Wanted to update this thread with how we got on. Bit late, since we travelled last year, but stumbled back upon it and hopefully it might help someone else. We travelled to the UK without a family permit. I took all the docs we had that we could think of with us. In particular (a) proof that I am ...

Please also remember to translate all of the documents you wish to tender, you will save money if your wife translated them and have somone who has the authority to authenticate them stamp it to confirm that the translation is correct, it will be even better if you can have them notorised as well ...

What exactly did she receive the 10 years ban for. Just out of interest. She got the ban applied in 2006 when we turned up at Heathrow a couple of years after she'd left the UK. In fact, we weren't told of the ban then, it was only at a later application that they claimed she was banned for 10 ...

Yes, I would be disappointed if they wave us through without some questions. I'd like the satisfaction of them trying it on again and seeing the palpable disappointment as I ruin their day by producing our EU residence docs. Our circumstances are genuine, and we have more than enough documents to ...

Ok, here's my situation. I think I am good to enter the UK with my wife, so I am really just interested whether anyone can think of an angle the UK border people will contrive to refuse. My wife (girlfriend at time) is non-EU national, previously overstayed in the UK. We moved out of the EU together ...