Hello, 1 - Your brother has to be actually in France exercising Treaty rights in order to use the Directive to try to get an EEA residence for your mum. It may or may not work and it could be a lengthy process. But in any case, your brother has to show that he actually lives and pay taxes in France....

Hi everyone! Seeking advice here. I am a British citizen who is trying to assist my brother to relocate to Germany. He is married with 3 children. Will it be better for me to : 1 . Relocate to Germany first and then invoke the EU directive? 2. Relocate to Germany, get university admission for my br...

I didn't want to confuse the OP

But yes, there are marginal cases where it would work with a British passport.

confusedinpakistan wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:28 pm

Can I not use directive 2004/38/ec at the eurotunnel?

To travel under that Directive, you have to hold a current/valid EEA family member card with this statement printed on it:



Your wife has to hold an EEA passport (any except the British)

I am hearing contradicting things about the electronic form. My educated guess is that it was updated at some point hence people seem to share contradicting experiences about it. Still, if your sponsor is British and EEA and you went by mistake through the normal route, they should find out and dire...

I think, those who holding resdidence cards and pre-settled status will not have to do anything after December 2020, I mean online status will be linked to residence cards. Those who did not apply under eu settlement scheme will have their residence cards invalid. I agree with you. Settlement / Pre...

I recieve the email Dear xxxxxxx, Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre. With regards to your enquiry about the status of your application, I can confirm that your application has been decided. Please provide the following details so that we can escalate the...

You are 27 years old and EEA national. Is this statement correct?

If it is, there is no reason to involve your father in the equation. On your own, you can go and apply through the settlement scheme.

Hello, I called the visa issuing body for Spain visas - BLS Spain Application Centre London - and they confirmed that provided I have valid Shengen visa, I'll be allowed into Spain. I'll be travelling at the end of August and will update post after travel. thank you You can, yes BUT: Next time you ...

I see this question showing up almost daily, I am going to try to cover it appropriately. Please feel free to add your comments/experience. YOU: You are non-EEA national who normally requires a visa to travel to Europe (Example: you hold a passport from India, Pakistan, Algeria, Morocco... etc) YOUR...

Hi If you are EEA national but live & work in the UK, you can't invite a family member to France. Even if you are French, it doesn't matter. Because when you invite someone, you can only invite them to the country where you reside. As a sponsor, you need to show proof of income and proof of residenc...

I don't know for France, but some countries, have express visa appointments with TLS provided you pay extra. Like for UK: TLS have 2 calendars. One for regular appointments and another one for express appointments. I don't know for France, but you need to check with them if such service is offered. ...

As you can probably tell by the post timing it was a stressful post! Sorry about that. I am a pakistani national Wife is British. Both Kids are British. I had A EU family member card from Netherlands but that expired in April. I now have a residence card issued by the UK under the presettlement sch...

But we were never even asked in the online application if my sponsor has dual citizenship. It asked about her nationality, but it wouldn't even let us select more than one. So we just put her EU nationality as that's what's relevant here. At no point did the online application ask us about any furt...

Even after the Brexit, as a British you will be still able to bring your partner back home but you won't be able to use the EEA routes at some point. You would have then to use UK routes for that. These routes are notoriously more difficult and more expensive really. You are leaving Germany. It's th...

It's hard to give absolute opinions about the future. But in general, with the Brexit, immigration rules aren't going to be easier for EEA nationals and their family. At the moment, when the Home Office case workers deliver a residence under EEA routes, it's not because they are happy to do it but b...

For those that tried applying online, where exactly did the online system not let you proceed? We did it online / through the app, and I am 99% sure we were never even asked if the sponsor has more than one nationality. I know personally at least one person who applied using the App. The applicatio...

Does she meet the B1 English requirement? Yes she did that with Trinity college and received a long reference number to use within the citizenship application. We already started the online application, but we can't progress until she passes her Life in UK test. She is a bit struggling with it to b...

She could have applied as soon as she got PR if you were British at that point and there was no need to wait a year. I didn't know that. I first became British then a few weeks later, she got her PR. She made her application even before I applied for the citizenship my the citizenship got sorted fa...

Zimba wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:39 pm

If she has PR, then she can apply for citizenship now

Thank you for that. Yes, she has a PR for a year now. So, I am going to start the application process.

I just needed a confirmation

When I got my letter, I also chased my council on the phone for 10 days without any success. I was about to go to another council. Then, I decided to drive there and have a chat with them. The lady at the reception told me nicely that their office is small, understaffed and actually the person who d...

Hello I am UK/EEA national (got UK citizenship last year). My wife has permanent residence through EEA route. She got her BRC exactly 1 year ago. She now qualifies to apply for British citizenship through the 5-year route. My question is: - Does she have to first apply for settled status then only f...

Interesting Freedom of Information Act question and response from Home Office. Very relevant to the topic.

I am attaching the response from the Home Office:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... sthrough=1

The EU Settlement scheme seems more open about the definition of "Dependent Relative" who can be anyone from the family really. While the Lounes is more specific and the relative definition is restricted to child and parents in direct ascending line. For instance, a cousin would qualify as Dependent...

Note to self really but can be useful for people searching on the same topic. On the EU Settlement Scheme guidance, the Dependant Relative case exists. While in the Lounes (above) it doesn't: