submit an application for lifting of the exclusion order

[ukukuk888]

My husband is French and I am Thai .We are in Thailand now.I was deported form the UK on June 7th,2007 as an illeagal immigrant even as the family member of an EU national.I was informed by the EU commission that the UK authories may not impose a ban on entry for EU citizens and their family members who have been removed from the territory on grounds other than public policy or public secerity as guaranteed in Article 15(3) of the Directive .As stipulated in Article 32 of the Directive ,persons excluded on grounds of public policy or public security may submit an application for lifting of the exclusion order in any event after three years from enforcement of the final exclusion order. Can anybody teach me how I can submit an application to the Uk Home Office ( or UK embassy?)for lifting of the exclusion order

[PaperPusher]

You need to give a bit more information.

Where is your husband now?
If not in the UK, is he planning to live in the UK?
You say you were deported, deportation usually only happens to people who have been in prison. Were you in prison (not immigration detention)?
If you were not deported, what is the reason you were removed from the UK?

[ukukuk888]

My husband is with me in Thailand. We are planning to live in the Uk together.But I was removed from the UK(sorry.not deportation). The reason I was removed from the UK is that I had an Irish stamp4 Green card with me and Irish visa in my passport and I was illegal in the UK(because we didn't register to the Home Office).I heard that I should lift the exclusion order before I apply for UK family permit.I really don't know which department I should apply to ?Writing a letter or just E-mail to the Home office or British embassy in Thailand?

[Mr Rusty]

I don't think you are the subject of an Exclusion Order. These are normally only issued to keep out terrorists or people with extreme views. It looks like you were just removed as an illegal entrant, presumably because you had no visa for the UK.

But I am amazed that you didn't prevent that simply by applying as a Family Member of an EEA national for a Residence Card. You could not have been refused one just because you were illegally in the UK.

You should now apply to the British Embassy in Bangkok for an EEA Family Permit. This will be valid for 6 months, and once you are in the UK you can then get a Residence Card valid for 5 years. The Family Permit is issued on the basis that you are the wife of an EEA national who wishes to "exercise his Treaty rights" to live and work in the UK. The only grounds on which it can be refused is that they show that you are in a "marriage of convenience", i.e. that you got married simply to get residence in the UK.

Perhaps there's something you haven't told us about the circumstances of your marriage or the removal from the UK. But on the facts you have given it should be fairly easy for you to sort this out. Have a look at this page and work your way through the relevant links:-
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply ... snationals