u/Current_Choice6357

Is it allowed to travel to the UK while waiting for my unmarried partener visa approval? I plan on applying this week and I wanna go and stay with my partner til I get a response. Then if it gets approved fly back home pack my stuff and move.
I’m from the EU so I have an ETA. I would have a flight back and only carry a backpack anyway so hopefully it’s allowed. Does it matter if I go through the egates?