Quote Originally Posted by andy222 View Post
Somehow I dont think the human rights act will cover this one. The government have already looked at that.
like they looked into those on HSMP, raising the age to 21, the english language test and all the other court cases that they've lost and will keep losing.

article 8 i think will play a big part, and the fact is whats stopping you going to another EU country for a few months, working there and applying for a family permit for your wife, which you have a virtual legal right to under EU law, and then bringing her to the UK..

they are trying to stop people who get ILR claiming benefits by proposing to extend the time you can get ILR to 5yrs instead of 2yrs for a spouse, but i dont think that will change much, as their british/EU partner can still claim the benefits.

i dont think its workable

they need to look at the potential earnings of the non EU partner, my wife earns twice what i earn