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anbec · Post by **anbec** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:03 am

Hi everybody,

can somebody help?

We applied for family member of an EEA national from my country on 23rd June. My husband has a residency there. I work and live in London.
We've been told that he will receive up to 10days text message that his passport is back at British embassy and ready for collection.

What I understood they are sending now every single application for UK visa to Warsaw in Poland.

Now is more than 10days and still nobody came back to us. We are nervous because we've been refused visa already once before. But that time he had to go through the immigration rules.

Now when he has a residency card from EEA state he should fall under the European law just.

Does somebody have the experience like us? Is it normal to wait longer than they stated?

Thanks

anbec · Post by **anbec** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:50 am

Can anybody tell me how big chances do we have when we'd been refused a family permit visa because of their statement it is a marraige of convenience.
And now when my husband has a residency card for an EEA country and we applied again?
Did anybody go through the same? Do we have a big chance we will get the family permit visa?
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86ti · Post by **86ti** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:32 am

It is difficult to understand your case. From what I understand is that you are obviously Polish and at the moment live in the UK. Your husband has a residence permit from Poland but where does he live right now?

You mentioned that he was refused a visa earlier? Why?

Why do you think they would consider your marriage not genuine? Because you do not live together?

anbec · Post by **anbec** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:50 am

I am not Polish first of all and it is not important. I just said that all applications now are going to Warsaw to Poland, that they make the decison there.
My husband lives with my parents.
He'd got refused a family permit of an eea member because they said that t is a marriage of convenience.
So my mum and me get for him a 5years residency card in my country which is EEA.
Some people are saying event like that we will have to proof we are genuine couple.

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:25 pm

anbec wrote:I am not Polish first of all and it is not important. I just said that all applications now are going to Warsaw to Poland, that they make the decison there.
My husband lives with my parents.
He'd got refused a family permit of an eea member because they said that t is a marriage of convenience.
So my mum and me get for him a 5years residency card in my country which is EEA.
Some people are saying event like that we will have to proof we are genuine couple.

I think the residence card of this EEA country only proofs that they were satisfied that you and your husband fulfill the country's requirement to get that card. The UK obviously has their own definition of a genuine marriage and your problem appears to be that you are not living together.

I am not sure what you mean when you say all applications are sent to Warsaw. From where? Certainly not from all possible countries of this planet.

anbec · Post by **anbec** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:40 pm

No the residency card just made that we do not have go through immigration rules, now we should just fall under European law. That means we don't need provide any pictures and documents how long we are together.
And yes, now is every application going to Warsaw.

From 9 April, all United Kingdom applications will be processed by the British Embassy in Warsaw under our new "Hub and Spoke" arrangement.

And how can we live together now when I work in London and can't entry without visa. And I can't interrupt my work and go and live with him now because of the visa. I have to be working here.

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:10 pm

anbec wrote: And yes, now is every application going to Warsaw.

From 9 April, all United Kingdom applications will be processed by the British Embassy in Warsaw under our new "Hub and Spoke" arrangement.

Ok, now I see. The British Embassy in Warsaw serves as a regional visa center. I suppose region means here Poland and its neightbour countries.

anbec · Post by **anbec** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:14 pm

Nowhere is written regional, there is: all United Kingdom applications will be processed by the British Embassy in Warsaw.

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:45 pm

anbec wrote:Nowhere is written regional, there is: all United Kingdom applications will be processed by the British Embassy in Warsaw.

Depended on were you apply from applications will be send to regional (yes they are!) visa centres or directly processed at the country's embassy typically (always?) through visa application centres. It would be logistical nonsense to have documents+passports send all over the world to one place.

anbec · Post by **anbec** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:47 pm

Ok fine, that' really nice. But I wasn't concerned about other applications.

Doesn't matter. You probably don't know nothing about case like that, do you?
So just leave it. I want it advice from somebody who went through the exact or really similar case. Seems to me - you didn't

Cheers

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