UPDATE: For anyone interested, i just spoke to the IND. A more senior man in the Amsterdam office who was much more helpful. He has informed me that since June there has been an issue with the printing of certain 'characters', so certain nationalities currently cannot get a residence card permit. Li...

Hi Ibwe Thanks for your response. We also did this already and was told the exact same response which is rather frustrating. The staff on the front desk basically just said whatever i was told on the phone is right. They aren't bothered, talking to the IND is like talking to a brick wall. Also, i ha...

Thanks for your response, Actually I never have considered that option but after taking a look at it briefly just now, that will definitely be something to try. I suppose the burden of proof is on ourselves to show that the UAE won't grant a new passport. UAE government seems to try to portray to We...

Hello, I am a UK citizen who lives and works in the Netherlands. I brought my wife here In January 2019. My wife is from the UAE so Non-EU. We applied for form 5005 'eu family reunification' in February 2019. This was accepted and confirmed by a letter from the IND in April 2019. We were told on the...

Hello, Apologies for the late response, i have been busy with work. The initial headache caused from this flight situation has died down but the continous problems will not go away on their own. I had a look at the link you provided for the 6 month emergency UAE passport for my wife. Unfortunately, ...

Thank you Zerubbabel, Will register her at the embassy in Netherlands (the Hague I think). Hopefully they can accomdate a renewed passport and birth certificate request more liberally. All attempts prior have failed at the point of needing male guardian approval as she can't get this. Also the requi...

Hi Zerubbabel, thanks for your response. in the UAE you a born into Islam and it is illegal to renounce/ woman to marry non muslim man. This is the reason we cannot live there safely together as I am non muslim. My wife is not Islamic by practice but in the eyes of the UAE, she has to be. This makes...

I do apologize if anything I say is coming across direct or rude. I just want it to be known that not a word I am saying is a lie or misrepresented to make things look more in my favour. It's just been a very stressful time with immigration and my wife's situation in the last year or so. Examples su...

The whole application has now taken 7 months from submitting until now. The letter of acceptance was issued 5 months ago stating we would receive a letter in a number of weeks stating the card is ready to collect. Both statements are true, it was misworded/ understood. I'm not going to go into exact...

I should add: the main reason I've reached out to a lawyer is to understand HOW to get my wife Into the UK in the future. What happens when we have kids, or we wanted to move back to the UK for any number of potential reasons. I just don't understand how it can be made this hard when she has an EU r...

Thank you for your response I appreciate it. Thanks. I managed to recover the video so at least I have that. Does the fact that she never had any decision on her asylum case, ie she voluntarily revoked it not make a difference? There was no 'failed' attempt to stay permanently in the UK. And I fail ...

Hello everyone This is my first post here and I am very desperate for some advice on what I can only describe at a completely humiliating experience that my wife pexperienced last night. My wife was denied boarding onto a flight to the UK. I am a UK citizen who lives and works in the Netherlands wit...