What should be the covering letter?

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:04 pm

As we are planning to travel in June may be on 11th of June. So now i am planning to apply for Family Permit for me and my 1 year child.

I am planning to give my EEA national passport
My passport
Our marriage certificate with translation
Our child's passport
Child's birth certificate.
(I am not showing any other documents as my supporting documents such as bank statements and proof of accomodation as they are not required according to law)

and i have mentioned in the application that we are going there for 2months.
and mentioned her to be self sufficient depending on me in the application, and my self as a full time employed person in saudi arabia ministry of health but not written that we are going on just visit. As i will have 48 days paid leave from june 5/6th.
Basically i am from pakistan and my wife is french.We are living together. We both will be travelling for the first time, she has never been to uk before.

So i want to ask what should be my covering letter. As it would be my main letter to show at ukba vfs.

Hope to see the answers from seniors (like directive, john and sushdmehta) and even the juniors.

Millions of thanx.

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:09 pm

Your wife is French.
Who requires the EEA Family Permit? You? The child also?

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:53 pm

wife is french
me and our child require Family permit

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:08 pm

I would have a very simple cover letter.

Say that your spouse is an EU citizen. That you are will be all travelling together. And that this is an application under EU law, and that you understand that it will be processed as soon as possible and on a priority basis

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:37 pm

is there any clause which i can mention in my covering letter for not providing bank statement or accomodation proof? mean that they arent required

thank you very much directive you have been a great help to all members of this forum

so nice of u

Post by **Jambo** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:46 pm

The regulations state what is needed. They don't list what is not needed (the list can be very long

).
Just apply with the list of documents you provided.

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:53 pm

I am mixed about this. They should never be asking either of the two applicants for bank account or accommodation information. That ONLY applies to a few applicants. Lets not encourage them by making it seem like you are a special case!

You can simply say "We intend to stay in the UK for less than 3 months. I am a direct family member (spouse and child) of the EU citizen, and will be traveling with our EU family member. As such information about assets or accommodation are not relevant, and so have not been answered"

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:15 pm

thank you jambo and directive thanx a lot

i think my eu wife can write this in covering letter as we will be staying there for 2months as the questions regarding finances and accomodation are not relevant so the information regarding them is not provided

did you think this is better or the same letter only suffice saying we want to go there and going under eea law and our application would be treated on priorty basis?

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:19 pm

dradilmahmood wrote:did you think this is better or the same letter only suffice saying we want to go there and going under eea law and our application would be treated on priorty basis?

Doesnt really matter. Just keep it really simple. The problems come when you include too much information.

Your situation is so simple you can simply not include a cover letter.

Your wife should though write a very short (one sentence) letter saying that she will be traveling with her husband (named) and her child (named) for a short visit to the UK.

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:42 pm

so kn conclusion my wife will write simple letter that she is travelling to uk on 11th june 2012 for 2 months and she want her husband and son to travel with her. According to the European Regulation 2006 section 12 and 13 she is providing these documents

1
2
3

i have listed in the main post

and she wants that her application should be processed on priorty basis accordin to eu law

thank you very much guyz i have written like this now my wife will sign on it

thank you very much once again

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:44 pm

Beautifully done!

Just curious: is the child not also a French citizen?

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:27 pm

directive

it is another long story
i will try to short it

we got married in pakistan and our child was born in pakistan.

We then tried to pursue french embassy regarding his passport and nationality and they said you first need to declare your marriage. So we did and provided all the documents with translation possibly dozen of documents with all the translations.

when we submitted all the documents the official asked she need certificate of nationality of my wife that we dont have (as she is in pakistan since her childhood and we are fearing they will not issue the certificate of nationality) and our dossier is in french embassy now pending for marriage to declare and also our son's nationality.

In the meantime i came to know we can apply for family permit with pakistan's marriage certificate. So we are pursuing for it. Plus i want to be trained in UK system regarding my medical career. So i thought we should first go to UK and from there i can apply for france visit visa and get marry there in local marie and get our marriage declared and get nationality for my child also.

really difficult for me

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:40 pm

Understood. These things are complicated.

But note that since you are already married in Pakistan, then you will not be getting married AGAIN, you will just be registering your marriage with the french authorities.

Have a lovely journey to the UK. Be aware that it is very cold and grey for the next few months, and the days are very short. But soon wonderful spring will arrive and it will be far far better!

dradilmahmood · Post by **dradilmahmood** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:03 am

thank you very much for such lovely wishes hope you will get great news regarding my family permit issuance in few days

and regarding travel we are planning in june so no cold days this year or wonderful spring but yeah summer and long days could be the possibility

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What should be the covering letter?

What should be the covering letter?