N-FA — Non-EU dependent ascendant or other family member

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Your family members may stay with you for more than 3 months as your dependants. Relatives may stay if they are: seriously ill and need you to take care of them personally, or economically dependent on you Partners may stay if they are in a long-term relationship with you. The authorities in your host country will take a decision on a case-by-case basis, taking into account your personal circumstances and applicable local conditions.

If you are working, are a pensioner or have sufficient resources, your parents will be treated in the same way as your spouse or children. Check rules for: Parents with EU citizenship: they will be treated in the same way as EU spouses and children Parents without EU citizenship: they will be treated in the same way as non-EU spouses and children, as long as they are dependent on you Are you studying? If you are a student, your parents will be treated as more distant relatives.

If you are a pensioner or a student, you will have to prove that you have for yourself and your whole family: sufficient income to live without income support comprehensive health insurance in your host country

If they are not EU nationals, they will need a valid passport and sometimes an entry visa. This depends on which country they are from.

Your relatives or partner should apply for a registration certificate or a residence card with the authorities (often the town hall or local police station) within 3 months of arriving.

After 3 months in your host country, your non-EU family members must register their residence with the relevant authorities (often the town hall or local police station). To obtain a residence card, they will need: a valid passport your registration certificate as an EU national or any other proof of your residence in the country proof of the family relationship with you (such as a marriage or birth certificate) for (grand)children, proof they are under 21 or dependent on you for (grand)parents, proof that they are dependent on you for other family members, proof that they are dependent on you or there are serious health ground requiring you to take personal care of them for unmarried partners, proof of a long-term or durable relationship with you Warning No other documents may be requested

EU law guarantees that your partner or dependent relatives: will have their application to live with you in your new country assessed by the authorities of that country will receive a written decision as soon as possible can appeal if their application is rejected. Rejections must state the grounds for rejection, and the implications for your partner or relatives, and specify how they can appeal and by when.

Your relatives may live in your host country with you as long as they continue to meet the conditions for residence. If they no longer do so, the national authorities may require them to leave. In exceptional cases, your host country can decide to deport them on grounds of public policy or public security - but only if it can prove they represent a serious threat.

Your relatives and partner can acquire the automatic right to permanent residence if they have lived legally in the host country for a continuous period of at least 5 years. This means that they can stay as long as they want, even if they don't work and need income support. They should enjoy the same rights, benefits and advantages as nationals of that country. They can lose their right to permanent residence if they live outside the country for more than 2 consecutive years.

If you were working or self-employed in another EU country and died before acquiring permanent residence there, your relatives or partner who were also living with you as family members may stay permanently if: your death resulted from an accident at work or occupational disease, or at the time of your death, you had lived continuously in that country for at least 2 years.