Just wondering, assuming an individual gains the automatic permenant residence following their 5 year residence on an EEA2 permit. They then apply for EEA4 to confirm these rights, but the application takes, let's say, a year. Can this individual apply for Naturalisation only 1 year after they are ...

You have it from me... go break a leg!

isceon, practically speaking even if the HO asks for proof that the EU national was indeed exercising treaty right in the UK at the time of divorce, the income by the OP is enough to class her as 'self-sufficient' provided that there is other documents (which matinuk2 says he has a bucketload of). S...

the family member bit applies to the non-EU parents/children of EU nationals and NOT to the spouses/civil partners. It makes perfect sense, you are NOT a family member once you've divorced. I am not debating that at all. Let me break it down to make it simple- Who is the first person you think of w...

robnmc, my apologies if my previous post confused you, but it was not meant to for you and as the time frame of May 2009 suggests, it was meant for hamadauk123. But that said, to clarify a few points araised, while in theory the EEA4 is not compulsory and the right is automatically accrued, as you a...

Sadly there is a 1 year wait on the PR which means you should be able to apply in May 2009 for naturalisation.

Even though you are retaining rights, the Home Office's interpretation of the law is that you are technically not a family member of an EEA national anymore- it's a bit of a grey area, but under the strict definition of family member, you would happen not to be one. That is a strange interpretation...

This is a shocking turn of events. How can the HO blatantly deny a right that is yours and not acknowledge that? Things seems to have gotten from bad to worse for EEA family member application. I concur with thsths, that these steps are by far the practical way to handle the situation, but somebody ...

While I agree that it can look like a marriage of convenience, there is always ways to use it for your advantage! For example, if the divorce was on the basis of a seperation for 2 years, can it not be argued that the reason for the divorce is that during the 2 years the EEA couple was seperated, an...

I am afraid there is no EU law that facilitates a quick return of passports. A written letter to the complaints dept. of the BIA perhaps?

Morpheo, you are not required under the EU law to provide proof that the EU national is still hanging around.

Or why don't you do it my way and provide a date of departure. Let them prove that your partner is in the country if they know!

While we are at the topic.... SYH.... BANNED?!....I am stumped! But why?

The Germans seems to have gotten on track as well.

http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/l ... seite.html

You DO NOT need a visa for Germany short stays if you are:


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a family member of an EEA national if you hold a British Residence Card.

Adding on to further experiences about travel on the Residence Card of family member of EEA national, the latest was Italy with the PoE being Milan. As expected of the Italians, they did give us ard time and refused to let us go and send us back to the transit lounge to wait the whole 12 hours befor...

archigabe, the EC 562/2002 is a totally different issue and is only a part of the documents that will allow travel to Schengenland. The 'Residence Card of family member of EEA national' falls outside it's scope.

I will explain it all when I get the time.

archigabe, while the other residence documents are not valid for entry to the Schengenland, the 'Residence Card of family members of EEA nationals' under the Directive are theoretically valid for it and instances of reported travel with it abound in this board! While there may be some confusion and ...

No! You should get the visa from the French embassy. But when you apply as the family member of an EEA national, you will be required to produce the EEA national's passport. Instead of that, my advice is to make an application with a covering letter stating that you have the 'retained right of resid...

.... and you can try and make an application to the French embassy for your Schengen visa with a covering letter that states that you are married but have 'retained your right of residence'. But if they fail to recognise it, you may have to apply for one with all the required documents like all othe...

How long have you been married for?

We were all given PR despite the suggestion in this Forum it will not happen PAPITO, I do not believe that the advice given here was as you have mentioned at all. It fact your application was supported with full confidence in the possible incompetence of the HO workforce. The wordings, I believe, w...

Papito, congrats and many thanks for getting back to us with the information. Since from what I gather you have only been living here for 5 years till the November gone by, I would suggest a wait till November of this year even though the rules says that EEA naturalisation applications made without ...

solutionfr, while I do agree that your wife can apply for the Residence Card, I think I will go a step further and recommend an idea that has already been put forth. I would suggest that you totally bypass the EEA2 application and go straight for the EEA4 application for the Permanent Residence whic...

paulp wrote: I've always wondered, was it "doctor terror" or "doct error"? I don't know what would be worse actually.

...time for cliche...

...that's for me to know....

Yes! She should be able to work inspite of all that and the specific EU directive would be the Directive2004/38/EC itself.