I'm reading online that the residence card just has to be applied for before the six months on the family permit expires. Then a letter of application is issued. I'm guessing this covers the applicant until a decision is made. If the residence card can take up to six months and the family permit is ...

I'm pleased that my wife has received her EEA family permit. However we have noticed that the permit is valid for six months. Now, I know this is normal, but as she will not be arriving until 1st April and the permit is dated as becoming invalid on 19th July, could there be a problem in applying for...

Thanks for your reply. It seems finally to have gotten through my thick skull :D If, "yeah I know, but it seems to be too late now!" came across as anything other than a "d'oh!" from me regarding my silly move of sending my passport, I do apologise. I think at many times everyone...

Hi, Yeah, i think she's been reading the wrong stories, too. Her English is fine, but I suppose it would be an easy mistake to make if they are not in her mother tongue. I have read slightly varying lists of documents. Proof of citizenship and employment seem to be the mainstays. From info from my s...

Thanks so much, I knew I was over-complicating things, but I just had to ask. The stress is coming from the fact that I arrived in Belfast over a year ago to find employment and my wife remained in Thailand (she didn't want to give up her job at the Hilton if I had no guaranteed employment). So, wha...

Hi, She is applying for the EEA family permit. I don't think she has any other options in mind, she is just worried. Sorry, if I'm missing something here, but when you say "under UK immigration rules" are you talking about a different visa entirely? The EEA family permit route is the only ...

If you say that the Irish citizen route cannot be turned down, that sounds like the way to go.

Sorry, I meant she is worried that the application will be turned down. I think she has been reading horror stories online.

Hi,
My wife is worried that the EEA application (through UK immigration route). How is applying as a spouse of an Irish citizen different?
How would we/she go about applying that way?
Thank you,
Merry Christmas!
Aaron

Panic over. We found it.

Thank you very much for your reply. Yes, I am employed. That is the route we want to take. Maybe I/we are missing something, but selecting the correct out of country application for the EEA permit seems very confusing on the www.gov.uk website. I cannot see a clear option for my wife to apply for th...

Hi, I from Belfast and I'm married to a non-EEA citizen. I am in the process of going the EEA route. I have renounced my British citizenship already. My wife wants to make a UK visitor visa in order to come here to make the EEA2 permit. I have been told by my solicitor that there is no conflict rega...