I am a British citizen exercising treaty rights in Italy and I am married to a Russian.
In my petition I mentioned my wife was denied boarding to the UK by the Italian airline, who claimed they had called the British Embassy in Rome twice and that twice they had been told my wife was to be denied boarding because she had no visa and that she could only enter the UK with a UK residence card, which is bunk.
At first the Embassy tried to convince us that, as we were going on a visit, (and not to settle) Surinder Singh was not game and she would need to apply for a visa and not the phoney EEA FP. After a lot of agitation, they conceded that we could go to the UK on a visit, but she needed the EEA FP, which, as before, is junk.
UK Solvit at one point shared the UK's interpretation of the visit/treaty rights issue, which, of course, makes them look foolish. I actually called their attention to this, but they did not answer. I wonder why...
Our petition says the UK should respect the rights of family members, that they need to correct their laws and suggesting that the EU make an amendment to the directive clearly stating that residence cards issued by an EEA member state is valid as a short-stay visa for entry into any other EEA member state.
Just to be nasty, I forwarded a copy of this to the Embassy in Rome, who in turn sent it to the Home Office.
I also filed a complaint with the European Commission, but this I didn't forward to the Embassy. May it be a surprise to them.
Only my wife and I signed it. It was accepted and is now in the Justice dept or equivalent. It has a reference number, but if this is of any use to track it, I don't know.
For your petition, you'll need to collect data, as it will need to be signed. They accept collective petitions.
When was it and what what person did at the end? Any successful news? Thank you.