Oh you're quite right. I did however phone the immigration office prior to submission and they did say that this is the approach we should take. It may also be that the rules have changed in the interim regarding maintenance of paperwork since we came into the country in 2010. Prior to our own appli...
Hi all, This is an informative post to let people know a possible path to permanent residence: My wife (Chinese) moved back to the UK with me (British) from Ireland in 2010 using the Surinder Singh route. We supplied all of the paperwork that they request, twice, for the initial 6 month and then the...
Hi, my wife is currently applying for her EEA2 residence permit (I'm British, we're doing it via the surinder singh route) She has her application letter that says she can work. Hopefully they will just grant it and this will be an academic question, but we were wondering if she gets refused and we ...
I'm british and my wife is chinese and she has her EEA family permit under the surinder singh case. We'll be applying for her NI number and the 5 year residence (EEA2) when she arrives in the UK. Now when applying for the EEA2, I see a few people have had to get comprehensive insurance. Does she nee...
to be quite frank, I don't think even they know. When my wife applied for her EEA FP, the application form insisted on original copies of all documents, but when she got to the embassy they said they didn't want original copies (I had sent my passport to China), they wanted copies. Thanks for your ...
to be quite frank, I don't think even they know. When my wife applied for her EEA FP, the application form insisted on original copies of all documents, but when she got to the embassy they said they didn't want original copies (I had sent my passport to China), they wanted copies.
This is pretty bad, especially since none of the other European countries I have lived in with my wife (I was in exactly the same situation as the OP, but in Germany) have this sort of consideration.
Yes I guess you are right that I just provided sufficient documentation. I was concerned as the people on the immigration helpline were telling me that because I claimed benefit, that meant I was not exercising my treaty rights. Anyway, fun with the EEA2 now, convincing some more people that I am ex...
Hi, I have asked a few questions here about my case, and people have been helpful so I thought I would give an update that might be useful to people in the future. I had been living and working in Ireland for two years and was made unemployed at the end of it, and claimed state benefit for about ten...
sorry for bumping this again, but it is quite urgent. Are the UK Immigration authority correct in saying that I was not exercising my treaty rights whilst in Ireland?
I am a British National and I was working in Ireland for 2 years, then unemployed for 10 months, claiming jobseekers benefit, whilst looking for a job. I have been informed by UK immigration (as part of an EEA family permit application for my wife) that because I was claiming benefit, I was not exer...
so now they are saying you are exercising treaty rights if you are unemployed and claiming benefit?
So the woman who told me on the phone that while I (I am British) was unemployed in Ireland (10 months, after working there for >2 years) was talking out of her mule?
Which airline? They should all have access to the timatic database, e.g. http://www.emirates.com/english/plan_book/essential_information/visa_passport_information/find_visa_requirements/find_visa_requirements.aspx every time I have travelled with my wife (Im British, she is Chinese), I always took ...
Hi, I am currently applying for an EEA family permit to come back into the UK on behalf of my wife. I am British She is Chinese. I was working in Ireland for 2 years but was then involuntarily unemployed and claiming benefit for 10 months at the end while looking for work. We are applying through t...
Hi, I am currently applying for an EEA family permit to come back into the UK on behalf of my wife. I am British She is Chinese. I was working in Ireland for 2 years but was then involuntarily unemployed and claiming benefit for 10 months at the end while looking for work. We are applying through th...
Oh one more question. In the event that she gets refused again, we don't really want to appeal as that takes months and we are fed up of being apart and were thinking of just getting her here via the spouses visa, which costs 700 quid. If we did that after a full refusal and wanted to make a complai...
Your wife did not need to go back to China. I think you should have no problem. oh she was going anyway. Nice long holiday with her parents and she deserves it quite frankly! Thanks for the help. I'll stick the application in again and make sure that I include absolutely every last bit of info abou...
I have just returned to the UK about a month ago to start work. We had applied in ireland but were refused because I hadn't included enough documentation so my wife is back in China at the moment and we are just reorganising the application, since she was refused again because apparently we hadn't s...
Yes I'm aware of the basics thanks. The problem is my period of unemployment at the end of my time in Ireland. I do have evidence that I was registered with the employment authorities in Ireland and was seeking work while there
I am a British citizen and my wife is chinese. I have been out of the UK for 7 years, first doing a PhD in Germany and then a postdoc in the Republic of Ireland. My wife and I have been married for 5 years and living together the whole time - we were married in the UK. Unfortunately I was made unemp...
