be a locally engaged position?
