A few days ago I accompanied my husband (Dutch) to apply for his EEA1 Residence Card from Croydon. Thought I'd share the experience... We had booked the appointment two weeks in advance for 1pm, and were advised to arrive by 12.30pm. We got there at 12.10pm, and were told to "wait outside until...

Sorry! Duplicated by mistake.

but the Dutch in addition to visa fee and handling require more documents than is required. Really? I'm a non-EU Dutch spouse, and when I applied for a schengen visa (at the Dutch Embassy) to visit Holland, all they asked for was my passport, my husband's Dutch passport and our marriage certificate...

Have you bothered to look for this information via previous posts, prior to posting your question? I'm quite sure that if you did, you could easily find answers to your questions, as there are so many other people who are in your situation, and who have postings on this site. A bit of research saves...

can we apply for an EEA family permit I seem to recall something that this means she can go with me whereever I go in europe, does this mean a visa would then not be needed as she would be travelling with me? Not if you're British, and have never exercised your treaty rights in another EU country o...

In answer to question 3, the answer is yes, you must give notice at the registry in the Borough in which you live, but no, you don't have to get married in that same Borough if you don't want to. I'm speaking from my own experience, where we gave notice at the Borough in which we live (outside Londo...

I am a Indian national .I will be applying for Ilr in few weeks times. Do I have to get police registration certifcate?? please help.. Easylife, You've asked the same question in Nammu's post, and it has been explained to you. Why create another thread over the same issue? Difficultlife, morelike :...

I was watching the Immigration & Asylum programme (Channel 215 on Sky) the other day, and the lady solicitor (Sergil, I think her name is) emphatically stated that the Certificate Of Approval (COA) has been SCRAPPED , since the recent High Court ruling! She went on to say that people can now jus...

My cousin was refused a Visit Visa to Canada, and had "TVR" stamped smoewhere in his passport, but when he applied for a UK Visit Visa at the BHC, it didn't seem to make any difference. They only asked if he had been refused a UK Visa before, which he hadn't, so he got his UK Visit Visa. I...

You can have both your names on your Council Tax statements. We do.

Why don't you ring the Home Office appointment line on 08706067766 to find out? It's really that simple.

Thank you for the correction, Docterror. My mistake

Dawie wrote:

Rozen wrote:A bit unfair really....But at least it's FREE

Which is probably the reason why it can only be done by post!

It's FREE, even when you apply in person for EEA1 or EEA3.

EEA2 Application in person is NOT applicable at all. Only applicants of EEA1 & EEA3 can apply in person at the Croydon PEO ONLY.

So in other words, all 'non-EU person' EEA applications (EEA1 & EEA4) have to be made via post.

A bit unfair really....But at least it's FREE

surely they cant strip people of citizenship after many years? Plus, I do think there are legislations that allow people's citizenship to be revoked if there is proof of fraud....in Holland didn't it happen to Ayaan Hirsi Ali? It ALMOST did. But the Immigration Minister at the time (Rita Verdonk) b...

Point of correction....

I think a non-EU national coming to join their British citizen spouse in UK would have to apply to the BHC under the normal UK immigration rules anyway! So no EEA Family Permit there.

Which just leaves the option of you moving to one of the EU countries...

I really sympathise with you David, but where there's a will there's a way. The problem with the EEA route is that you cannot exercise your EU Treaty rights in your own country, until you have FIRST exercised them in another EU country for a couple of months. So if you are a British citizen, you can...

Natts, all EEA related applications are free of charge

And yes, you do have to do 'Life in UK' test if you want to become a British citizen.

Same goes for The Netherlands Embassy....Spouses of Dutch citizens do not have to make an appointment in order to apply for a Visa!

I'm getting a little bit confused here.... :? As far as I know, a non-EEA family member who is not already in the UK, will first have to apply for an EEA Family Permit at the British High Commission (embassy) in their country of residence. The non-EEA national will have to present their passport the...

MULTIPLE POSTS WON'T GET YOU AN ANSWER ANY QUICKER!!!! Try sticking to ONE forum and being patient, giving others enough time to respond.....

Actually Docterror, a jobseeker IS a Treaty right! Look up IDIs Chapter 7 Section 3 on EEA Nationals & Family. [ b]"A qualified person is an EEA national exercising a Treaty rights(s) (so called because the designated activities are set out in the EC Treaty) and is defined in Regulation 6 o...

Fndiz, it is indeed safe to travel to her home country, and return to the UK, as long as it is within the validity of her current DLR visa. According to the Asylum Policy Instructions (API/October 2006) on Discretionary Leave, Chapter 10 reads: "A person granted DL will normally be expected to ...

If a non-EU person has LTR (Leave To Remain) under UK rules, and later marries an EU national (German), is it possible for this non-EU person to apply for a Resident Card (EEA2) as an EU family member, while the UK LTR is still valid in his passport? Or would the EEA2 application automatically cance...

Isn't it that in fact it has been 'proposed' to increase it to 21? And we all know what happens with the so-called 'proposals' (Think visa increase 'proposals')