what are the chances of refusal for a tourist visa application for a husband of a Brit Wife living outside of EU. The husband has a Ukrainian passport without any previous visas etc. Has a part-time job, finances aren't great but trip is genuine, 5 days Xmas trip with wife to London with all the nec...

Hi, I have ILR on an Indian passport,which is valid until 2016. I have booked two trpis to the Schengen Area, one to Spain in end October (3 days) and another to Amsterdam in March 2013 (4 days). When I applied for my Schengen Visa through Spanish embassy, I had also attached a covering letter expl...

incidentally, have JUST found and read your thread by googling the query and finding it :D yep, seems there are many other problems going unresolved for someone to pay much attention to this matter, after all, when applying IN PERSON, you are there already and taking a pic + fingerprints could be in...

and also, is the collection of BIOMETRIC info legal in relation to the Family Members? both direct and extended?

thx

thanks guys, accept my apology, ca.funke, for using your username :D I have seen several of your posts and thought you might have come across extended fam members in the past and wanted to attract your attention. A thing to note is that the French do have the bit about dependent family members in th...

Moderator Edit (ca.funke): I deleted my username from the title. Hi giardaella, I dare change your original title "A brit wants travel with her Russian Mom+Bro to EU ca.funke!" to "A brit wants travel with her Russian Mom+Bro to EU !", as I can´t seem to gather what my username should have to do wi...

Can't a passport be lost??? It's more of looking official if it's in your passport and applying for Schengen visas as many countries wouldn't accept an A4 print. France requests it to be endorsed in ur passport. Anyway, can u describe if that A4 paper is thicker than normal or has water marks (seen ...

Your wife is considered a worker/job seeker. So long as your wife continues to show that she has a realistic chance of finding work, she IS exercising treaty rights. The problem here is that if you have been in the UK with your wife since June 2010, even though there is no formally set time limit wi...

it's unacceptable as even the normal family members during the first 5 years' residence get 6 months per year outside uk, without breaking the residence. How can "temporary and occasional nature" be interpreted for PR and even fewere rights for them? The Directive and the Regs are quite clear and I ...

Technically, she doesn't need it if travelling together and in possession of proof of marriage and the Passport with PR card. However, IN PRACTICE, and to avoid occasional misinterpretation by the border police (depending on which country you wish to travel to) you better get a Schengen visa. It wil...

which country u live in Uk If this thread reaches 5 pages... I'll be ROFLing. For everyone out there who thinks i'm arrogant-YES! Who thinks i'm treatig myself first-class - YES! who bears a grudge cause people have their cakes and strangely want to eat them- YES! (same as saying, u can't have a wi...

To claim benefits??? Any other explanation doesn't fit, especially if you r aiming at settlement, the National route is quicker, but more expensive. Well worth investing though.

Greenie wrote:is there any reason why you need/want to be able to exercise treaty rights if you have a two year spouse visa?

You ARE, but not now, 5+1 years as the rules currently stand, and you must satisfy the requirements too, throughout. Check the AN form Naturalisation Form on the UKBA website, there's a section for EEA Nationals and their family members hello everybody! I have a residente card of a Family member of ...

However, there is definitely hypocrisy by some posters who insist that the law is complied with by officials yet seek to assist law-breakers. :lol: So, either you are saying I am a law-breaker and ppl here try to assist me OR if this comment is not related to my post what are you on about, what's t...

keffers wrote: I too am helping someone who is hoping to enter this country on a VAF5 permit.

Tell us how that one goes and good luck. Feel free to ask any questions if u need help and hope u dont get those incompetent morons upon your "someone's" entry into the UK.

Personal attack again... I drink a glass of red wine, occasionally, but even if i was an alcoholic, how is that relevant AT ALL to the encounter at the border??? Did i display any signs of a binge-drinker? What r u on about? What part of society? There are thugs and nutters who'd politely and obedie...

86ti wrote:That's probably the 'silent' way of denying someone's competence/knowledge

Spot on!!!

I might be wrong, but i just thought that, you should have respected the CIO authority, because at that time, he has acknowledge they were wrong in their dealings with you, and was in the process of dealing with them. It was more like veering off course, I was telling the CIO what'd happened and wo...

Thank u desi parrot (dont write in capitals, its equivalent to shouting) paulmu, 86ti, fysicus and obie for understanding where i was coming from. Especially that the reaches have continued since 2008 at least, the link that INSIDER posted! Shouldnt it be time that they finally get it right on ALL o...

Later you mention that your partner is a qualified professional, does it really matter to other? Qualified PERSON, not Professional. If you did a little research, or had at least any clue what I am talking about, you wouldn't make this ignorant comment. God, should I just delete this post, people a...

But I don't think you will ever be truly happy. Immigrants like you are common place. This post has nothing to do with me finding happiness... Living here forever? Better get used to complying with rules and regulations. That's the British way - didn't you know that? Where have I exhibited that I d...

@insider U r probably right, this tactic could be more effective. Also, in the thread u posted, u mention EEA FP(family permit). I don't think fp exempts u from filling the landing card, only the residence cards and permanent rc do. Fp needs to be stamped not least to show the first day u start to l...

@keffers Well, not u but those people who voted for the government which enacted the European Communities Act 1972, which empowers Europe to dominate the uk's legislation. That's democracy for u. Same as the 2nd amendment in the US, many people at present are against having guns and they never voted...

Y wouldnt they let me in? Luck has nothing to do with this!!! If one follows ur logic, Every time ur eea fam memb leaves the uk alone for a short period of time, YOU r in the uk illegally? Until the eea returns?! Nonsense and if u read my posts with at least some attention, u WILL get answers to all...

1) my eea partner is a qualified person- worker. He went away for PAID holiday, he doesn't lose residency unless away for over 6 months. Further, he has a doc certifying permanent residence (eea3 form) thus he wouldn 't lose residency unless away for over 2 years. 2) i was joining him and so long th...