EEA2 application and NIN

[giorgosa]

Hi all,

I am an EU citizen working in London since january. My wife, a turkish citizen will join me on November since she had to stay back to finish her PhD. In the past I also lived and worked for 6 years in Turkey.

As she'll come we are thinking to apply directly for EEA2 (and EEA1 for me).

I have a couple of questions:

a- If she wants a National Insurance number, does she have to wait to receive her passport back from Home office? Do you recommend to apply for NIN before apply for EEA2? It 'll cause us a delay of approximately one month. Can she apply for NIN with COA?
b- Instead of my passport, can I send to home office my Identity card. Does it make any difference? I entered in the UK last time using my passport.
c- Can I ask with my application our passports to be sent back to us directly along with COA?
d- I will include in my application the residence card that I had, proving that I lived in Turkey for 6 years and our marriage document. This should be enough for them to dont ask anything else. It was enough for them to issue two times EEA FP as well without problems. We are married since 2005, do we need common bank account in UK, common rent agreement etc???

Many thanks
George

[sheraz7]

For applying nino the passport will need as coa is not proof of id. You can send either passport or id which does not matter and can request it back anytime but if caseworker has not non-eu national passport at decision time then eea2 rc will be issued on A4 size single page which transfer later to passport will be equal to send new application. Make the application simple by just reading the easy self explanatory forms and attach only relevant documents as described on form.

[giorgosa]

For applying nino the passport will need as coa is not proof of id. You can send either passport or id which does not matter and can request it back anytime but if caseworker has not non-eu national passport at decision time then eea2 rc will be issued on A4 size single page which transfer later to passport will be equal to send new application. Make the application simple by just reading the easy self explanatory forms and attach only relevant documents as described on form.

thank you.

Is RP not being in passport causing any problems? (for example boarding a plane to UK for someone requiring visa?)

[sheraz7]

Despite it has similar worth to EEA2 rc being stamped on passport but in some occasion it can cause inconvenience and leads to further checks.