travelling while waiting for EEA4 result
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:18 pm
We urgently need to travel to italy as we need to sign property deeds in both names in Italy, the passports are with the home office at the moment.
I am Italian, she is Japanese and we are married, been here for 6 years on previous EEA Spouse visa which lasted 5 years and now expired.
Application was received and acknowledged by the HOME OFFICE.
I have phoned them and one the of monkeys who answered the phone tried to talking me into not doing it.
1) application will take longer, I answered it is fine
(should should it take longer anyway? they have seen the passport, why they need it anyway?)
2) when your wife is travelling back will be refused entry becuase she has no visa.
As far I am concerned Japanese are non visa national and they can enter the UK as tourists. On top of that she has the letter from the home office that they are considering the application and they have 6 months to answer the letter also state that she can work in UK, assuming that she has some rights here while the application is being processes..
So what are our rights? can we travel or not? On which grounds can they refuse entry when we return?
I am Italian, she is Japanese and we are married, been here for 6 years on previous EEA Spouse visa which lasted 5 years and now expired.
Application was received and acknowledged by the HOME OFFICE.
I have phoned them and one the of monkeys who answered the phone tried to talking me into not doing it.
1) application will take longer, I answered it is fine
(should should it take longer anyway? they have seen the passport, why they need it anyway?)
2) when your wife is travelling back will be refused entry becuase she has no visa.
As far I am concerned Japanese are non visa national and they can enter the UK as tourists. On top of that she has the letter from the home office that they are considering the application and they have 6 months to answer the letter also state that she can work in UK, assuming that she has some rights here while the application is being processes..
So what are our rights? can we travel or not? On which grounds can they refuse entry when we return?