the following quote from the ECI (chapter 6) , based on Regulation 15(2) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, may be relevant in this case Once an EEA national (or their family member) has acquired permanent residence in the UK it can only be lost if they leave the UK for mo...
The employer is required to hold proof that the person is entitled to work. The CoA issued by UKBA clearly says that it is valid for only 6 months, so what do we expect employers to do. They do face penalties of up to £10000 per illegal employee! Actually the CoA says clearly that you are free to ...
In many countries the residence card is issued as a separate document (i.e. not a sticker in passport), and the European Commission has a strong view that this is preferable, because it is unclear what would be status of a residence card (or permanent residence card) that is still valid, but the pas...
First of all we sent my wife's passport of course, my residence permit issued in 2005 (which now has the status of registration certificate) and a letter from my employer confirming I was in this job from more than six years ago until now. In a cover letter we also briefly outlined our situation, a...
The link I sent in my previous post is a document outlining the view and advice from the European Commission how member states should implement Directive 2004/38. According to the letter of the law I think the sticker in passport is admissible. Much more serious is that UKBA systematically breaks bo...
OK, you may have a point there, but once you're on the EEA route it's better to stick to it and don't revert to the UK national immigration rules. The EEA route offers better rights and all applications are free of charge
First of all we sent my wife's passport of course, my residence permit issued in 2005 (which now has the status of registration certificate) and a letter from my employer confirming I was in this job from more than six years ago until now. In a cover letter we also briefly outlined our situation, an...
I would include a certified copy of your husband's Residence Card to show that the Home Office accepted your marriage as genuine. Important is to prove the family relationship (in this case a two-step process: marriage certificate and birth certificate of your husband, copy of your passport) and pro...
Hi, U need to use this form and read the guidance for more details. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/applicationforms/settlement/seto Cheers Wrong link and wrong advice, I'm afraid. OP has a RC on the basis of EEA rules and should apply for PR using form EEA4, once he or she is in the ...
I think I am in a very similar position. For your information: a week ago my wife sent in her EEA4 form with 116 grams (as weighed by the PostOffice) of documents (including the envelop and the form itself). We'll wait and see if it was enough... Our case should be trivial: I was with the same emplo...
you are actually very lucky to have your RC as a freestanding document! Refer to http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0313:FIN:EN:PDF and particularly paragraph 2.2.2: The format of the residence card is not fixed, so Member States are free to lay it down as they see fit. H...
My question is regarding the fact that, as I've discovered by reading the forum, the UKBA request / want to give the impression that they require far more supporting documents on the VAF5 than is deemed legally necessary by EU law. My question is specifically about section 6.9: Do you have any crim...
it's easy to find on the UKBA website: for general info look at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/ and for details refer to the ECI (chapter 6 is relevant to your case): http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/ecis/ Permanent residence After you have lived in ...
Helena22, apparently you and your husband settled in the UK only recently, as you are still awaiting the result of your own applications for a Residence Certificate (EEA1) and Residence Card (EEA2). It would be very helpful if you have documentary evidence that your mother is financially dependent o...
I've really no idea why this question is on the application form. It is just a symptom of the apparently irresistable drive of the UK government to spy on ordinary citizens. In any case this information is totally irrelevant to the decision making process. There is nothing in the European Directive ...
yes, you can actually become Dutch citizen without ever setting foot in Holland or even the EU! You need to be the spouse (or registered partner ) of a Dutch citizen, and have lived together uninterrupted for at least three years outside your country of origin (in your case the USA I understand), an...
EFTA is the way to go, just like Norway and Switzerland. That way we can control our borders without interference from Europe, we keep the trading bloc which is all that we really need from the EU, we won't have the French trying to ruin the City as they've said they've planned to do since a French...
What a strange discussion!? In Chapter 6 of the ECI ( http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/ecis/ ) there is not a word about health insurance! EU nationals resident in UK are entitled to NHS care and as such comply (automatically) with the requirements of directive 20...
as a British citizen travelling to France you will benefit from EU directive 2004/38 (look around on this forum and you will find an awful lot of information on it). Your Indian wife will need a Schengenvisa, but according to this directive it has to be issued free of charge in an accelerated proced...
BTW, I would not go as far as using words like criminal organisation. I know it sounds heavy, but how else should we call an organisation which breaks the law on such a massive scale?? For the rest I fully agree with your analysis And one more point: if the government is allowed to break the law, w...
I cannot read the figures in any other way either. Essentially mr. Woolas openly admits over 800 counts of breaking the law (Regulation 17.3 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20061003.htm#17 ) and raises a serious suspicion that thousands more cases will follow. So he should be prosecuted for leading...
Croatia is outside EU (they hope to join EU in 2011, but the accession negotiations are still ongoing), Schengen, EEA, so can set its own rules for visa and I don't know how they work out in your case. Ireland is in EU, but not in Schengen. The CTA rules do not apply to foreigners residing here, so ...
well, in the opposite direction, UK did not require apostille for any of my Dutch documents. In Holland it is possible to get a so-called international version of (in my case) marriage certificate, which means that all information is in four languages: Dutch (of course), English, German and French.
