The Criteria for EEA Permanent Residence

These days, people want to make more money by living in the overseas country. Of course, if you want to live permanently, then you need to think about getting the EEA Permanent Residency. If you are head up to apply to the visa, then you need to consider the eligibility criteria of the visa without fail. As far as the permanent residency visa is reckoned, the applicant can get the residency status both after living 5 years in the UK and before the 5 years, but the criteria for getting the visa will vary. rnCriteria for getting the permanent residence status after completing 5 years of living in the UK are as follows, • If you are an extended family member of an EEA national and you’ve held a valid EEA family permit and a residence card throughoutrn• As the family member of a British citizen, if you entered the UK under the EU law after living in another EEA countryrn• first as the family member of an EEA national and then with a retained right of residence rnCriteria for getting the permanent residence status before completing 5 years of living in the UK are as follows, • If either you were living with your EEA national family member, who was working or self-employed in the UK, immediately before their deathrn• If either your EEA national family member was working or self-employed in the UK but has ‘ceased activity’rnCriteria for EEA Family Permit Visa rnIf you want to take up your family members with you, you need to reckon getting the family permit for them. For getting the EEA Family Permit UK, you should satisfy the following requirements, • The non-EEA family member and the EEA national must demonstrate intent to live togetherrn• The EEA-national partner must be exercising his or her Treaty rights in the UK - i.e. self-employment, study, employmentrn• The non-EEA family member and the EEA national must have met alreadyrn• The non-EEA family member and the EEA national must be travelling to the UK together, or the EEA national should already be in the UKrn• The family unit must not be dependent on public funds whilst in the United Kingdomrn• The non-EEA family member and the EEA national must either be legally married to each other or be able to provide evidence of living together within the most recent two years