Experience coming back to the UK on EEA2 (being removed b4)
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:49 pm
Hi all,
I've being reading/posting on this forum for a while.
I hope this would be helpful for somebody.
I've been removed in 2011 due some issues so I've been on the bloody UK system.
After that I got married and I applied for my EEA FP to be able to return to the UK where my wife was living.
I got my FP and then I applied for my residence card which was issued this year in March.
Every time I travel (either alone or with my wife -its always easier to get rid of all the problems when I travel with her btw-) I am retained at the immigration desk as I always appear on the system when they check my passport.
It always depends on the airport and on the officer tho. I've been in Heathrow, Stanstead, Luton and Southend.
In Heathrow is always annoying as they ask me too many questions about me being removed, how did I get my RC, what's my wife doing, what Im doing, etc. although they have never asked me for any proof (like marriage certificate, payslips, tenancy agreement, etc. but I always carry with them) in the end they check on the system about my history and let me go. To be honest I try to avoid flying to Heathrow.
Last night, I arrived from Spain to Southend airport with my wife and it was very funny cos all the passengers on the plain were EU citizens and I was the only person with non EU passport so their que was very long and mine was very very short lol. Same story as always, landing on EEA2 but being on the bloody system so they had to check my history on the system. I have to say the chief on charge (cos the officer was not pretty sure about the situation so he called the chief) was very very kind and he was apologising to me for being retained for some minutes and saying that it was not gonna take too long as I already have a RC so there is no issue at all.
I was surprised because he didn't asked me anything about what my wife is doing or what I am doing or how she's exercising her treaty rights, etc.
Some minutes later, he came with my passport stamped and he did let me go saying that every time I come back to the UK the officers ask for a request to the UKBA for me to be deleted on the system as I hold a RC so I had to be deleted at the moment they issued to me (he wanted to do it by himself but he said he doesn't have the rights/authority to do it) so sooner or later I will be deleted on the system and I won't be asked any questions every time I come back to the UK.
I've being reading/posting on this forum for a while.
I hope this would be helpful for somebody.
I've been removed in 2011 due some issues so I've been on the bloody UK system.
After that I got married and I applied for my EEA FP to be able to return to the UK where my wife was living.
I got my FP and then I applied for my residence card which was issued this year in March.
Every time I travel (either alone or with my wife -its always easier to get rid of all the problems when I travel with her btw-) I am retained at the immigration desk as I always appear on the system when they check my passport.
It always depends on the airport and on the officer tho. I've been in Heathrow, Stanstead, Luton and Southend.
In Heathrow is always annoying as they ask me too many questions about me being removed, how did I get my RC, what's my wife doing, what Im doing, etc. although they have never asked me for any proof (like marriage certificate, payslips, tenancy agreement, etc. but I always carry with them) in the end they check on the system about my history and let me go. To be honest I try to avoid flying to Heathrow.
Last night, I arrived from Spain to Southend airport with my wife and it was very funny cos all the passengers on the plain were EU citizens and I was the only person with non EU passport so their que was very long and mine was very very short lol. Same story as always, landing on EEA2 but being on the bloody system so they had to check my history on the system. I have to say the chief on charge (cos the officer was not pretty sure about the situation so he called the chief) was very very kind and he was apologising to me for being retained for some minutes and saying that it was not gonna take too long as I already have a RC so there is no issue at all.
I was surprised because he didn't asked me anything about what my wife is doing or what I am doing or how she's exercising her treaty rights, etc.
Some minutes later, he came with my passport stamped and he did let me go saying that every time I come back to the UK the officers ask for a request to the UKBA for me to be deleted on the system as I hold a RC so I had to be deleted at the moment they issued to me (he wanted to do it by himself but he said he doesn't have the rights/authority to do it) so sooner or later I will be deleted on the system and I won't be asked any questions every time I come back to the UK.