just for amusement: in chapter 5 of the European Casework Instructions (on the UKBA website) it says explicitly: 5.9 Six-month rule Community law requires us to decide applications for a Residence Card within 6 months from the date of receipt of the application. Every effort should be made to do so,...
don't be too apologetic in the cover letter (it's not your fault the process takes so long); just say you need your original passports regularly for other purposes (without being specific) and for the rest: documents about which you are sure that you don't need them in the near future, include them ...
megmog, for Residence Card applications you need form EEA2, and current waiting times (indeed much longer than the six months permitted by the law) are on the UKBA website: http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/applyingundereuropeanlaw/ where you can also download the forms. As I and many othe...
yes, if your wife needed a Schengen visa for let's say France in the past, she will now also need it for Switzerland under the same conditions. On the other hand, if you were to live and work in Switzerland your wife will be entitled to join you. There is a bilateral agreement between Switzerland an...
Switzerland joins Schengen http://www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/home/themen/einreise/merkblatt_einreise.html Switzerland is now a part of Schengen, third country nationals with residence permits of Ireland and the U.K will now have to apply for visas for entry into Switzerland...unfortunately, this is a ...
I had email contact some time ago, when it was still called IND, and the structure was firstname.surname@ind.homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk may be the email-domain still exists, or may be you need to replace ind by ukba. Anyway, it's worth a try. For example, you can still use the IND website address ( http:...
Yes, I agree that naturalisation (nationalisation is what governments do with banks) is a purely national issue.
However, the proposals as I saw them also had the probationary stage as a precursor to both permanent residence and citizenship, and that would conflict with EU law
Doesn't appear that the rules will change for EU passport holders and dependants. Well, I guess we will see. Since this is a radical overhaul of the nationalisation process, I doubt that they will leave current legislation in place just for EU nationals. So EU nationals will most likely face new le...
A Schengen visa for spouse of an EU citizen is generally very straightforward (requirements about finance and insurance are waived in this case), and in many cases free of charge. I don't think the COA will make much difference, as applying for a Residence Card is not mandatory. Having an EEA Family...
I'm an EU citizen living in the UK for more than ten years, and have been granted Permanent Residence a few years ago.
However, I never bothered about applying for British citizenship as I don't see any real benefit in it for me, so I wonder why keerni is so keen on getting it?
all who posted in this thread: for the actual waiting times see http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/applyingundereuropeanlaw/ where you will see that only now applications from February are being processed, so the waiting time is much more than the six months that the law allows!! Anyway, i...
in addition to the above, you may find some useful information on http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/borderforce/categoriesofpassenger/eeanationalandtheirfamil.pdf These are the instructions used by British immigration officers. Of course based on the actual law: htt...
sorry, but I looked on http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/naturalisation/standardrequirements/ and http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/naturalisation/spouseorcivilpartnerofcitizen/ , and cannot see any disadvantages for applying under EEA rule...
can I recommend my posting here for relevant links: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=28608 Your status allows your wife to visit the UK for three months without any further formalities. Once settled in the UK, apply for a Residence Card using form EEA2. Because you exercised Treaty R...
as far as I know the rule is that you have to live (legally of course) in the UK for five years (on the basis of EEA rights) to become eligible for PR. However, there are little differences over the five year Residence Card that you hold now, so I wouldn't bother too much about it. May be I would ap...
Why do you need an EEA FP in the first place? It is only for visa nationals and US citizens can enter the UK for short stay without visa anyway, isn't it? Once in the UK, apply for a Residence Card (according to directive 2004/38 using form EEA2). For such application it doesn't matter how you enter...
for some airlines it doesn't take much to declare a passport invalid, and you don't need to be an alien to suffer from it, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7695225.stm
Although this incident is not really immigration-related, I couldn't resist to post it here
Airlines want to verify before check-in that you will not be denied entry at your destination; that is quite understandable. So at check-in you may need to show the same documentation as I mentioned in my previous post here, and if I were you, I would check it with the airline before making a bookin...
Thanks for the clarification Charles, it seems to me even though the UK might not apply the European directive correctly (on the basis of your Residence Card you should be exempt from the visa requirement), you should still be allowed to enter the UK on the basis of the Immigration Rules (chapter11:...
In all correspondence with the Home Office remind them of their own rules, especially rule 1.9 in chapter 5 of the European Casework Instructions ( http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/ecis/ ) 1.9 Six-month rule Community law requires us to decide applications for a re...
I have made various European applications in the past, and never sent passports with the initial application to Croydon. By the time the application is finally processed they will ask for missing documents. Usually they ask for many more documents as well (including ones that are actually not requir...
Richard, there are a few subtleties to be noticed. The directive applies to EEA citizens and their family members in any member state of which the EEA citizen is not a national. Member states can impose harsher laws on their own nationals (as e.g. the Netherlands do) or allow them the same privilege...
are you saying the British Embassy in Romania actually rejected your application for an EEA Family Permit? That would almost certainly be a violation of British law: see http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20061003.htm#12 Alternatively, you can try to enter UK as a Commonwealth citizen, but I have no k...
Charles, I'm not sure if your situation is covered by directive 2004/38. As I understand from your description your wife works (and lives) in the UK, while you are living in Romania (where your wife originates from). I assume you have a residence permit issued by Romania, but is this on the basis of...
