Whilst I have you all here: Two more additional questions, If I may. 1- The directive 2004/38/EC is what all this is about, correct? I want to make sure I am as 'primed' as possible before I make the journey next year. 2- Would it be possible to, after living in Ireland for about 3 months, to apply...

Whilst I have you all here: Two more additional questions, If I may. 1- The directive 2004/38/EC is what all this is about, correct? I want to make sure I am as 'primed' as possible before I make the journey next year. 2- Would it be possible to, after living in Ireland for about 3 months, to apply ...

noajthan

This is the confusion

Currently under UK law you are only a BC and not considered to be an EEA national (even though UK is, currently, in EU/EEA).


Thanks for clearing that up. Now I understand.

Thanks all others

Yes, I read about all this a few months ago and found myself amazed at how much effort if was going to be, but after revisiting it today and reading the EEA family permit information on the GOV.UK website I thought I had overreacted......how disappointed I am :( Anyway, thanks for all for 'unfortuna...

To all, I feel I have missed something glaringly obvious, but clearly I am not able to work out what it is, hence the reason for the following question. I am a British Citizen living and working in Saudi Arabia. My wife is Thai and we have been married for 4 years. We wish to come to the UK next May...

Steven and other members- One of the reasons I have found that it's difficult to get answers to questions is because of the fact that so many embassies use VFS now. I applied for my wife's Schengen visa (she is Thai), through VFS in Saudi Arabia, and they had absolutely no idea what they were doing....

Directive 2004 - If Steven's wife applies for an easy visitors permit, are you talking about a Schengen Visa? (My question, if I may?) Can a non EEA citizen apply for an EEA family permit to the UK whilst on a Schengen Visa, or do they have to convert that visa into a residence permit first and then...

Richard W Thanks for the heads-up. My wife has been to the UK four times with visit visas (the last being a 2 year one), and also to Europe with the Schengen visa. We provided the original marriage certificate, certified etc by a translator and stamped by the MOFA in Bangkok. That seemed to be enoug...

Thanks very much, Vinny and Biblapmcdantope. I will check into both of these responses.

To all, Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help on my situation. Of course, I have tried to contact the UK government for clarification on the following questions, but they have been utterly useless. Most of the time it's obvious that they don't even read your specific questions, and just red...