THANKS FOR REPLY
YES RESIDENT CARD IT WAS FOR 5 YEARS AND DUE TO EXPIRE
DATES JUNE 23 2010 MARRIED
SEPTEMBER 2012 WIFE GONE HOME TO SLOVAKIA TO GIVE BIRTH
MARCH 2012 BABY BORN BUT IN CERTIFICATE WIFE DIDNT OUT ME AS FATHER (HIDE FROM ME )
APRIL 2013 SHE STARTED DIVORCE FROM SLOVAKIA I GOT FIRST LATTER FROM TRIBUNAL SO ITS 2YEARS 10 MOUTH
AS I HAD LAWER HE SAD ITS GOING TO COST MONEY TO RESPOND TO DIVORCE AND I WAS JUST OGNORING AND DRAGING TIME UNTILL AUTOMATICALLY DIVORCED
AS I WAS STUDY AND DIDNT HAVE MONEY
I VISITED BABY TWICE WITHOUT KNOWING I WASNT ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE
ON SECOND JOURNEY WAS STOPED IN COSTOMES AND QUESTIOND
ANY HOPE TO GET
noajthan wrote:pilot14 wrote:Immigration status
EEA RESIDENTS CARD EXPIRE IN TWO MONTH VISA WAS VALID FOR 5years
WIFE WAS EXERCISING TREATY RIGHTS TILL GOT PREGNANT AFTER HAD A MATERNITY CERTIFICATE
AFTER WE DECIDED WIFE. GIVE BIRTH IN SLOVAKIA
SO BABY BORN BUT WIFE DIDNT PUT ME ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE
BEEN MARRIED FOR 2year 10 mouth
During divorce wife was in Slovakia and still in there since baby born
I was visiting on day of getting off hospital and on one year birthday
THEY BOTH IN SLOVAKIA AND I DONNT SEE BABY SINCE 2 years as I am not legal to travel
During all 5 years I have been working and VIZA due to expire
I see n two different lawyers both say 50/50
WHAT TO DO
I AM COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH ONE MODULE MISSING AND CANT FINISH UNLESS GET FURTHER VIZA
GOING HOME NOT OPTION COS 100 -% will refuse in embassy
Note a RC is not a 'visa'.
As dependent of EEA national who has divorced you need to apply for a
retained right of residence to remain in UK.
Unclear from your case & dates whether you quaify.
See
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/retain ... -residence
Additional requirements if you or your family member divorced the EEA national or ended a civil partnership with them
You can only apply if you were in the UK as the EEA national’s family member on the date the divorce was finalised or civil partnership was ended and one of the following applies:
- the marriage or civil partnership lasted at least 3 years before legal proceedings began and the couple lived in the UK for at least 1 year before the divorce, annulment or dissolution was finalised