EEA family permit visa renewal

[agitava]

Hi

I'm Lithuanian, married to a South African. We are going on holiday to Lithuania on 12 January 2008 and coming back on 22 January 2008. But the problem we have is, my husband's family permit visa will expire on 13 January 2008. Should he renew his permit before we will go on holiday, and if so, how should we do it, and how long will it take? He was told by te British embassy in South Africa that he can just go to any Home Affairs in England to renew it. Is that true?

Thank You

[John]

Should he renew his permit before we will go on holiday

Do you appreciate that getting the Residence Card can take up to 6 months! So clearly that is not going to happen in the next couple of weeks. Why have you left this so late?

I have justed checked, South Africans are not visa nationals, that is, they do not need a visa to enter the UK. The importance of that is that the check-in person at the airport in Lithuania will not refuse to check him in when you two are at the airport about to fly back to the UK.

OK, what to do. Make an application on form EEA2 now ..... get it in the post today if possible .... but do not enclose the actual passports, but merely photocopies of the name/pic pages and any relevant visa or sticker. Enclose a letter saying that the passports are needed for travel in the near future. You can download the form EEA2 by clicking here.

Before you post the application, but after that page is completed, take a photocopy of page 5 of 15 ..... the first "real" page of the form. Take that photocopy with you when you travel to Lithuania.

After submitting the EEA2 form, your husband should get back an acknowledgment letter, which will confirm his continuing ability to work while they deal with the application. If that letter arrives in time, take a photocopy of that as well when you travel to Lithuania.

Expect a bit of hassle on arrival back in the UK. Do produce the photocopies mentioned above. But there is no reason for him not to be let in. This is because of the way the EU regulations, that came into force on 30.04.06, are worded. That is, the Residence Card, when issued, is merely confirmatory, it does not actually give more rights. In other words, the EU rights are possessed by him even without the Residence Card being issued.

Have a good holiday ..... but now ... get form-filling!

A further thought .... you! Are you still registered on the WRS ..... or have you got a Residence Permit? If still on WRS, forget the EEA2 mentioned above and instead your husband should complete a form FMRS.

[agitava]

Thank you John for you help. I am still registered with WRS. We will do everything today.

[agitava]

and other thing, we got married in SA this year in April. and visa was issued for three months. Now i am confused should we apply filling that FMRS form or there are any other ways to renew his spouse visa? or is it the same thing?

Should he renew his permit before we will go on holiday

Do you appreciate that getting the Residence Card can take up to 6 months! So clearly that is not going to happen in the next couple of weeks. Why have you left this so late?

I have justed checked, South Africans are not visa nationals, that is, they do not need a visa to enter the UK. The importance of that is that the check-in person at the airport in Lithuania will not refuse to check him in when you two are at the airport about to fly back to the UK.

OK, what to do. Make an application on form EEA2 now ..... get it in the post today if possible .... but do not enclose the actual passports, but merely photocopies of the name/pic pages and any relevant visa or sticker. Enclose a letter saying that the passports are needed for travel in the near future. You can download the form EEA2 by clicking here.

Before you post the application, but after that page is completed, take a photocopy of page 5 of 15 ..... the first "real" page of the form. Take that photocopy with you when you travel to Lithuania.

After submitting the EEA2 form, your husband should get back an acknowledgment letter, which will confirm his continuing ability to work while they deal with the application. If that letter arrives in time, take a photocopy of that as well when you travel to Lithuania.

Expect a bit of hassle on arrival back in the UK. Do produce the photocopies mentioned above. But there is no reason for him not to be let in. This is because of the way the EU regulations, that came into force on 30.04.06, are worded. That is, the Residence Card, when issued, is merely confirmatory, it does not actually give more rights. In other words, the EU rights are possessed by him even without the Residence Card being issued.

Have a good holiday ..... but now ... get form-filling!

A further thought .... you! Are you still registered on the WRS ..... or have you got a Residence Permit? If still on WRS, forget the EEA2 mentioned above and instead your husband should complete a form FMRS.

[John]

we got married in SA this year in April. and visa was issued for three months.

Now I am confused! What sort of 3-month visa was that? And given that you mention a " family permit visa", that was issued for 6 months, and was issued where? In SA?

[agitava]

Yes that family permit visa was issued in British embassy in SA for 6 months and it will expire 13th Janury 2008. I wonder should we renew that visa or should we apply with that form?

we got married in SA this year in April. and visa was issued for three months.

Now I am confused! What sort of 3-month visa was that? And given that you mention a " family permit visa", that was issued for 6 months, and was issued where? In SA?

[John]

After the 6-month EEA Family Permit, the thing to go for next is the Residence Card, using form FMRS. That will be issued for 5 years.

[agitava]

thank you a lot!

After the 6-month EEA Family Permit, the thing to go for next is the Residence Card, using form FMRS. That will be issued for 5 years.