Another possible setback for the UK government in trying to stop the benefits of the Surinder Singh route. The European Commission says this, in a recent letter, about the “centre of life”

"The UK criterion of having transferred one’s centre of life to the host Member State is not contemplated in the Directive and would not appear to be equivalent to the conditions spelt out in O and B, in particular where examining the location of the principal residence and the degree of integration in the host Member State. The location on EU citizens’ principal residence or their degree of integration do not play any role in examining whether the residence is in line with Article 7 of the Directive."

Fuller details, including a link to the full letter are given in the Free Movement article :

EU to investigate UK interpretation of Surinder Singh:

Link to the Free Movement page :

eu-to-investigate-uk-interpretation-of-surinder-singh

Tony M

Thanks Tony, but not a surprise to anyone who has read a little about directive 2004/38/EC or the O and B versus the Netherlands case that went to the European court of justice:

Case C-456/12 - O. and B. ECLI:EU:C:2014:135

While they are at it they could also accept visa free access to the UK for all EU/EEA Residence Permits issued for family members of EU/EEA nationals (currently they only accept German and Estonian cards for some silly card security reason, which is nonsense anyway as other countries have such secure cards aswell...)