as far as I know the rule is that you have to live (legally of course) in the UK for five years (on the basis of EEA rights) to become eligible for PR. However, there are little differences over the five year Residence Card that you hold now, so I wouldn't bother too much about it. May be I would ap...
Why do you need an EEA FP in the first place? It is only for visa nationals and US citizens can enter the UK for short stay without visa anyway, isn't it? Once in the UK, apply for a Residence Card (according to directive 2004/38 using form EEA2). For such application it doesn't matter how you enter...
for some airlines it doesn't take much to declare a passport invalid, and you don't need to be an alien to suffer from it, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7695225.stm
Although this incident is not really immigration-related, I couldn't resist to post it here
Airlines want to verify before check-in that you will not be denied entry at your destination; that is quite understandable. So at check-in you may need to show the same documentation as I mentioned in my previous post here, and if I were you, I would check it with the airline before making a bookin...
Thanks for the clarification Charles, it seems to me even though the UK might not apply the European directive correctly (on the basis of your Residence Card you should be exempt from the visa requirement), you should still be allowed to enter the UK on the basis of the Immigration Rules (chapter11:...
In all correspondence with the Home Office remind them of their own rules, especially rule 1.9 in chapter 5 of the European Casework Instructions ( http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/ecis/ ) 1.9 Six-month rule Community law requires us to decide applications for a re...
I have made various European applications in the past, and never sent passports with the initial application to Croydon. By the time the application is finally processed they will ask for missing documents. Usually they ask for many more documents as well (including ones that are actually not requir...
Richard, there are a few subtleties to be noticed. The directive applies to EEA citizens and their family members in any member state of which the EEA citizen is not a national. Member states can impose harsher laws on their own nationals (as e.g. the Netherlands do) or allow them the same privilege...
are you saying the British Embassy in Romania actually rejected your application for an EEA Family Permit? That would almost certainly be a violation of British law: see http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20061003.htm#12 Alternatively, you can try to enter UK as a Commonwealth citizen, but I have no k...
Charles, I'm not sure if your situation is covered by directive 2004/38. As I understand from your description your wife works (and lives) in the UK, while you are living in Romania (where your wife originates from). I assume you have a residence permit issued by Romania, but is this on the basis of...
I know from personal experience that Dutch immigration accepts a EU Residence Card as substitute for a visa. In the last twelve months my wife visited Holland (entering at Schiphol airport) three times in this way (one time even travelling alone without me, a Dutch national). You can expect some del...
Visa-free travel will only be possible when people start throwing their weight about and protesting. Playing the sheep doesn't solve the problem. Richard, I couldn't agree more!! For anyone interested in their rights: http://eumovement.wordpress.com/directive-200438ec/ http://eumovement.wordpress.c...
the only advantage of PR is that you don't need to prove that you are a worker or exercising treaty rights in any other way. To keep it simple you can submit an EEA1 application for yourself and EEA2 for your husband simultaneously (i.e. in a single envelop). For now only send copies of your passpor...
The link that flyboy gives below is to a predecessor directive, not to the actual directive 2004/38 which has replaced all these predecessors with effect from 1 May 2006 (more than two years ago already). Directive 2004/38 applies without exception to all EU member states plus Norway, Iceland, Liech...
I collected a few links regarding directive 2004/38 and its implementation in the UK: the actual UK law: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20061003.htm from the Border force operations manual: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/borderforce/categoriesofpassenger/eeana...
A Residence Card should definitely not be stamped on entry in the country that issued the RC ( article 5.3 of directive 2004/38 ) However, immigration officers at UK airports are seldom aware of this rule, even though it is in force for more than two years already! My wife had her RC stamped on many...
