I am a dual British/Australian citizen who has been living in Australia for many years and I receive an Australian pension.
I want to return to live in U.K. and apply for my Filipino unmarried partner to join me in living there. If that is refused I want to live in France. My brother owns a cottage in Brittany that I can rent from him permanently.
If I then invite my partner to holiday there with me with a Schengen visa can we apply for her to stay permanently with me? Not to use as a backdoor to U.K. because that would be too obvious, but to enjoy living economically in a country that I love and where I can at least speak quite a lot of the language. I've been to France a few times and love the country, the culture and the people, so it's an obvious choice for me if I can't live in U.K. with my partner.
Thanks for any advice or assistance.