Well you are perfectly entitled to your view. I am of the view that the decision is wrong. This person came to the UK in 2004 and has been studying since. In 2009, he acquired the right of permanent residence. Prior to 2011, there was no requirement for a student to hold CSI, for their residence to...

hi guys i completed 5 years on eea2 in October 2012 the law is to be on restriction free visa (Permanent resident or ILR) for one year my question is as my application might be in the home office for 6 moths for EEA4 and God knows what PR issue date i get. would my qualifying time for naturalizatio...

It appears the decision may be wrong, it should be appealed. It seem this woman is your unmarried partner as opposed to your wife? If I am wrong, and you meant civil wedding, then she has automatic rights. The situation of unmarried partner is different from that of a spouse, so in her case, a resi...

This is serious as if my wife is deported I may never see her again. Please help me! I'm a 27 year-old Portuguese married in the UK since the 14th of December 2012 to a 27 year-old Iranian woman. We live in the same house since mid-July 2012. I first came to the UK in 2004 did a course, master and ...

bonita wrote:My sister has received the coa n I wanted to know if she can still claim benefits. Thanx ti all those who were helpful.

Why doesn't she go work? She can do that with COA as well. God won't be against.

Thanks, but I would rather have the free EEA family permit since my residence permit in the UK is expiring too. To get a free family permit as the spouse and child of a British citizen resident in Germany you would need to demonstrate that your husband is working or is self-employed in Germany and ...

Anybody applying for eea2 with less than 2 years durable relationship and has anybody become successful? I was married to my wife for a little over a year. Doesn't really matter if you are married for a year, two, five or 2 days. The less you are married, the more scrutiny they will apply, but they...

Hello, I am non-EEA national. my husband is EU national. he has been continuting working for 5 years in here. at the moment, his passport is expired, can I use his Greek ID apply EEA4? Also may I apply EEA3 for my son with my EEA4 at the same time? he is 4 and half years old and is holding a Greek ...

Dear all, One of my friend is about to submit his application for PR (ILR) by exercising EU treaty rights (5 Year legal stay in UK as student, Bulgarian national) and I would greatly appreciate any input in regard to documents required in support of his application. Documents that he intended to su...

Hi all, I need some help again please. Before that just a brief summary of my complicated timeline with my EEA4 application and the full story can be found from link below. http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=120115&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=28f0fe5935fe9bd1a1cee8dac0f31e41 ...

I am due to apply for EEA2 FP on 16 March 2013. I would like to request my passport back before the month of May to travel outside UK with my spouse. Will I able to travel with my current Tier 1 visa? or will it be void once I apply for EEA2 family permit? I will be back to UK after 3 weeks. Will U...

Hi, Me and my wife are married since 3 weeks and we need to submit the application this month and to be honest we are quite lost. Im thinking to apply with a solicitor but i cant really afford it. My wife is Romanian and we are leaving together since 2 years. i finished my master recently and i m u...

Hi There, Recently i have been asked to attend an interview regarding EEA2 RC with my spouse and also my and my spouse's bank statement for last 6 months is requested as well. Now my query is that is there any adverse effect on my application for having a personal loan which i took in last 6 months...

Well, my wife and my 5 years old son is about to become EEA citizens. This will happen in August probably.However we wish to start to move 3 months before and enter in uk as tourists. After 3 months, only my wife will go back to our country to grab the documents (it must be in person) and go back t...

Hello, I am a US citizen living and working in the UK as the wife of a Polish national who has been excercizing treaty rights here. My EEA Family Permit will expire mid-April, I've already applied for my EEA2 end of January and gotten my COA and passport returned. I plan to go to Germany in May, an...

You can apply and u will get Coa to prove, you need to send origional wife's passport otherwise its more likely it will be refused, but u can request back your wife's passport after apply Thanks for replying. Any idea how long it can take for the HO to send her passport back? I have read some stori...

Hi My "residance card of a EEA Family member" has expired 2 weeks ago. I only relized this last week but can not reapply for the EEA2 untill the end of March as my wife needs her passport for a business trip the last week of March. My emplyer in the mean time has asked me to provide proof that I am...

circumstances under which it was obtained, is still prevailing. Thanks for quick reply. In regard to circumstances, he is been a student from last years but not a student at this very moment as completed bachelors recently but will be a student in near future so confusion is about current status in...

thanks flipper77. I tried on another computer and it worked! So here's an update: Last Tuesday (26th) I sent another request for our documents using the ROD form and on Friday I received an email from UKBA telling me that our documents had been dispatched on Monday 25th. We received our documents y...

thanks flipper77. I tried on another computer and it worked! So here's an update: Last Tuesday (26th) I sent another request for our documents using the ROD form and on Friday I received an email from UKBA telling me that our documents had been dispatched on Monday 25th. We received our documents y...

Submitted BR5 (EEA2 for families of Bulgarian Nationals) on 20/02/2013

On Sunday requested passport back to travel (by e-mail), Monday got a reply that passport will be sent back asap.

Today received passport with 5 year residence card in it.

Have you had a EEA2 application that has been accepted through Self Sufficient then please can you list all the evidence you send in to the home office please thanks? I have just received self-sufficient RC. I've submitted yearly account statement from my insurance co in the UK (AXA Healthcare) and...

Have you had a EEA2 application that has been accepted through Self Sufficient then please can you list all the evidence you send in to the home office please thanks? I have just received self-sufficient RC. I've submitted yearly account statement from my insurance co in the UK (AXA Healthcare) and...

Thx ukforever. I will post update as soon as i will get answer form them :) Are you applying at Nicosia? UKBA in Nicosia have the fastest turnaround times as all applications are decided in Nicosia and are not sent to other UKBA centres. It's taking long for you, but trust me, in other UKBA visa ce...

I have received a long-awaited reply from SOLVIT concerning French Embassy policy of not accepting visa applications from non-EEA nationals in the UK with expiring residence permits or without residence permits at all. SOLVIT replies that the case has been solved and French Embassy will now accept v...