Some questions about EEA family permit

Hello.
Im new who's just found this website.

I'm a Japanese citizen living in Norway for these 4years.
My husband is a Polish citizen living in the UK nearly 2years, and we got married this July in Japan.
I've submitted the application form through the Visa4uk website,and got an appointment on the 2nd week in October to show up at the UK embassy in Norway.
My questions are;

1.I was supposed to apply for the permit a month earlier,so the issued dates on some documents such as a tenant agreement for my husband's,some bills are between May and July. Are these documents too old to be proven now?

2.I was refused to renew my entry clearance as a student twice in 2003, and could this circumstance be a reason to be refused for the EEA f.permit,too?

3.We got married in Japan,so our marriage certificate is issued by the Japanese authority,having English translation and appostille.But its wriiten as 'applicants for the EEA f.permit is required to obtain the marriage certificate issued by one of the EEA countries' in the application guidance I got at the UK embassy in Norway.Isn't our marriage certificate issued by the Japanese authority good enough??

I'm really afraid if my permit isnt granted,and that I cant live with my husband in the UK...
So,please tell me any of ur suggestions,advices and experiences...

Thank you for reading.

jumpingzombie wrote:Isn't our marriage certificate issued by the Japanese authority good enough??

We had no problem with ours two years ago at the UK embassy in Tokyo. Since it is properly apostilled and translated I do not see a problem here.

Hello, 86ti.

Thank you for telling me ur experience.
I assume that our marrage certificate is a proper official one since its translated into English with apostille as you refered to.

So, Im confised why the UK embassy in Norway requires the applicants for the EEA f.permit to have the marriage certificate issued by one of the EEA countries.

After reading this forum and considering further,I and my husband have made up our mind to get more up to date documents, because it is soon going to be in October.

Reading the cases posted in this forum, I've recognised some applicants were refused because of ambiguous,irrational reasons.So,we have been trying to collect our documents as many as we can, to pass the hairsplitting UK immigration's investigation.

I assume that 2 most important points to prove are 'genuine married couple' and 'sufficient financial circumstances'.I'm quite confident to show our marriage and relationship are genuine, because we can prove we spent the time every month since we met for the first time last December, up to this August. I visited him in the UK, he visited me in Norway, we went to his home country Poland together, went to my country Japan and got married.We get in touch through MSN,skype,gizmo and mobile almost everyday.

What Im worried now is to prove our financial circumstances.
I finished my 4 years barcher degree this March, and my parents have been supporting me financially. But I have got some savings in my Norwegian bank account and Japanese bank account, and the totall amount of 2 bank statements is about £22300.
My husband doesnt exactly have savings, but about £3500 is in his bank account. He's got a job as a self employee, having certain income every month. So, I,a non EEA citizen has more savings than my husband,an EEA citizen living in the UK, but as we are a married couple, our possessions should be assesed as our common wealth by the UK immigration, shouldn't they?.

I am glad if anyone tells me your opinions and experiences.
Thank you for reading.