This is a theoretical question that always occurs to me: what do you do when your non-eu wife has their residence card stolen when outside the uk? Are you now stuck in that country? Do you speak to the british embassy? Assume you have other proof of id and a marriage certificate with you to prove yo...

Your situation and the stories I read ring so many bells... Be brave and genuine and go for it otherwise your life will always be on hold. If you are in a genuine relationship you have nothing to fear - read our story here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=61254&highlight=mastermind7...

Thank you. Trying to be the devil's advocate here: If you take into account the McCarthy case and decision and sticking to the pure definition on nationality (by birth) vs citizenship (acquired via naturalisation), could one argue that this change does not apply to EEA nationals, who still exercise ...

In our case: - Me (EEA Greek National exercising treaty rights, married to non-EEA wife) - Applied for and given Residence Card one year ago for my wife (on an A4 sheet, as her passport was expired at that time) - Concerned about the situation in Greece, I applied and I naturalized as a British Citi...

Hello All and you cannot believe how much I feel for all of you as we have been there and went through a rocky road... Read our story here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=61254&highlight=mastermind72 We are now almost 1 year after our marriage and our ordeal and my wife now has a r...

I am writing this last message to give you the details of the happy ending to our story. End of July our Immigration Lawyer applied for an appeal against UKBA's and the SIO's decision to issue a decision for removal and liability for detention and removal (form IS151A). We were issued with a date fo...

The following link from the UKBA website reads: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/documents-family/# "What is a 'family member'? Close If you are an EEA or Swiss national, your non-EEA family members who have the right of residence in the UK are: your husband, wife or civil partner; your ...

Answer to your questions: 1. Since they are cohibiting each other for the past two years can they apply for the residence card on basis of their civil partnership or relations? Yes they can, but they will need to provide strong evidence (tenancy agreements in both names, bills in both names at at th...

I agree with Obie but insinuating and proving a marriage of convenience is extremely difficult for UKBA and the instructions say that a very detailed evaluation of all factors must be made by UKBA before they do prove this. In essence, after the fact (wedding) I think it is very difficult to prove a...

This is me again to conclude our ordeal: our solicitor confirmed, after speaking to a senior immigration officer (SIO) at the reporting centre where my spouse was asked to attend today, the there is no reason for her to attend and she should not have even been issued with the removal liability lette...

ok, as confirmed today via our solicitor after speaking to a Senior Immigration Officer at the 210 Old Street Immigration centre. My non-EU spouse, with our EEA2 application outstanding, should not have been issued the reporting restrictions, and should not have been even issued with a removal liabi...

We have not yet received an answer for our EEA2 application (so this is why they did ask him and my spouse to report, until it is decided what happens with their case). So long as you are married, an application cannot be refused. And as long as you are married, she is lawfully here in the UK regard...

io_anca, I totally sympathise with you. We had a similar experience, not at home but at... our wedding - my non-EU (now) wife and myself, right before our wedding were interviewed by a Border Agency Officer - our wedding was allowed to go on, and we did get married but soon after she received this l...

Thanks, yes I did read this and was just about to respond to the poster.

I do not believe it is a new policy, our solicitor advised us that they have done it in a number of cases with their other clients.

It is cheap publicity for them to look better, let them blow some steam!

Thank you for all your messages and we will certainly pursue with our solicitor. And I am well aware that we are "covered" and she is now lawfully here as we are married. It is just that, after the ordeal on our wedding day, I cannot allow for us and her to be treated like that in case, when we appe...

Some interesting updates... We did give our notice, it was accepted and we set our date for wedding in June. (for those of you not familiar with our case, we applied for the Certificate of Approval, and under durable relationship for EEA2 and once the certificate of approval was abolished we contact...

This situation with the return of the passports is bound to create a big problem, for all of us (we are in the same boat) who want to go to the registrar and get married. I spoke to the Westminster Council registrar to try and arrange and appointment and, while they knew all about the abolition of t...

They mentioned "valid passport", "valid national id", "driving license". She has none. But she has: Medical Card (what this is, is the NHS card you get from your GP, although no photo on it, it is listed as "acceptable" on the Westminster council, if it is to go along with the birth certificate). Tf...

I thought it'd be useful if I were to give you some updates on our case. Using the services of a solicitor, we applied for a Certificate of Approval and an EEA2 (Durable Relationship) in early March. We received acknolwedgements for both applications in late March. As you probably know, on 9 May the...

Please have a look at the remedial orders proposal submitted to the House of Lords and House of Commons. It provides a useful background on the case, and some very interesting up to date statistics on cases submitted, refused, in progress and also removal orders as a result of CoA applications (page...

Missmineaola:

Can you please provide a link as to where does this appear on the UKBA website (that partners cohabition for two years is discretionary?).

T._

I am not too sure about the documents: if I were you I would speak to a solicitor. The issue with your expired visa should be an issue because if you prove you are an extended family member of an EU national, exercising treaty rights in the UK, your current visa status becomes irrelevant - the hard ...

Just to demonstrate how crap UKBA are, here's a recent article: http://www.foreignersinuk.co.uk/refugee_asylum-home_office_still_struggling_to_clear_asylum_backlog_2233.html One can realy understand now why the times for COA processing have gone up to 180 working days... with this backlog, how can a...

I know it is not much help now, but why didn't you put an application for EEA2 as "durable relationship" at the same time when you sent the COA application? Since you appear to have strong supporting documents that your relationship is genuine, you would have waited 6 months and would have gotten th...

I do not want to start a new thread so I am adding on this one as there has been an unexpected update in our case (please read above). While waiting to "clock" 2 years of cohabition (Feb 2011), my girlfriend's nephew, who is 15 years old and an EU (French) citizen (French passport holder) has been s...