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Hello everyone,

So after weeks of preparation I applied for an EEA family permit last week. I am an Argentine citizen married to an Estonian citizen and I submitted my application in Tallinn.

At the moment of submitting my documents, the girl who checked them at the visa centre looked at my husband's ID card (he's the EEA national) and asked me whether I had brought a photocopy of it. I said no, and explained that on the official website of the UK government it is clearly stated that you can submit the EEA national's original passport or ID card. She said I should take a photocopy anyway, and I asked if it needed to be certified. She said no, and assured me a simple black-and-white photocopy would suffice. I trusted her word at the moment but as the days go by I've started to feel more and more paranoid about this. Is there anyone out there who has been through the same situation and succeeded?

Also, I submitted the certified translation of our marriage certificate, but not the original one. It didn't make sense in my head to send the original one that is in Estonian and somehow I thought a certified English translation would be sufficient, until I read in this forum that the original one also must be provided. Anyone out there who has submitted a marriage certificate copy and succeeded, maybe? Just trying to get some feeling of hope....

How doomed do you think I am?

Thank you in advance.

Copy of sponsor's id doc and of your mc should be acceptable.

For applicant:

A current and valid travel document or passport
We will not issue a visa if you do not have a valid passport or travel document to put the visa in

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... permit.pdf

Worst case you can always reapply.
Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 attempts to get this FP.

Hi Noajthan,

Thank you for your response. I was puzzled when the girl at the visa centre refused to take my husband's original ID card, and even though she told me a simple copy would be okay, I started feeling paranoid when I read cases of people's applications getting rejected because the copy wasn't certified. Same with the marriage certificate. I feel it was stupid of me not to submit the original one and sending only the translation, but, oh well.. We'll find out how this goes in a few weeks. Thank you!

I'm going to apply soon and I was also interested in the same questions. Although I have copied my husband's passport page and he got it verified at a UK post office.
I am also hesitant to send them our original marriage certificate and was looking for information on this.
Thanks for posting.
Please keep us undated on the timing when you get your approval) Good luck

Hello everyone,

Today I received excellent news: my EEA family permit has been issued! I applied on the 9th of September in Tallinn, Estonia. It took 11 working days to process, and yesterday I got an e-mail from DHL saying my documents were about to be sent back to me, from London Heathrow to Tallinn. Fortunately I only had to wait for a day and today the courier delivered my package at my door!! couldn't be happier. I didn't get any e-mail from TLScontact saying whether my application had been approved or not, I had to wait until I opened the envelope to find out.

About my application: I thought it would be a refusal and the approval came as a total surprise. I didn't provide an original marriage certificate (but I did provide the certified and apostilled translation of it) and my husband's ID card (he's the EEA national) wasn't certified either because I brought the original one to the appointment and the girl who took my papers refused to take it, she told me to go make a photocopy of it instead, and although I tried to argue about what the official website said, there was no case. So I was really worried that they might reject my application because of this, but no. They approved it!!

Here is the list of papers I provided:

- Certified marriage certificate translated into English.
- My original passport
- Black and white photocopy of my husband's ID card.
- Bank statement from my husband's account as a proof of having enough funds to support ourselves once in the UK
- Pictures of our relationship spanning three years, including wedding photos.
- Screenshots of a few e-mails and Facebook/WhatsApp conversation between us, from different years.
- Cover letter written by him stating he will be travelling to the UK with me.

Hope this is useful for applicants in the future!

Hello!

Just an update on my situation: Finally after 11 working days and despite having submitted only the certified translation of marriage certificate (not the original one) and a plain, black-and-white photocopy of my husband's ID card, my EEA family permit has been issued! Hope this is useful for future applicants.

danimed wrote:Hello!

Just an update on my situation: Finally after 11 working days and despite having submitted only the certified translation of marriage certificate (not the original one) and a plain, black-and-white photocopy of my husband's ID card, my EEA family permit has been issued! Hope this is useful for future applicants.

is it ok if i ask what documents and evidence you provided for a successful application?

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Aboldizsar wrote:is it ok if i ask what documents and evidence you provided for a successful application?

As detailed above.