If London – or anywhere else in the UK – is still a place you plan on ending up, then this is for you.
Thanks to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), “non-EU citizens who are living with an EU citizen in the UK can continue to live and work in the UK when their EU partner becomes a British citizen,” reports Business Tech.
Got it? Right, time to simplify that.
What it means is that “while one member of an emigrating family must still be an EU citizen, the rules surrounding gaining citizenship for the rest of the family are much for favourable,” said emigration consultants Sable International’s John Dunn:
“One benefit of this ruling is that applicants may now choose to get EU permanent residency rather than the UK spouse visa.”
“There is a clause in the UK’s domestic law which states that an EU national who is also a British citizen cannot rely on the EU immigration regulations to sponsor family members to come to the UK, but this judgement changes that,” said Dunn.
So if you’re a South African win an EU passport, and you’ve been thinking that Brexit spells the end of your UK dreams, this is big.
According to Dunn, the EU immigration regulations are more favourable because:
Got a European passport? Winning.
[source:businesstech]
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