Hi all,
I'm new on this forum although I am being visiting it many times over the past few months.

I am a EU citizen and have been in the UK for 4 years now, working. My partner is from Taiwan and we plan to get married.

As you know, Eu citizens can apply for Permanent Residence after a continuous 5-year period in the country, which will be my case in exactly one year. However, since it's not excluded that I go toTaiwan for about 3 to 6 months, I would like to know what benefits we can actually get from this permanent residence. Does permament residence for the EU citizen help an application for a married couple (one EU citizen, one non EU citizen)? Will it reduce our chances to get a family permit?

I don't want to reduce the changes to get a VISA for my partner by going abroad for a while and lose all chances to apply fo rermanent residence. I summarized all the info about it below but it's unclear how it would help to get a visa for my partner.

Many thanks for those would read me and can provide any help.





Permanent residence

- When you have lived in the UK for a continuous period of 5 years, you can apply for confirmation of permanent residence.



- Under European law, you do not need to obtain documentation confirming your right of residence in the UK if you are a national of a country in the EEA. However, if you want to support an application for a residence card by any of your family members who are not EEA nationals, you must demonstrate that you are residing in the UK in accordance with the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 and are 'exercising Treaty rights' in the UK. You are said to be exercising Treaty rights if you are:

•employed or self-employed; or
•studying; or
•economically self- sufficient (meaning that you have sufficient funds to support you without requiring public funds); or
•a jobseeker; or
• retired; or
•someone who has had to cease working in the UK owing to permanent incapacity.

- All EEA nationals and Swiss nationals can apply for a registration certificate at any time.



- If you are the non-European family member of an EEA or Swiss national, and you have come to the UK with them, you can apply for a residence card.