Apply for a UK residence card
<p>Under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility" rel="nofollow">eligibility</a> rules for applying for a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview" rel="nofollow">UK residence card</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>You can apply for a residence card if you’re both:</p>
  
  <p>from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) the family member, or
  extended family member, of an EEA national who is a permanent resident
  or ‘qualified person’</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I am from outside the European Economic Area but I have relative members: my aunt, uncle and cousin who are Netherlands citizens. My aunt is a former Malayisian (now should be considered as Dutch after more than 30 years living in Netherlands), while my uncle and cousin are Dutch.</p>

<p>So am I eligible for a UK residence card? But they don't live in the UK. They live in Netherlands.</p>

<p>But this is unclear: <code>extended family member, of an EEA national who is a permanent resident</code> - is it a <code>permanent resident</code> of UK or of any country of EEA?</p>

<p>Unfortunately they need to be both an EU citizen <em>and</em> a permanent resident of the UK.</p>

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