Animal Farm Pig
14th July 2010, 07:36
Does anyone know much about immigration to the European Union? The situation is this-- my girlfriend is from an EU country. She is from Hungary.
If we would get married, what kind of immigration rights to EU countries would that give me? If she gets a job in the UK, and we're married, how would that affect me (from the USA) in an attempt to immigrate to the UK? As a single person, use the "points based" immigration system, I would need a guaranteed job paying over 21,000 British pounds per year. If we're married, and she took a job in the UK (fairly straight-forward under the Schengen agreement, from what I understand), could that salary requirement be waived?
What about other EU countries like Denmark or Bulgaria? Is there some general rule, or are rules on a country-by-country system?
Would things be any different if we had a child?
For what it's worth-- I have actually been married to a citizen of an EU country before. She was from Portugal. Unfortunately, at that time, the "material conditions" we not in place for us to live in Portugal, as much as I would have liked to.
The reason I ask is because I don't want to live in the USA forever. I could easily emigrate to a few countries, but I don't particularly want to live in any of those countries. I'd like to eventually have a child, and I would much rather raise that kid in an EU country than any of the ones to which I could easily immigrate. That's why I ask.
If we would get married, what kind of immigration rights to EU countries would that give me? If she gets a job in the UK, and we're married, how would that affect me (from the USA) in an attempt to immigrate to the UK? As a single person, use the "points based" immigration system, I would need a guaranteed job paying over 21,000 British pounds per year. If we're married, and she took a job in the UK (fairly straight-forward under the Schengen agreement, from what I understand), could that salary requirement be waived?
What about other EU countries like Denmark or Bulgaria? Is there some general rule, or are rules on a country-by-country system?
Would things be any different if we had a child?
For what it's worth-- I have actually been married to a citizen of an EU country before. She was from Portugal. Unfortunately, at that time, the "material conditions" we not in place for us to live in Portugal, as much as I would have liked to.
The reason I ask is because I don't want to live in the USA forever. I could easily emigrate to a few countries, but I don't particularly want to live in any of those countries. I'd like to eventually have a child, and I would much rather raise that kid in an EU country than any of the ones to which I could easily immigrate. That's why I ask.