EEA refused and hoping to appeal with any chance need advice

[spapa1982]

Hi, I have recently applied for EEA through a lawyer. I have been in UK for 17 years,but I have missed the 14 years rule for ILR when I was going to apply, so I was planning to go back to my country, but around that time i found out I was pregnant with a British citizen. Thererfore, I consult lawyer to see if it was possible to get have the child born in UK. Then my lawyer said yes and I can also get my citizenship because of this. Therefore, I go ahead for the application while my ex- partner was very supportive. I then gave birth to a child, and the father of the child is a British who is holding british passport. I am not married to the child's father because we separated during my pregnancy time but he was still going to take the responsibility of being child's father anyhow, and I am taking care of the baby alone after I gave birth to my child. However, the father of the child registered my baby with me for her birth certificate. We sent the application in and it was refused recently because of two major thing,
1, we did NOT provide father's original passport (my lawyer said the copied one is good enough). and that could not state that my child is a british citizen because home office do not accept COPIES.
2, I cannot proof that I have been always taking care of the baby, and have been lived with her and has sufficient funds to proof that I have the ability to take care of the baby.

These are the two major reason for the refusal.

Therefore, I am going to appeal for this. I would like to ask how much possibility can the appeal be successful providing I can give them the original passport of the father, and some proof of saying that I have been always taking care of the baby since she was born.
my lawyer is going to make the appeal application for me now, but I am still very worried. i don't want to be separated from my child. I hope someone can give me some advices.

[CR001]

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