The national rules in this case do not actually even talk about return, only about “having exercised free movement rights” (immediately before or at some point—that is not mentioned).

This has nothing to do with the UK residence card except as a proof that we have actually lived in the UK (when it still was EU). We would apply for a family member entry visa and then a new residence card.

We used to live in the UK a few years ago—my wife still has a EU family member's residency card, which will due to Brexit invalidate itself soon. After that we have lived for the past couple of years in my wife's country of citizenship in South America. Now we would like to return to my country of c...

I would also be interested in knowing how airlines see the stamp. In principle my wife already has the EEA2 residency card—got the acceptance letter last week—but she left the country today, I'm following on Friday, and the total rubbish DX Delivery that Home Office uses to deliver the cards themsel...

Update: EEA(FM) Application posted on : 19/09/2016 Received by UKVI/HO on : 20/09/2016 Payment taken on : 22/09/2016 Passport return request sent on: 28/09/2016 EuroBiometrics@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk emailed: 28/09/2016 EuroBiometrics@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk emailed again: 06/10/2016 with copy to MP and...

EEA(FM) Application posted on : 19/09/2016 Received by UKVI/HO on : 20/09/2016 Payment taken on : 22/09/2016 Passport return request sent on: 28/09/2016, again 09/10/2016 Passport received on: ?? Bio letter received on : ?? Biometrics Enrolled on : ?? COA : ?? Resident Card Received on : ?? Document...

Community law obliges Member States to grant family members a residence card as soon as possible and in any event no later than six months from the date of application. So 6 months processing time would be in line with the Directive and not sub-standard. The directive as well is sub-standard, 6 mon...

The HO will return the non-EEA passport only if it still has a valid visa on it which didn't expire yet. Thanks for your answers. Our FP will expire in early November, so if we don't get the COA by then, they will not return the passport? But if we do get the COA quickly, then they should return it...

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information, on these forums and elsewhere on the internet, whether it is even possible, and how, to get the passport returned for EEA2 applications. I would be grateful for an up-to-date clarification on the following points. Will the Home Office return the pa...

While I believe the restriction to settled persons should be relaxed, do you have any evidence that a change to the rules is planned? I think it is quite likely that such a relaxation will have to be forced on the government through the courts. The UK immigration system does not allow for a native ...

I'm definitely not going to pay those fees, if they start applying them to my wife. We had a huge fight to get the EEA Family Permit, and will not be able to apply for the EU-style residency card until the autumn as it's difficult to arrange for half a hear without travel. Regardless of your immigr...

Even if we vote to Remain, there is no reason why the government be sweet to an organisation that nearly half the voters would vote against. Oh, the Tories are already planning another round of bitching to destroy the remains of free movement left from the previous round. I say the EU should kick t...

secret.simon wrote:Well, the world of Bleak House and Dickensian poverty gave us the empire over which the sun did not set, while the welfare state has only given us a sense of entitlement and dependency.

The sun did actually set. Only the Tories have not realised it yet, and are acting like bitches to the EU.

I can recognise injustice and rip-off from miles away. Injustice and rip-offs are loaded words and like good and evil, entirely moralistic and based on opinion. One person's good is another person's bad and who is to say which one of them is right? Why does one person's opinion matter more than ano...

I certainly expect an academic to argue a more detailed analysis of the alternate points put forward in a discussion than to repeat the same point again-and-again, which is what politicians do. I'm not a political scientist, but I can recognise injustice and rip-off from miles away. I'm just a STEM...

The fees such a significant fraction of my income, and especially someone's at the lower income limit, that they are purely punitive. As we have seen, they are significantly higher than the costs, and shifting taxes onto the poor from the rich. Firstly, we have not seen that they are significantly ...

an increase of 5 percentage points to my tax rate. Is that your definition of "humane"? The fees such a significant fraction of my income, and especially someone's at the lower income limit, that they are purely punitive. As we have seen, they are significantly higher than the costs, and shifting t...

But in any case, I am sure you would agree that it is for a democratically elected government, and not for a person having an interest in the outcome, to make the rules. There also things called human rights, which I'm sure the UK rules for spousal visas violate if they ever get challenged in an in...

I also do wonder how other countries have much lower fees, yet not any higher tax rate? Perhaps because the rich don't pay any taxes in the UK? (The NI is a big hoax, as you stop paying the NI exactly when there's some progression in the tax rate.)

So, your argument about the cost of individual visa applications and of EEA citizens not having to pay for a service is not entirely correct. I can appreciate that EEA citizens do not utilise a service, but their non-EEA family members do and they should be treated as being on par with the same app...

The current government in the UK has broadly adopted a "user pays" policy when it comes to government funding, be it in transport (higher fares, lower subsidies), housing (more private, less social housing) and benefits (lower, just lower). How would an EU migrant burden the immigration system at a...

To put a bright note on this... I non eea family members need to comply with UK law, that doesn´t mean they are not allowed to live in the UK, it just means that the process to get a visa/permit will be different. Of course could be harder or have limitations (for example income minimum limit). Som...