Completion of VAF1 form for EEA Family Permit

I am irish, living in the UK, and will travel to Peru to marry my peruvian fiancé. We will both return to the UK together following our marriage in Peru.

My fiancé is applying for an EEA family permit. She will submit the form prior to our wedding so as to give the embassy sufficient time to consider her application. The wedding certificate will be presented to the Embassy as soon as it is available after the wedding. With regards to completion of the required VAF1 form we have the following questions:-

- 3.4 Where is your spouse now? Presume this means where is your spouse settled and living? In this case my fiancé would answer UK.

- 3.5 Is your spouse travelling with you? Answer is yes, however it also states that if I travel with her then I would need to complete a separate application form!! This is confusing. Any advice??

- 5.1 How long do you intend to stay in the UK? My future wife would intend to apply for permanent residence upon entry to the UK. Is this the correct place to state this or should she simply declare 6 months for the purpose of the EEA permit application?

- 6.1 Present job and employer? My fiancé recently left her job as she did not have enough time to arange the wedding / papers etc....Could she simply refer to a covering letter here explaining her past employment?

- Section 7. Employment in the UK. My fiancé intends to work upon arrival however does not yet have a job to go to. Presume she needs to leave this section blank. Thanks to confirm....

- Is it advisable and would supporting documents be accepted for an EEA family permit application to the extent that they included photos, emails, flight ticket evidence, phone bills, letters from family etc etc

Thanks in advance for your assistance,

Pava10

PAVA10 wrote:She will submit the form prior to our wedding so as to give the embassy sufficient time to consider her application. The wedding certificate will be presented to the Embassy as soon as it is available after the wedding.

That sounds a bit strange as the application should be straightforward enough for a quick decision. Have they advised you to do this? If not, I would wait until you have the marriage certificate. Without the marriage certificate they should just reject it.

- 3.4 Where is your spouse now? Presume this means where is your spouse settled and living? In this case my fiancé would answer UK.

If you're in Peru at the time I would write Peru.

- 3.5 Is your spouse travelling with you? Answer is yes, however it also states that if I travel with her then I would need to complete a separate application form!! This is confusing. Any advice??

That means if the spouse also needs a visa (as is the case for most visitor applications) they would need to complete a separate application for a visitors visa. Obviously this doesn't apply to you.

- 5.1 How long do you intend to stay in the UK? My future wife would intend to apply for permanent residence upon entry to the UK. Is this the correct place to state this or should she simply declare 6 months for the purpose of the EEA permit application?

Just write "indefinite". By the way, your wife won't be able to get permanent residence until 5 years in the UK (unless she applies for a settlement visa rather than a family permit, in which case it would take 2 years).

- 6.1 Present job and employer? My fiancé recently left her job as she did not have enough time to arange the wedding / papers etc....Could she simply refer to a covering letter here explaining her past employment?

Just write "not working". Her employment status is not relevant to the application.

- Section 7. Employment in the UK. My fiancé intends to work upon arrival however does not yet have a job to go to. Presume she needs to leave this section blank. Thanks to confirm....

As it says on the form, this section needn't be completed.

- Is it advisable and would supporting documents be accepted for an EEA family permit application to the extent that they included photos, emails, flight ticket evidence, phone bills, letters from family etc etc

I wouldn't bother unless they ask. However, a covering letter from yourself briefly explaining your situation and stating your intent to have your wife accompany you to the UK might be helpful.

hey PAVA 10 . thanks god i found you!! Im marrying my polish boyfriend who lives in the UK , im a peruvian citizen, and im just freaking out with all the EEA things, since you have already done this, in my case im waiting to get married and then apply for the EEA permit, and I'm wondering how long did it took your wife to get it? were there any complications? did she have a personal interview? did you apply with her in Lima or u were gone?
I would really appreciate your help

If you didn't notice, the post by PAVA10 is approx. 4 years old!!


regards

Yaaa I did.. but its hard to find somebody that applied for EEA in PERU, but if I could get some help on this specific case(Peru) I would love it
Thanks

for those who might be confused by the title of this thread: nowadays the form to apply for an EEA Family Permit is VAF5