Please Advice!

[adimj]

Hello,

I hope you could advice me please. as this forum is highly recommended.

I am an eea national who lives and works in the UK. I am married to a ghananian who lives in ghana. my husband and I are visiting France on holiday. can my husband travel with me to the UK after our visit without applying for a family permit since I am travelling with him and then apply for residence permit in UK. we intend to travel by train ( my husband currently holds a schengen visit visa). if this is possible, what documents do we need to travel with.

thanks you for your advice in advance

[rachellynn1972]

You can travel with eu but you wont qualify eea to enter uk with your spouse because you are not a worker in another eea country

[xris]

You can travel with eu but you wont qualify eea to enter uk with your spouse because you are not a worker in another eea country

I thot she could

[adimj]

You can travel with eu but you wont qualify eea to enter uk with your spouse because you are not a worker in another eea country

Thank you for your response.
I am not a British though, so basically because I work in UK, my husband doesn't qualify for free movements to UK. That means he has to apply for a family permit to travel to UK, am I right please?.

If that is a yes, can we make the application in France. we have only a week there.

[Jambo]

Under EEA regulations a Family Permit is not mandatory.

The main reason visa nationals need a EEA FP is to be able to board a flight to the UK as the airline staff will not allow boarding without a visa. This is not your case as on the Eurostar, the immigration checks are done in France by UKBA staff before you board the train.

You will need to provide at the border similar evidence you need for the EEA Family permit: passports, evidence of relationship (marriage certificate. If not in English, then a certified translation), evidence of you exercising treaty rights in the UK (payslips).

Show up early for your train as it might take extra time to get checked. You husband should get a stamp called "code 1A" which allows entry and employment.

See also Q1 in EEA FAQs - Common Questions - Read before posting - EEA Family Permit and no visa but still want to travel.

[adimj]

Under EEA regulations a Family Permit is not mandatory.

The main reason visa nationals need a EEA FP is to be able to board a flight to the UK as the airline staff will not allow boarding without a visa. This is not your case as on the Eurostar, the immigration checks are done in France by UKBA staff before you board the train.

You will need to provide at the border similar evidence you need for the EEA Family permit: passports, evidence of relationship (marriage certificate. If not in English, then a certified translation), evidence of you exercising treaty rights in the UK (payslips).

Show up early for your train as it might take extra time to get checked. You husband should get a stamp called "code 1A" which allows entry and employment.

See also Q1 in EEA FAQs - Common Questions - Read before posting - EEA Family Permit and no visa but still want to travel.

Hi Jambo,
Thanks so much for taking your time to advise me.
With Referece to reply from Rachellynn1972, being that I live and work in the UK, we should be able to go ahead as you advised?

[Jambo]

Hi Jambo,
Thanks so much for taking your time to advise me.
With Referece to reply from Rachellynn1972, being that I live and work in the UK, we should be able to go ahead as you advised?

I didn't really understand Rachellynn1972's post.

As long as you provide the relevant documents (which is basically a marriage certificate and some proof of your work in the UK), then you should have no problem. You can also print the relevant section in the UKBA guidelines if you wish (see details in the FAQ I refereed to). I would think the HO staff in Paris are very familiar with this.

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

If you should decide to enter the UK without the visa (by ferry or by train), be sure you are carrying your marriage certificate with you. See http://eumovement.wordpress.com/2010/08 ... to-travel/

[adimj]

Hi Jambo,
Thanks so much for taking your time to advise me.
With Referece to reply from Rachellynn1972, being that I live and work in the UK, we should be able to go ahead as you advised?

I didn't really understand Rachellynn1972's post.

As long as you provide the relevant documents (which is basically a marriage certificate and some proof of your work in the UK), then you should have no problem. You can also print the relevant section in the UKBA guidelines if you wish (see details in the FAQ I refereed to). I would think the HO staff in Paris are very familiar with this.

Hi Jambo,

Thanks so much. I really thanks you guys for your kindness and effort in giving people very useful information.
Thanks a lot.

[adimj]

If you should decide to enter the UK without the visa (by ferry or by train), be sure you are carrying your marriage certificate with you. See http://eumovement.wordpress.com/2010/08 ... to-travel/

Thank you very much.