EEA2 refusal
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:30 pm
Dear all, I would like to have an opinion about my situation.
I'm Italian and my wife has been denied the RC on the basis that there's no proof of self-sufficiency of the EU family member from my personal bank account statement that we attached (we applied stating that I'm exercising treaty rights as a self-sufficient person).
That is very unfair to me, because in the application we attached both statements from my and my wife's accounts and collectively they provided us more than enough funds to carry on for quite a few months.
What UKBA did, though was considering only the total of my personal account.
Now we have two options: 1) to appeal the decision, 2) to apply again.
What I can prove, if their issue is to find out if I am self-sufficient or not, is that before the application date I transferred some money from my Italian bank account into my wife's Italian bank account and, subsequently, she transferred money from her Italian bank into her English bank. So the source of those funds that they didn't consider came from my side (as proof of self-sufficiency).
I don't understand their way to look at things: I and my wife treat our respective bank accounts as a share property. It shouldn't make any difference which bank account has enough funds as long as collectively they provide us the necessary resources not to be a burden on the social assistance system.
Do you think that's a sound enough reason to proceed with an appeal or better to apply again from scratch simply moving some more funds into my English bank account?
Thank you so much!
I'm Italian and my wife has been denied the RC on the basis that there's no proof of self-sufficiency of the EU family member from my personal bank account statement that we attached (we applied stating that I'm exercising treaty rights as a self-sufficient person).
That is very unfair to me, because in the application we attached both statements from my and my wife's accounts and collectively they provided us more than enough funds to carry on for quite a few months.
What UKBA did, though was considering only the total of my personal account.
Now we have two options: 1) to appeal the decision, 2) to apply again.
What I can prove, if their issue is to find out if I am self-sufficient or not, is that before the application date I transferred some money from my Italian bank account into my wife's Italian bank account and, subsequently, she transferred money from her Italian bank into her English bank. So the source of those funds that they didn't consider came from my side (as proof of self-sufficiency).
I don't understand their way to look at things: I and my wife treat our respective bank accounts as a share property. It shouldn't make any difference which bank account has enough funds as long as collectively they provide us the necessary resources not to be a burden on the social assistance system.
Do you think that's a sound enough reason to proceed with an appeal or better to apply again from scratch simply moving some more funds into my English bank account?
Thank you so much!