<P> However, entry can be refused to an EU / EEA / Swiss national on public policy, public security or public health grounds where the person presents a "genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society". If the person has obtained permanent residence in the country where he / she seeks entry (a status which is normally attained after 5 years of residence), the member state can only expel him / her on serious grounds of public policy or public security . Where the person has resided for 10 years or is a minor, the member state can only expel him / her on imperative grounds of public security (and, in the case of minors, if expulsion is necessary in the best interests of the child, as provided for in the Convention on the Rights of the Child). Expulsion on public health grounds must relate to diseases with' epidemic potential' which have occurred less than 3 months from the person's the date of arrival in the Member State where he / she seeks entry . </P> <P> A family member of an EU / EEA / Swiss citizen who is in possession of a residence card indicating their status is exempt from the requirement to hold a visa when entering the Schengen area, European Economic Area or Switzerland if his residence card is issued from one of a Schengen members states and Ireland (called Stamp 4 EU FAM), European Economic Area or Switzerland . </P> <P> However A family member of an EU / EEA / Swiss citizen who is in possession of a residence permit indicating their status is exempt from the requirement to hold a visa for entering to European Union outside Schengen member states (Ireland, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus) when they are accompanying their EU / EEA / Swiss family member or are seeking to join them . </P> <P> As of 6 April 2015, the non-EU family members of an EU national who are in possession of a residence card, which is issued to them under article 10 of directive 2004 / 38, are entitled to enter the UK without the need to apply for an EEA Family Permit, only by providing their residence card at the border . However, the UK border officers would grant entry to non-EU family members if they can prove their relation to the EU national family member who would be accompanying them, by providing documents such as marriage or birth certificate . In the case of the EU national family member being present in the UK, the non-EU family members should be able to prove that the EU national family member is residing in the UK and whether they have a right of residency in the UK as a qualified person . Therefore, the non-EU family member should be able to demonstrate that the EU national family member is residing in the UK less than three months (the initial right of residence) and if more than three month, then they are in the UK as worker, self - employed, self - sufficient or student or they acquired the status of permanent residency after having resided in the UK for five years . </P>

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