My wife received the UK spouse visa in 2016. It expires in July 2019. However, she has not been in the UK for the life of the spouse visa to qualify for UK residence at the end of the visa, when it expires next year.
I paid for my wife to have free NHS at the time of applying for the spouse visa, through the health surcharge.
Even though at the end of this visa, she will not qualify for the second visa and later for UK residence, can she still use this visa to have NHS access before it expires in July?
After all, the UKVI could only determine that she does not qualify for UK residence in 2019, at a point after after the visa expires and they examine her details. You can argue that until then, she is free to use free NHS services like someone who wil eventually qualify for UK residence.
What's the situation on this please?
