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No fees for EEA free movement APPEALS

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:28 pm
by Directive/2004/38/EC
Fees are to be introduced for immigration appeals related to decisions made after 19 December 2011. The fee (£80-£140) does NOT apply to EEA appeals.

But it looks like the appeals process for EEA Family Permits will be more complicated:
It will no longer be possible to lodge appeals with the entry clearance post abroad.
See http://www.freemovement.org.uk/2011/12/ ... ming-soon/

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:51 am
by Punjab
Thanks Mate

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:40 pm
by scorpio1
Hi all,
might be someone get latetst information on EEA FP resual appeal fee, as far i get idea fee exemption guide (MoJ) say

"5.—(1) No fee is payable for—
(viii)regulation 19(3) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(6) (a decision to remove an EEA national or the family member of such a national);”


That means there would be a fee for appeeals against refused EEA FP?
on other hand it should be against EU free movement treaty

any idea?

Thanks

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:25 pm
by Directive/2004/38/EC
There is no fee for appeals of:
(1) refused EEA Family Permits
(2) refused Residence Cards
(3) refused Permanent Residence Cards

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:53 am
by scorpio1
Thanks Directive,
but where you read, any references ?
MoJ is giving opposite guidelines as you know.

Cheers

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:28 pm
by Directive/2004/38/EC
scorpio1 wrote:Hi all,
might be someone get latetst information on EEA FP resual appeal fee, as far i get idea fee exemption guide (MoJ) say

"5.—(1) No fee is payable for—
(viii)regulation 19(3) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(6) (a decision to remove an EEA national or the family member of such a national);”


That means there would be a fee for appeeals against refused EEA FP?
on other hand it should be against EU free movement treaty
I think this says that no fee is payable. Not sure which guide you are referring to. Can you post a web link? And maybe also larger extracts which illustrate you question

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:10 pm
by Greenie
Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:
scorpio1 wrote:Hi all,
might be someone get latetst information on EEA FP resual appeal fee, as far i get idea fee exemption guide (MoJ) say

"5.—(1) No fee is payable for—
(viii)regulation 19(3) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(6) (a decision to remove an EEA national or the family member of such a national);”


That means there would be a fee for appeeals against refused EEA FP?
on other hand it should be against EU free movement treaty
I think this says that no fee is payable. Not sure which guide you are referring to. Can you post a web link? And maybe also larger extracts which illustrate you question
I believe what scorpio is referring to is that the MOJ fee exemption guide that you have quoted above above only makes reference to decisons to remove/exclude EEA nationals/family members of such a a national under regulation 19(3)

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:17 pm
by scorpio1
ya i was referring MoJ fee exemption guide, see here http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/cour ... /index.htm

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:48 am
by stanik
it says exempt from fee:
regulation 19(3) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(1) (a decision to remove an EEA national or the family member of such a national);

that means other EEA decisions must pay fee!
please confirm

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:48 am
by scorpio1
I think so EEA refusal have to pay fee other then applied regulation 19(3) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(1).

some one can give up to date information if recently refused.
Thanks

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:27 pm
by MelC
has anyone queried this with the EU policy team?

no?

Okay then, that's Monday's task.

I like to see them squirm!

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:48 am
by scorpio1
Update us as well when you get any reply please.
Thanks

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:12 pm
by Obie

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:20 pm
by Directive/2004/38/EC
Summary: no fee payable for apple of 19(3) decisions

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:13 pm
by scorpio1
but regulation 19(3) is addressing removal of EEA/family memeer?
so what about eea family permit under regulation 12 or under residence card?

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:58 pm
by Obie
If follow from above, that any EEA decison besides those in regulation 19(3) would incur
an appeal fee.

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:01 pm
by MelC
scorpio1 wrote:Update us as well when you get any reply please.
Thanks
i emailed the EOPD this morning, if i dont have a reply by tomorrow i will ask my buddy to give them a prod!

full intention for it to be for the forum information.

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:05 pm
by MelC
Obie wrote:If follow from above, that any EEA decison besides those in regulation 19(3) would incur
an appeal fee.
this is what i put to the EOPD, if its not explicitly included, by analogy its explicitly excluded?

a phrase they used to me previously lol

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:48 pm
by scorpio1
confirmd, there is need to pay fee if you refuse for eea family permit.

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:00 am
by Directive/2004/38/EC
scorpio1 wrote:confirmd, there is need to pay fee if you refuse for eea family permit.
This raises an interesting point. The visa (in this case the EEA Family Permit) is required to be issued for no fee.
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, Regulation 12 wrote:(4) An EEA family permit issued under this regulation shall be issued free of charge
So imagine UKBA does something very stupid and against the law. So you need to appeal and have to pay for that. If the appeal is sucessful then they will (eventually) issue the visa, but they will have charged you a fee.

I think there is a lot of ground to ask, as part of your appeal, that UKBA be required to repay you if the appeal is sucessful.

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:11 pm
by gugu6
no fees for appeal, my appeal accepted and i paid nothing for eea4

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:20 pm
by Obie
That is great.

I believe the appeal fee for all other applications besides those resulting from regulation 19(3) can be challenged on the basis that it is not in accordance with the law.

If the directive provides for judicial redress without any conditi oons.

If people have to pay for this redress, then it cease to be unconditional and becomes subject to financial means.

This could result in detterance to treaty right. In event of wrongful refusal of a union citizen or family, those people will be unable to assert their rights, if they cannot afford the fees.

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:39 pm
by LeelooD
Need to pay fee for EEA Familiy Member who applied as dependent.

A2 National applied with BR1 for dependent on sister, got refusal letter, appeal done with IAFT-1 ==> HM Courts & Tribunals Service asked for payment :( .

Better to submit new application with new details...for free.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:57 am
by scorpio1
update: there is fee apply to eea family permit too, i appealed and tribunal took money from account.

Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 6:00 pm
by rachel29
Exemption from fees
(5) Where by any convention, treaty or other instrument entered into by Her Majesty with any foreign power it is provided that no fee is required to be paid in respect of any proceedings, the fees specified in this Order are not payable in respect of those proceedings. [url]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/201 ... /article/5[/url]