Declarations from the EU citizen, other evidence of dependency (eg evidence of full time education, medical reports, statements regarding remittances of funds etc).
Is there a minimum income threshold under which family members will be considered as being 'dependant'?There is no minimum income threshold.
- What documents are required from non-EU family members to obtain a residence card?
- Husband / wife
- (grand)children
- (grand)parents
- Extended family members (uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc.)
- Non-registered partners
- Registered partners
Copy of registration certificate of EU national whom they are accompanying or, if such registration certificate has not been issued, an acknowledgment that is issued when the relative application was submitted by the said EU national, whom they are accompanying.
For:
Husband / wife
(grand)children
(grand)parents
Extended family members (uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc.)
(i) with a document/s issued by the competent authority of the country of origin or the country from which such family members came, proving their relationship to the EU national concerned – all relevant civil status certificates.
(ii) with a document issued by the competent authority of the country of origin or the country from which the family members came, in the case they are dependent children over twenty-one or are dependent direct relatives in the ascending line, or other family members, testifying that they depend on the EU national concerned;
(iii) where applicable, with the registration certificate of the EU national concerned;
(iv) in the case of extended family members only, where the existence of serious health grounds which strictly requires the personal care by the Union citizen, with proof that they are members of the household of the EU national concerned;
Non-registered partners
In the case of the EU national’s partner, with proof of the existence of a durable relationship that had been existing for at least 2 years – although every case is examined on its own merits.
Registered partners
The civil registration document of the partnership.