Devster, In my application form I wrote that I intended to stay for 6 months (the validity of the FP), and respectively put the dates. At the Visa Application Center I mentioned this to the lady, saying that I put the departure date roughly as I obviously cannot know precisely when I will leave for ...

Totally agree, those papers might be unnecessary. But I preferred to submit more than less. And as I can see it didn't do any harm

Hi everyone! I got my Family Permit today. I've been married to an Italian citizen since May 2010. I applied on the 7th of April in Rome and still can't believe it took them just 2 days to make a decision! The list of the documents I submitted: 1. Marriage certificate (translated) 2. Our passports (...

Just to add some information that might be useful to people. Yesterday I did contact the WorldBridge Service with my enquiry, and got the following reply: "... All translated documents must include all of the following information: 1)Confirmation from the translator that it is an accurate trans...

Thanks a lot for the reply!

Hello everyone, I'm a non-EEA spouse of a EEA citizen (Italian) and in the next couple of weeks I would like to apply for my EEA FP in Rome. I have read all of the topics here but there is still one issue I can not figure out - do the translations of the supporting documents (like marriage certifica...

fysicus wrote:By default the validity is six months, starting from the date of issue.
It is possible, however, to request a later starting date (up to three months from the date of application).

fysicus, thank you so much for the reply!

Hello everyone, I'm a non-EEA spouse of a EEA citizen (Italian) and in the next couple of weeks I would like to apply for my EEA FP as we would like to settle in the UK. We are going to travel there together. In case I'm granted the FP, when does it start to be valid - from the date that I mention i...