If family permit endorsed to 'accompany', the EEA national did not need for the purposes of the family permit application to prove they were a qualified person, as they could rely upon the initial right to reside, in that case however, as exercising treaty rights was not a requirement that needed t...

Thanks for the input. The initial application for the EEA permit was "to accompany" as we were indeed travelling together on that occasion. The question, of course, is whether this is a binding requirement for all subsequent journeys, meaning that the visa is not valid in "to join&quo...

A quick update: EasyJet are claiming they rightly refused carriage since they sought guidance from the UK Border Agency who informed them that the endorsement on the family permit "to acc [my name]" is in fact binding/obligatory (and therefore cannot be used in a "to join" situat...

Many thanks. The airline claims that they spoke with the UK Border agency / UK embassy for clarification and were advised the endorsement is in some way "mandatory" rather than informative. So, when I complain, I am almost certain that the airline will tell me that I should take up the iss...

Hi, I am UK citizen resident in Denmark. My wife is a third country national. We travelled to the UK together no problem at Easter with her EEA family permit in hand. Yesterday, I had to travel to the UK for a meeting and my wife was due to join me in UK later that day. She was denied boarding by Ea...