How does he supports his daughter? If at all he does.

Have you considered getting help from child support agency?

Perhaps that could at least bring about finding him.

HI guys, just want to discuss my experience and hopfully get some answers. I recently tried to apply for Chinese visa for spouse (French)and myself (Nigerian) and we followed the requirements on here below: http://www.visaforchina.org/LON_EN/visainstruction/250040.shtml At the app centre I was told ...

I agree with you Directive 2004/38/EC, although that's in comparison to embassy staffs whom are necessarily not an IO. If you and I know this regulations, perhaps because of our interest and neither of us is an IO, why shouldn't all IO know this? I mean it's elementary. Can you imagine a teacher alw...

As far as I'm concerned most of the border guards lack knowledge when it comes to eea regulations, especially for eea family member. Perhaps showing them this little piece of info(s) will help with re-educating them. Providing border guards with a small leaflet that states eea rc/pr 'do(s) and 'don'...

A remedy might be to give them our passport together with a bold typed message that says- ACCORDING TO DIRECTIVE 2004/38/EC article bla!!! YOU MAY NOT STAMP MY PASSPORT EITHER AT THE POINT OF ENTRY OR EXIT!!! And if they choose to do so without consulting their manager or supervisor then they perhap...

@raf31 You should be able to get married. The problem is the registrar may involve ukba if they think it's a marriage of convinience (obviously isn't) but does the registrar thinks the same of someone with an expired visa? To avoid the risk of ukba ruinning your special day, you have to think of wha...

@ raf31 To be honest I'm just very confused right now and I don't want anything going wrong. He's visa run out sometime in 2008 and that's what really has me worried. All we want to do is just get married. I don't know if you're aware getting married may seem tough for you now but the battle only be...

I'm glad for you and happy you found this forum and you'd not wasted 2grand on a solicitor. I suppose being arrested is part of ukba formalities because you was an over stayer. I went through similar situation but in my case I was arrested, served papers IS96 and asked to report to them weekly even ...

Your spouse's account balance is irrelevant and should not be submitted for an eea app. She'll derive her right from you (EU citizen) as 'EUsmileWEallsmile' said above. You are the one that need to provide proof that you're exercising treaty right.

It's does usually take about a month to get CoA, it Watson my case. And jn addition I was sent someone else's CoA too.

All the best guys

I thought it might be interesting to discuss this matter hardly talked about and perhaps may be vital for future use. Accroding to the 'UK Border Force Operations Manual' An EEA national in prison is not a qualified person on the grounds that he cannot exercise a Treaty right. Therefore any non-EEA ...

Well done Christian, it's a shame nothing substantial results from a well crafted petition as this. How difficult could it be for the law makers to put an end to this mess they created. IOs having an handbook or leaflets (for public use) as you said in the petition will really go a long way to end t...

Hi Christian
Keep up the good work. Any update regarding the petition, also happy to offer my support.

I must say that the link to read the petition and the response is not working, it says 'invalid or deleted file'

Hi guys, My wife had recently complained to Solvit regarding this matter. Surprisingly, it's Solvit UK that replied. This is their response below which I'm absolutely unsatisfied with. Please advice me on how to Take this matter forward. The response of the French Authorities appears to be that, as...

I must say, I had several letters sent to me through my MP from HO and I used one of this letters at the embassy. The embassy don't care what your status is, they just want to make sure you are know to HO in other to protect themselves.

Did you have a problem with the HO confirming your status even though you were "illegal" at the time? I'm not sure I understood your question properly. I've always been known to HO as I was reporting to them weekly and was served paper (SI 96) at this period. The SI 96 was sort of 'my ID'. Although...

I really don't see how applying for council flat will affect settlement app for your family.

The earlier you get on the housing waiting list the better.


Best wishes

I suppose you should be claiming together as a couple in the first place. Your wife has to inform HB about change in family circumstances. They can review her claim and decide whether or not she's still entitled to housing benefit. This may result in continuous payment or cut in benefit paid or paym...

Thanks Directive/2004/38/EC Do you mean they will let me travel alone (on uk rc) without a visa and without joining or accompanying my spouse? This is becoming very confusing please elaborate. Ok, what if i'm traveling on my own, I'll obviously be required to apply for a visa but will I be required ...

Thanks ca.funke

Just to clarify,
Can I travel with my spouse e.g to Vienna without a visa?
Can I also apply for visa to enter Vienna, if travelling with my spouse?
Do I definitely have to apply for visa if traveling e.g to Vienna alone?

Looking forward to your reply, thanks

Thanks for you contribution once again guys. With respect this doesn't provide a solution to this problem. What I want is to ague my case with solvit, saying why I think the French are wrong to require me to have a visa to enter France under eea regulation regardless of whether I had a livret de fam...

Hi guys, My wife had recently complained to Solvit regarding this matter. Surprisingly, it's Solvit UK that replied. This is their response below which I'm absolutely unsatisfied with. Please advice me on how to Take this matter forward. The response of the French Authorities appears to be that, as ...

In-terms of how much balance you require to apply for visa- I was require to have £55/day for trip made to France last Christmas. So I assume it's the same for every other Schengen countries. And note, if you're sponsoring your husband that's like to be £55*2/day. As for how long you need to maintai...

Usually about a week, this may vary depending on how busy TLS contact is. Booking directly with the embassy will take longer and be sure you have every document required or your visa will be a guaranteed refusal. As it was in my case when I didn't provide an original lodging attestation.

Hi guys, just an update. I e-mailed the French embassy last night, suprisingly I got a reply today. This is what they said- Dear Sir, May I first inform you that: - the Directive 2004/38.ce relative to visa exemptions for spouses of EU Nationals does not apply to spouses of French Nationals; - in th...