I am looking to move to Germany with my husband. He is German and I am Canadian. We have lived in the UK for 5 years together as a married couple. I am educated to the PhD level. I understand that I am able to enter Germany with my husband as a Canadian and apply for residency from within the countr...

If you wait until Jan 21, this it will be a clear-cut case. It's only a matter of a few weeks, so I personally would do it to avoid adding complexity to the application. Time spent as a jobseeker can count, but requires more documentation to prove than being employed, so I'm not sure the gain in a c...

In the end I emailed a very long and detailed recounting of events to the ROD email address and CC-ed my MP and Mark Thomson (Director General). I received a reply later that morning from the Home Office File Management Team (LNCW) explaining that my passport had been lost in the post with Royal Mai...

EEA(FM) as spouse of employed QP Application posted on 10/09/2017 Received by HO on 12/09/2017 Payment taken: 13/09/2017 Home Office Email (with case reference number): 25/09/2017 Requested return of documents: 25/09/2017 Biometrics letter received: 05/10/2017 (Dated 02/10/2017) Biometrics enrolled:...

Interesting, thanks! I was wondering who DX were and what they might be trying to deliver.

Does anyone know what delivery service the Home Office uses for residency cards? I know they send documents by Royal Mail, but is this also the case for the biometric residency cards?

Has your EEA spouse been exercising treaty rights consistently since July 2013?

There is some further guidance from the Home Office here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/431618/comprehensive_sickness_insurance_for_family_members_of_students.pdf To me the guidance sounds like it doesn't matter if she's employed or not, you need to have C...

EEA(FM) as spouse of employed QP Application posted on 10/09/2017 Received by HO on 12/09/2017 Payment taken: 13/09/2017 Home Office Email (with case reference number): 25/09/2017 Requested return of documents: 25/09/2017 Biometrics letter received: 05/10/2017 (Dated 02/10/2017) Biometrics enrolled:...

At long last, I have my documents. On Nov 9 I emailed rodrequestsect@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk and received a reply the same day with an update on my documents. I CC-ed my MP and Mark Thomson. I was amazed to get a personal reply the same day, as 4 phone calls and 3 forms had resulted in no useful respo...

I can confirm the Liverpool email address deletes your mail. Let's see what the ROD email address does.

From what I understand, you would have to apply on the basis of 5 years of continuous working or job seeking as the way that you exercised your treaty rights. I ended up applying for a EEA FM again after 5 years on an EEA FM as we didn't have CSI for the 3 years that we were students, making me inel...

Glad you got your documents! I would advise everyone planning to ask for their passport back to give it plenty (like LOTS) of time before you need to travel. I asked for mine back 6 weeks ago (and have chased twice with the form and four times on the phone. I'm posting a letter today).

Apart from getting my local MP involved and writing directly to the Home Office European Team, does anyone have other ideas on how to put pressure on the Home Office to find my documents? I'm assuming they are either internally misplaced at UKVI or lost in the post. Is there any use writing the mayo...

In a strange turn of events, the Home Office sent me my marriage certificate this week. It is under a different tracking number than I was previously provided for my original request for my passport and recently dated (Nov 1). I never asked for my marriage certificate to be sent and frankly don't ne...

Does anyone have experience with accessing NHS while all your identification documents are with the Home Office? I've just got a somewhat scary letter saying that the front desk of the hospital could deny me treatment if I am not able to show my passport and visa. Is proof of application enough? I a...

Hi Elizabella, would you be so kind as to tell me which online form did you use to communicate with Home Office regarding your documents and telephone numbers for helpline? Thanks Hi djgrubber. There are two forms. The initial request form is: https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/Return_of_Doc...

Home Office do provide tracking number if you don’t recieved your parcel within 21 days from my friend experience in past home office send documents by second class post and they despatch late as well I strongly advise involve your MP they can obtain tracking number for you. Also call helpline and ...

It doesn't sound like you have been 'exercising your treaty rights' for the past 5 years, so wouldn't be eligible to apply for PR under the EEA route. You can see more about the categories here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-nationals-eun01/eea-nationals-eun01 Basically you need to ...

Ahh, apologies, I did misunderstand. Thanks anyway for commenting. I may have written my opening paragraph a little quickly as I was seeing red after taking to the Home Office "help line" and spending a little too much time googling the cost of replacing various documents. :roll: If every...

I am having trouble recovering documents that the Home Office allegedly posted 3 weeks ago. Royal Mail says I need proof of postage to follow up, but the Home Office help line says that they don't provide proof of postage. Has anyone been in this situation before? What happens when your documents a...

EEA(FM) as spouse of employed QP Application posted on 10/09/2017 Received by HO on 12/09/2017 Payment taken: 13/09/2017 Home Office Email (with case reference number): 25/09/2017 Request Passport, RC & husband's ID card back on: 25/09/2017 Passport posted by Home Office: 02/10/2017 (not yet rec...

I am having trouble recovering documents that the Home Office allegedly posted 3 weeks ago. Royal Mail says I need proof of postage to follow up, but the Home Office help line says that they don't provide proof of postage. Has anyone been in this situation before? What happens when your documents ar...

Has anyone who applied for an EEA(FM) had an experience of their documents being lost in the post after submitting a return of documents request? My passport, still valid residence card, and my husband's EU ID card were posted 02/10/2017 by Royal Mail 'signed for'. I was only informed of this by the...

CSI applies to most EU host states and is not UK specific as far as I understand. http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/health/when-living-abroad/health-insurance-cover/index_en.htm From what I understand about the EU, the focus is on EEA residents from other countries being treated like locals. If ...