https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1281393#inter4 This is study from which the EU immigrant population in France can be estimated at 2.5 million. If there are a total of 15 million EU migrants, 2.5 in France, 3 in the UK, 6.5 million in Germany, then the three countries account for 12 out of 15 m...
There is a new UIT determination confirming that unmarried partners are covered in Surinder Singh cases. https://ukvisaandimmigrationforum.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/kamila-santos-campelo-cain.pdf It is unpublished, so of limited value. I suspect that the unpublished case referred to in the argumen...
Sorry, Obie, which bit have I got wrong? My feeling is that the accompanying and joining provision is completely unworkable. If a RC card holder arrives at immigration and says that the EEA family member will be joining later, either the officer accepts that at face value, or the RC holder has to de...
This implementation excludes family members of British nationals (including dual nationals and Surinder Singh cases). They will apparently still need an EEA FP. This arises from the definition of EEA National in paragraph 2. The fact that Mr McCarthy who won the eponymous case at the EUCJ is a dual ...
Elsewhere in this forum I have recorded my battles with UKBA to obtain access to the UK for my third country national unmarried partner. In summary: I have a determination from the Immigration Tribunal upheld by the Upper Immigration Tribunal that my partner should be given an EEA FP as my partner i...
This judgment is very welcome. I note two things: first , there is nothing in the judgment or the obiter about family members having to be accompanying or joining the EU citizen. That is in accordance with 2004/38 Art 5.1. It appears that a residence-card-holding family member can use that card to m...
This is a very interesting AG opinion. I see three areas that will doubtless continue to give rise to confusion. 1) Paragraph 96 restates that only Art 2.2 Family Members have rights of entry. This continues to leave the position of Art 3.2 Other Family Members uncertain. They have the right to faci...
2004/38/EC Article 5 2. Family members who are not nationals of a Member State shall only be required to have an entry visa in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 or, where appropriate, with national law. For the purposes of this Directive, possession of the valid residence card referred to...
CO (EEA Regulations: family permit) Nigeria [2007] UKAIT 00070 ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL THE IMMIGRATION ACTS Heard at: Belfast Date of Hearing: 12 June 2007 Before: Mr C M G Ockelton, Deputy President of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Senior Immigration Judge Deans 13. ...In any event, ...
My understanding is that they could. But they would only be able to stay for a maximum of six months. To stay longer they should apply for a Residence Card once in the UK.
Determination promulgated. Appeal allowed with costs. I wonder how long it will take for the HO to comply with the Direction to send the money? Judge says "I was unable to understand the ECOs logic in refusing this application when there was an extant EEA FP". Nothing further on whether a visit visa...
Cyprus doesn't require the holder of a residence card to be accompanied, and recognises all residence cards, whether as EEA family member or not. But they exclude British and Irish residence cards, presumably because the opt-out is reciprocal. See http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/0/BCD9E71A8FBB...
Look at this http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/I%20am%20the%20holder%20of%20a%20residence%20card%20of%20a%20family%20member%20of%20a%20Union%20citizen%20Do%20I%20need%20a%20visa We checked very carefully before my partner went to Eire unaccompanied. She had no problem. The important thing is that...
Hearing was today. It turns out that the ECM has been trying to withdraw the decision and grant a visa, but hasn't formally notified anyone, so the hearing went ahead. Reserved judgment. The Judge said that he thought that a general visitor visa could not be used to attend job interviews, but that h...
The way the new rules for TCNs from Germany and Estonia have been implemented, the TCNs must be travelling with or joining their EEA family member. This echoes the Communication from the Commission of 2nd July 2009, but contradicts the Commission's Report of 10th Dec 2008 and their simplified "Guide...
Hearing for the family visit visa appeal is set for April 4th. There has been absolutely no response from the ECO to the Orders of the Tribunal to submit documents.
The First Tier Tribunal directed the Respondent, the Visa Officer, to file the notice of decision, reasons, etc , with a copy to the Appellant, by November 14th. Nothing received from either the visa officer directly or the Tribunal. Does anyone have any advice on what should happen now? Can I make ...
Dear Directive, I haven't made a new application, I am referring to the information I received in Oct 2011 that we discussed on this thread then. There is nothing to explain this behaviour. Looking back reminds me of how much effort we have made to have a visit visa covering 2013. My partner applied...
So, I have paid £140 for the privilege of appealing. It appears that this is definitely a family visit visa. At least as this is now our fourth appeal (all others successful) I know the ropes and won't have to pay for legal representation. I have asked the Tribunal to make an appropriate Direction t...
Hello old friend! EEA FP number one is as my unmarried partner (Surinder Singh). It means we can travel together to the UK for visits, and move together to live & work there. EEA FP number two is as the mother of our son (Zambrano). It means that mother and son can visit the UK without father, and c...
Seven weeks ago my partner submitted three applications: renewal of EEA FP as partner; renewal of EEA FP as parent; one year visit visa. Today passport returned (two weeks of insistent requests to Worldbridge about the delay produced no information whatsoever). The two EEA FPs were renewed, which is...
Two weeks ago they gave her an old-style booklet as her Permanent Residence of the Czech Republic, and told her to come back in two weeks for her Permanent Residence of the EEA card, which is like a credit card.
Hurrah!
My partner finally got her long term residence of the EU. It was issued as a plastic card, two months after her book confirming permanent residence of the Czech Republic.
Total elapsed time since the application ten months.
Hurrah!