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Does a EEA Family Permit expire if you stop ordinarily living in Europe or would still be valid for the duration ??

I am a London based non UK European Union citizen (Spain). My thai wife lives with me here in London and has also worked here for a number of years under her EEA Family permit. Her 5 year family permit expires late 2012.?

I have been offered and accepted a job in Hong Kong, my and my wife's HK work/residence permit is currently being processed by my employers consultants and I should be moving there early June  , now , while very committed and looking forward to the HK opportunity I am not really sure whether it will work out for us, not sure if my Thai wife would like it there and I myself never lived outside Europe  so although I love Asia , I am not sure whether we will like it or not and I am a believer that ,in life, if it all possible, it is always good to have a B plan so my questions are ...  ?

If we both go to HK (or anywhere else outside the European Union to that effect), and get the HK work permit stamped in our passports, and say in a couple months later we hate it there in HK and we decide to get back to Britain,?

-       would her EEA Family permit (remember it expires late in 2012 ) still be valid ? or would we need to go through the painful process of applying for a new one.?

-       How would the having lived in HK for a few months situation affect her potential application for a indefinite leave to remain in the UK in 2013, do the 5 years of residence need to start all over again ??

Apologies if there is somewhere else on the forum this issue has already being discussed, I have looked for it and maybe I am just silly but I was unable to find anything relevant.?
?Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen.?