Hi lolo82

No worries. Thanks for al least giving it a go. No-one else has bothered so far.

I suppose the best option is to contact Inis as you mentioned and get it straight from the horse's mouth.

Thanks again!

Hi ladies & gents I have scanned through this section of the forum to try and find the answers I'm looking for, but didnt really find anything. Some background: My wife and I and our 2 kids have been living in Belfast for the last 18 months. My wife (born in ireland) and kids are irish citizens,...

Sorry Eusmile, didnt see your Q there.

Well thanks to this forum and you guys for all the advice posted here, that I was prepared! So thank you guys!

yes the holiday was great with many good memories!

Hi there. Nope, noboby stamped my passport, I just double-checked. I kept a close eye everytime to make sure they dont.

Hi all. Just some feedback on our trip to France from Belfast last week. We checked in at Belfast International, at the easyJet counter. The lady was actually very good and recognised my EEA Residence card, and even wrote on my boarding pass "No V/C needed because of EEA RC". So we had no ...

Hi everyone. We are back from our trip to France, and as promised here is my experience regarding using my EEA Residence Card. We arrived at Belfast International Airport on this past Thursday, expecting some resistance from the easyJet staff about my EEA Residence card and why I dont have a shengen...

Hi All. Well we are going to put this to the test ourselves this Thursday. We are flying with the infamous easyJet ( :? ), known for the trouble they give passengers. We are flying from Belfast to Paris. I have done the homework and know my rights, got a bunch of printed proof from various sources. ...

Hi Jambo. Yes, I was quite clear about the residence card, but i could hear that she wasnt sure what I was talking about, and I had to hold for her to speak to a supervisor. And she probably gave the supervisor the wrong info as well.... ca.funke, madness indeed! but your suggestions would go a very...

Well I just spoke to someone at TLSContact, who now handles all visa applications in the UK on behalf of the french consulate. And according to the lady who I spoke to my EEA2 residence card means nothing, and I still need a schengen visa?? because I have a south african passport. But I have now loo...

Thanks Jambo. That is what I needed.
I see easyjet is not a member of IATA & TIMAC... is that maybe why they sometimes give hassles about visas when boarding?

Hi all. Has anyone got a link to the manual/guidelines that the airline staff uses to check whether or not a person needs a visa? (TIMAC?) I saw it somewhere on one of the forum posts but cant find it again. I would like to check what it says...

true what you are saying there. But we will be prepared, this is one thing I have learnt through our travels to the UK. Always have all the paperwork they would possible want to see. I'm not normally one that causes a fuss, and if we have a problem I normally handle it calmly and carefully, while st...

Well I'm now wondering if I should rather choose another airline, as it seems Easyjet staff can also cause problems. Luckily Ryan Air does not do flights to where we want to go....!

That is what I thought too. I assume if my kids did not have Irish passports then they would need visas, which makes more sense.

This is the second time this forum has helped me clarify things that are extremely vague on embassy and other travel sites! Thank you !!!!!!

Thanks Jambo. I just had check about this because the last thing we want is to be denied entry at the airport. My only concern however, is on the Edinburgh website it says the following about children: "Note that children and parents of EU Nationals still require visas to travel to France"...

Hi all. I have read through this topic, and just wanted to check if I understand it all correctly: My wife is british, born in northern ireland. She has an Irish passport (and a South African passport with a UK right of abode in it), and my 2 young children have irish passports as well. I am South A...

thanks dasjoker. wasnt even aware of any "priority treatment"... (clicked on your link but nothing loads...?)

But I sent them a fax, so who knows what happens next.

I am very happy for those people that received all their papers. May I wish you all the best. :) Unfortunately I am reading this post with major dissapointment. Seeing everyone getting the CoA's so quickly, and mine not having come through in the last 12 weeks since I applied, is really hard to take...

Jambo, what are the chances they will send me a letter in time for a job, if they havent sent me anything for almost 2 months now? I am busy submitting a complaint now to the UKBA as well as EU Commission, as per the immigration solicitor's advice. I am actually very angry now because a good job opp...

Scarlett82, I havent received anything yet. Nor did I get any letter from them! (LOA/COA?) We contacted our local law center this week, for advice, and according to the immigration solicitor/lawyer I should have receveid the letter from them within 3 weeks. it is now 7 weeks (I checked my postage re...

Hi All. I thought I would come and check here to see how long others have waited for their documents, because I'm a little worried....!!! Application sent 05 May 2011 Received at HO on 07 May 2011 And that was the last...Its now 5 weeks later and no sign of a COA/letter from them !? Judging by the t...

Yeah seems theres no way around it. My car is also worth less than a year's insurance, so thats a joke on its own really. We are now looking at putting the car in our in-laws name, let them insure it on their name, and have me as a second driver... apparently I can then be covered when driving, for ...

jrge, thanks for your reply to my question. As the person who mailed you rightly said, most companies wont insure someone like myself, and the few that I have now found that would, are very expensive... Directline seems the best option, even after phoning others. But 1550 is still quite steep... Abo...

thanks Aani. I apologise for getting abit irritated, but I'm a little angry at how difficult it is to do anything in the UK if you're a foreigner trying to settle, even if your spouse and kids are british! Took us 3 months to open a bank account, the banks having all sorts of reasons why we couldnt....

Well the silence says alot...... guess I must be the only one that has this problem....??!!