Visa needed for UK entry by non-EEA spouse of non-EU but EEA citizen? [closed]

Can a Norwegian citizen bring their non-EEA spouse to live in Britain, without the spouse needing a visa that has an earnings requirement, or any other visa, just as a Polish citizen can but a British citizen can't?

I know that

if a British citizen marries a non-EEA citizen (e.g. Algerian), the spouse can come and live in Britain only if they apply for a visa that is subject to an earnings requirement
if a non-British EU citizen does the same, the spouse can come and live in Britain without needing a visa that is subject to an earnings requirement
the British government is therefore discriminating against its own citizens.

My question is:

what is the position when the person with the non-EEA spouse is a citizen of an EEA member, such as Norway, but not a citizen of the EU?

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Best Answer

Norwegian citizens are treated like Polish and other EU citizens in this respect. That's because Norway and the rest of the EEA applies free movement rules and Directive 2004/38/EC.

The relevant UK visa is in fact called “EEA family permit” and official documents on related topics like the UK residence card or visa-free entry for the family of people making use of their rights to free movement in another country also all mention the EEA (actually I think Swiss citizens are mostly covered too, even if there is no mention of this anywhere in the pages I linked to).

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