Ta. I kind of found the answer buried deep inside the treaty thread on the euro forum. My understanding is that the residence cards can only be issued to family members of people exercising their treaty rights ... and since I'm in the UK and a UK citizen I'm not exercising my rights so the card can'...

A quick review of my situation: Me = UK citizen Her = Peruvian citizen - entered under fiancee visa in Jan, Married in March, converted to Spouse visa in April (using FLR(M)). Now - everything's gone fine so far - and we've re-secured her a long US tourist visa to allow journies back and forth to Pe...