@Bunny47,
This is too bad.

@Hayley1, Bunny47 mentioned 80 days. I thimk he misheard (they sound similar, don't they? - 80 and 18). This is ALL I wanted to say. To give you some hope... you see.

I think it was 18 - not 80 days.

Certainly.

I know.

Sorry I meant your partner's ID. Would it be possible for you to send his original ID or passport to Liverpool as soon as possible? Say, this week?

Did you send original ID?

Also, if there is particular pressure to get numbers through (reduce the number of outstanding cases), it stands to reason that staff would prioritise the easier, more straightforward cases To me it appears to be the most obvious reason. I would add general incompetence. If the Home Office were a p...

Thanks, and sorry for bothering you.
Nobody ever mentioned this before and I got curious.

@askmeplz82

askmeplz82 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:04 am

Family permit date if you arrived in the UK within 90 days of issued date

This is interesting. May I ask you where it is stated?

The Gov.uk site tells you what to do: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-resid ... tolen-card

What Camoe wrote regarding CoA and your right to work was exactly what I meant. You can still apply for jobs - your future employer will have to check online with the Home Office whether you are allowed or not. You will get your documents soon, I hope. As to e-mails - they rarely do it. If you don't...

Even if they contact you, what can you do?
When is your partner coming back? if ever.
You have 6 months to sort out your status. You have no automatic rights before that (because you and your partner are not married).

Now I understand why you are so nervous. When is your partner coming back? You are unmarried parners so you might NOT get "long" CoA after all, even if the application is not rejected as invalid. HO wants to see original passports actually. I would send the original passport by registered ...

Of course you can.
Take a look at: https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eea-family-permit

For some reason, people assume that the new scheme should be an easier way to get confirmation of their rights (right to stay and work), when in fact, it is an application for PERMISSION to stay. This is why we might not get confirmation of our right to work. This is a transition period and things c...

You all forget that OP's wife still holds valid UK spouse visa.

@CR001, noted, thanks.

@Richard W, You are right. Absolutely. (I was thinking about my own issues at the time).

She can definitely apply for a pre-settled status in her own right, providing she is a qualified person. You will save huge amount of money but your wife will likely lose 2.5 years on her path to permanent residency. I don't know what your aspirations are, as a family. As to the children - why can't...

You are absolutely legal, 100%.

I suspected it was either Latvia or Lithuania! How funny.
Off you go @spat.

Why did you move to that country in the first place? Just before Brexit, too.
You certainly didn't intend to stay there.

I began to understand why people of this country want to be out of EU.

Which country was it, by the way? Where residence cards are issued in 2 weeks'time?

It was a regular stamp. They were admitted as visitors.

kamoe wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:31 am

What's his nationality?

Kamoe, the father is just visiting - what does it matter where he comes from? If he were from the U.S. or Australia, or such, he wouldn't even need a visa to come to Europe. The father obviously has no status in Belgium.