For Ireland , this is not an issue , you could travel together and or be joining the spouse, it is not a problem.

I think it is always good to be cautious..................... one can quote all the relevant law with regard to freedom of movement but if the airline officials or the immigration people say you need a visa then what are you to do? I don't like what one poster has termed what we are discussing as '...

pageup wrote:Do you think I can ask home office to give me atleast expried photocopy of my passport. I am trying hard to register my marriage under English law...... please please advise me.. Very worried.

You have been advised to do so, why haven't you done that yet?

Jambo, in the case people who got residence card via Surrinder, when would they be eligible to apply for naturalization? Would it be after 3 years of living in the UK? even though they have not completed 5 years of residence or it will be after achieving PR as they must be exempted from immigration ...

vinny wrote:

The loophole was the Ppron Method. The UKBA closed it by amending their instructions.

Very educative vinny. thanks

Thanks Jambo.

If your spouse residency have been issued under the immigration rules, it would have been a settlement visa valid for 2 years on expiry of the 2 years she will qualify for ILR, after a year on that she can be naturalised as a British. Your wife is in the UK under EEA rules, 5 years residence card, 1...

Once you have obtained residence via the EEA route you cannot switch to immigration rules again. That is to mean your spouse cannot use the 3 years route to naturalisation on the basis of marriage to a British national.

You can apply for naturalisation after a year of achieving PR, not sooner.

Well I am not sure about the family member, as you should know EU citizens are already living in the EEA so the test is waived in the contest. But if family member had been resident in the EU or the UK prior to obtaining rights as family member, they should qualify too. In the case of my cousin he w...

Copy will be fine, I know of someone who did it that way. UKBA will ask you to produce the copy of EEA national's passport endorsed buy EEA national's country's embassy. They will not accept a copy certified by Solicitor or anyone else. Hi Frei, With all the respect I had the experience in British ...

They can get Student loan but can not get grants. They get monies towards the payment of their tuition fee but they usually do not get grants and thats includes the EU citizen not just the family member

Apply for your course, this things doesn't even get asked and if it does you can never be classified otherwise than as home student. Couple of my cousins on residence cards in the UK are going to UNI and paying the relevant home fee.

I haven't gone through the link, but I do know someone with a Residence card as a family member of an EU citizen do qualify to pay the home fee. that is 100% certain

Date one wishes to travel should be after 3 weeks, most EEA-FP decisions are made in that time frame, so any proposed date should be set after 3 weeks. Date you wish to leave UK is not really of importance unless you actually will be leaving at a specific date you had in mind. So you could fill any ...

Watandar wrote: I assume I can do this at the Dutch consulate in Edingburgh? Or does that have to be done in Afghanistan?

Dutch embassy in Edinburgh will be absolutely fine.

Finland is charging 95 euros for a residence card. The same fee is charged in case the holder of the card reapplies for a card e.g. due to the loss of the card or changes in the information contained in the card. The fee is based on the Decree of the Ministry of the Interior (The Decree of the Finn...

I see this sentence very clearly in what you posted: The issuance of residence permits to non-EEA family members of EEA nationals is free of charge. However, there seems to be a charge of 340 euros for illegal immigrants who subsequently claim EU rights. That's a very different issue, although I st...

Very remarkable thing to do, certification from a lawyer should be acceptable, my friend used a lawyer here in German, although his country embassy is here but far from where he lives.

Worldbridge accepted it without problem.

In France it cost about three hundred plus euros for a residence card application Are you sure? This indicates it's free (or 25€ if lost). There was a user on this forum, who paid claimed they pay more than 300 euros for their French residence card and below again is confirmed by the French immigra...

If you go back to the beginning of this thread and read my post there, you will see that it depends on the charge for similar documents for nationals of the member state. It is a bit vague, but in France and Germany there are apparently such documents, in the UK I am not aware of any, and that woul...

they cant charge fees for eea application under regulation 2006, it will be against the law, it will be still 6 months plus waiting time It is not against the law actually, there is a basis for it in the law. In France it cost about three hundred plus euros for a residence card application. In Germ...

What is all this silly noise! Will you be travelling together? What is your citizenship? Those are the key questions! If you are an EU citizen and will be travelling with your husband, then no visa is needed and you should just go on your way. But you need to carry your marriage certificate. Apolog...

Because Europe is not a federation of state, it is an economic and political association of European countries. All of the member states are sovereign.

Receiving public funds does not affect applications under the EEA regulations.

There residence card was on the basis of being a member of your household? are they still a member of your household? That is what should matter.

rebel82 wrote:UKBA will ask you to produce the copy of EEA national's passport endorsed buy EEA national's country's embassy.
They will not accept a copy certified by Solicitor or anyone else.

Certified copy by a lawyer will be accepted, I know of someone did it just that way.