Traveling while EEA2 application pending
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 4:26 pm
Hello all,
I am an American married to a German, living in London. I've been on a Tier 4 visa as a post-graduate student and my husband have been working here, and we are applying for the EEA family residence card as my course has now ended. The problem is that I need to travel in the next few months for work purposes (November and December), and I was wondering what my options were. The advice given by an immigration consultant and the number for the UK Visa office was to obtain a 6 month family permit from abroad, but I have seen cases where people have re-entered the country with a second passport and a certificate of application/additional documents, such as a marriage license, etc. I am trying to gauge whether the advice we were given was the absolute 'safest route' to avoid any unpleasantness at the border, OR if is absolutely NOT possible to re-enter without a temporary permit.
Thanks in advance!
I am an American married to a German, living in London. I've been on a Tier 4 visa as a post-graduate student and my husband have been working here, and we are applying for the EEA family residence card as my course has now ended. The problem is that I need to travel in the next few months for work purposes (November and December), and I was wondering what my options were. The advice given by an immigration consultant and the number for the UK Visa office was to obtain a 6 month family permit from abroad, but I have seen cases where people have re-entered the country with a second passport and a certificate of application/additional documents, such as a marriage license, etc. I am trying to gauge whether the advice we were given was the absolute 'safest route' to avoid any unpleasantness at the border, OR if is absolutely NOT possible to re-enter without a temporary permit.
Thanks in advance!