Urgent Help needed - stranded in Doha!

[megmog]

Hi guys,

I'm really, really really hoping someone might be able to offer some advice here.. i'm writing this post from Doha airport, where my husband and I have been stranded for the past 24 hours. We were transferring flights from Johannesburg to London and they wouldnt let my husband board as his EEA Family Permit had expired (although he is in possession of a 5 year Irish Residence Card and UK Residence permit that was supposedly being processed.)

We just found out that some fool within the UKBA took it upon himself to put his residence permit application for the UK on hold when i called to enquire about going on holiday to South Africa.. I was also advised this was not an issue by this incompetent person, omitting to tell me that this would declare his "on hold" application null and void!! We have been told our only option is to go back to Dublin (which we left a year ago) and re-apply for an EEA Family Permit to allow him to enter the UK again...

The reason I am writing this here is because I was wondering if anyone had experience of applying for an EEA Permit in Dublin at the British Embassy, but without being actively resident if that makes sense? We have been living and working in the UK for the past year whilst waiting for his residence card and now this... I am truly at a loss for words that this could happen.

We are due to arrive in Dublin tomorrow, does anyone know if we stand any chance of getting an emergency appointment at the embassy (as advised by the embassy here in Doha) on Monday?? Or if they will issue/re-issue the EEA Permit even though we left a year ago?

Any advice would be truly appreciated, as you can imagine this is a dire, and lonely experience.

Thanks.

[Ben]

Hi megmog.

Enter the UK from Ireland without a new EEA FP.

With the documents you currently have, your entry is lawful, cannot be refused and you will probably not be checked anyway.

(By you / your I mean the both of you collectively).

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