Extending EEA FP

[ad1]

Hello there,

my wife needs to extend her visa. She's living in UK at the moment based on EEA FP visa for 6 months. She's Ukrainian and I'm Polish...

I was trying to find right form and contact Home Office without any luck.

Is it possible to book appointment or we have to send documents out to Home Office? And if so, which form is the right one?

Help me out with this please.
Thanks in advance,
Adam.

[vinny]

See also Applying under European law and Chapter 7 - Accession State Nationals.

[Rozen]

She cannot extend her six month EEA FP within the UK! She may now apply for a Residence Card, using the EEA2 form and send it by post. It (EEA2) cannot be applied for in person.

Don't panic if the EEA FP expires before she sends off the application for a Residence Card. It (EEA FP) is just an Entry Clearance visa, with which to enter into the UK after all!

The Residence Card just confirms her right, which she already has, to be here. She does not have to apply for it, but it does make travelling back into the UK, geting visas for other countries, or proving the right to work, a whole lot easier!

The application for a Residence Card is free! Just as the EEA FP was!

Good Luck!

[John]

ad1, how long have you been in the UK? Or rather, are you still registered on the WRS? Or have you now got a Residence Permit?

If you are still registered on the WRS, the form your wife needs to use is not the EEA2. Instead she should use the form FMRS.

[ad1]

ad1, how long have you been in the UK? Or rather, are you still registered on the WRS? Or have you now got a Residence Permit?

If you are still registered on the WRS, the form your wife needs to use is not the EEA2. Instead she should use the form FMRS.

John,

I've been living in the UK for over 4 years and I'm registered on the WRS. I'm about to apply for Residence Permit.

My wifes visa expires by the end of May and all information I've found so far are a bit confusing to be quite honest.

Times running and I want to make sure we do the right thing.

[John]

Hi, if you have been here 4 years, why are you only now apply for Residence Permit?

My wifes visa expires by the end of May

A couple of points. Firstly your wife does not have a visa, she has a permit, issued under EU regulations. Secondly, the difference is significant if only because under the terms of the EU regulations that came into force on 30.04.06, your wife has her rights irrespective of any permit issued to her. Or put it another way, any permit that is issued is merely confirmatory of the rights already possessed.

However for a non-EEA Citizen such as your wife it is actually quite useful to apply for a Residence Card, otherwise she will find it difficult for example proving that she has the right to work in the UK. But even without the Residence Card she has her EU rights and cannot be deported.

OK, what I suggest you do is that when you submit your application, which will result in a Residence Permit, you also enclose your wife's application on form EEA2. Then if the section that deals with these applications doesn't think that is the correct form, will they can say so, and the FMRS form can be submitted.