RC through EEA2 application after marrying abroad

Hi everyone! After reading posts here I truly hope someone can help me out and give me some advice on putting together EEA2 application. So..here's my case...
My husband (Latvian) and I married in Serbia, after dating nearly two years.We litteraly flew there and two days later we were married We chose to marry over there so our families could both be present.
On this forum Ive read that this could be an issue due to 15 day residence requirement in a country prior to marriage and it can lead to application refusal. Could this really affect my RC application form??
My husband is exercising his threaty rights in the UK, and has never claimed any benefits nor public funds. We are both in the UK, and as one of the members said here, we did not get questioned at all when we got back from Serbia. This might be due to having valid student visa which expires in beginning 2014.

When I apply for a RC, will my student visa be cancelled?
Does the 6 month rule start from the day UKBA recives my application or from the day of issuing COA?
Ive been in the UK for nearly 6 years now, on au pair visa and now student, could I apply for PR?

Cheers

How long has your eea partner living in uk? What mode of eea treaty rights he has been excercising presently?
6 months or some times even more months start when they receive application. you cannot apply pr now because you spent your 6 years on uk rules and you will need further 5 years to get pr if your eea partner continue to excercise treaty rights and not away from uk 6+ months in each year.

My husband has been living here almost 7 years. He is employed by same company for since he came here.

in this scenario your eea partner must have got pr already. you can very easily apply your application and you even not need to bother too much for your student visa as possession of visa is not important under eea rule.

Well you cannot apply for PR until after 5 years after you got married or apply for ILR 4 years from now under national rules. Subject to you passing Life in the UK test.

The 15days rules was on another thread in regards to a state in Nigeria. I am unsure what rules applies to your country.

he has never applied for an PR. Must he have RC himself in order for me to have RC granted by HO? We have all of his payslips since he came to England, and his employer is willing to write a cover letter if necessary. So, if he does not have RC or PR, must he apply for it or I can apply without him having PR or RC?

Yes you can apply without it. There is no requirement that he has to have it.

I hope you have evidence of an established relationship.

Obie wrote: I hope you have evidence of an established relationship.

we are married, what evidence apart from our marriage cert. and proff of address could we possibly send?? we have copied our utillity bills and payslips, which we intend to send along with originals. That is all that is required in the application form. Do you think we should send something more? im not sure what else could we send, pictures perhaps??

Sounds like a reasonably simple case; EU national working in the UK wants spouse to have a residence card. The procedure specified in directive 2004/38/EC applies.

It does sound like a reasonable case, save for the fact that they only recently got married and the person is now applying for Residence Card.

I am an open minded person, and sometimes i wish UKBA were.

However, if they are unable to show historical background of their relationship prior to marriage, UKBA may conclude that the married purely to secure Residency, which is why i advised that document of the historic nature of the relationship be provided.

I must say there is no obligation for you to do so under Community law or UK law.

Obie wrote:It does sound like a reasonable case, save for the fact that they only recently got married and the person is now applying for Residence Card.

I am an open minded person, and sometimes i wish UKBA were.

However, if they are unable to show historical background of their relationship prior to marriage, UKBA may conclude that the married purely to secure Residency, which is why i advised that document of the historic nature of the relationship be provided.

I must say there is no obligation for you to do so under Community law or UK law.

As I said in my post, my husband and I have been together for a while. Even if people marry after dating 2 months, UKBA should not be the one to decide how long people should be together prior to marriage!! My husband proposed to me after dating 5 months. So what??? Is that wrong?? And what document of the historic nature of the relationship should we provide?
We had our wedding planned for autumn 2011 but had to cancel it as I lost my brother during summer 2011. I am not one of those people who came here to abuse the system. I have made my life here from a scratch...learnt the language (5yrs ago i couldnt say a word in English!!), gained degree and met my soulmate. I do appologise if I sound harsh but it just hurts when you and anyone thinks that foreigners come here to abuse the system. What about EU nationals who took jobs around UK and hardly can introduce themselves in English? Are they abusing the system too, or the system is just not right?

Obie wrote:It does sound like a reasonable case, save for the fact that they only recently got married and the person is now applying for Residence Card.

Applying shortly after marriage cannot be a reason to be treated with suspicion! For many people (including OP) the date of marriage is when they acquire their rights under the EEA Regulations, and it is not more than logical, of course, to apply for confirmation of those rights as soon as possible thereafter!

It really sounds like a very straightforward case to me; pretty much the sort of cases the authors of the EU directive had in mind, probably. My situation was very similar, and we didn't encounter any noteworthy problems, but that was about eight years ago.

tweety0211 wrote:What about EU nationals who took jobs around UK and hardly can introduce themselves in English? Are they abusing the system too, or the system is just not right?

No they are not abusing the system. Don't feel hard done by. Make your application and get on with your life!

Your case sounds really simple and you should not encounter problems. If you do, deal with them if and when they arise.

@tweety0211; looks like everything went smoothly for you given your other posts.

If you have time, it would be good if you could update your story here.

yes EUsmileWEallSmile, it went so quickly and easy that its unbelievable. We did not expect to get it that soon, but we are happy we did Thank you for your advice and guidance.

EEA2 application sent: 11th February 2013
EEA2 Received by HO: 12th Febryary 2013
COA received: 23rd February 2013 (dated 20th February) with right to work
Passports requested: 26/2/13 and 5/3/13
RC received: 8/3/13 dated 26/2/13

Good for you, glad it went so smoothly.