Very interesting thread, fantastic read, you guys should be proud of yourselves! It seems like sending uncancelled foreign passports is potentially dangerous ... you are best off cancelling them and/or 'losing' them unless they contain something pivotal to the application. I'm very grateful to stum...
Very interesting thread, fantastic read, you guys should be proud of yourselves! It seems like sending uncancelled foreign passports is potentially dangerous ... you are best off cancelling them and/or 'losing' them unless they contain something pivotal to the application. I'm very grateful to stumb...
Yes Simon it's possible she got the stamp with a visa on arrival. Ultimately it comes down to the terms of the visa or whether the relationship is established, the stamp is pretty irrelevant. Agreed?
I think there is confusion here. Leave to enter for 6 months just means that your partner can visit the UK for 6 months. I take it that you are just visiting the UK, so this is just the stamp that indicates this. It does NOT mean that your partner can leave and enter again without you for a period ...
Also she can't just get entrance as a non-EEA national with no visa so it must've been via her EEA spouse. I'm pretty sure under EU law she can stay as long as she wants (if her husband obeys treaty rights)
My point was the stamp doesn't mean she has to leave after 6 months (or so I thought!) as the 2nd poster said. I don't think they can boot out an EEA national's spouse?
It seems there are different levels of settlement, for example ILE is better than ILR because the latter expires after 2 years outside the UK. LE with no time limit on stay lets you stay here indefinitely but with more restriction on leaving and re-entering. That's my understanding.
Leave to Enter for X months doesn't mean you have to leave. See the 2nd post in the thread. There is still no time limit on her stay, unless she has eg) a visitor visa. I've read Chapter 3 of British Nationality from gov.uk and it says there is ILE and LE with no time limit on stay. I'm just curious...
Is the Durham office processing swiftly this year or is it chaotic like last year? Would you advise applying to Peterborough instead? Special Delivery or Check/Send?
Many Thanks and Best Wishes to everyone in the thread.
Q: Why is it the OP's wife got a 6 month leave to enter with no time limit on her stay, whereas others get ILE? Is there a reason behind it e.g) time left on passport validity?
