chaoclive wrote:No-one else is going to reply to this kind of question...

Good luck with your hunt.

For one who asks so many questions, isn't this a little presumptuous?

Thanks for your reply! So should I get a new passport so that there is not a refusal stamp in it? I read online that information is shared between EU & UK countries but Im not sure as to what exactly is being shared. Can they see my visa refusal electronically when I go from the US to an EU cou...

I have one more question about going the EEA route… When we moved to Rome, my husband continued to work for EasyJet, which is a UK company. However, while living in Italy he is paid in euros, and pays Italian payroll tax, not English payroll tax. He has, in every sense, moved the center of his life...

I arrived to pick up my paperwork a few weeks later, I was handed a "Carta di Soggiorno per Stranieri, a tempo indeterminato - Permanent" It's valid until 2021.! You would appear to have been issued with a permanent residence card, albeit perhaps in error. I don't suspect this will ave an...

Why don't you follow the advice given to you over the phone? Did you take the name of the person who helped you?

Having been born in the UK, it is possible that your partner is British. The circumstances would depend on when he was born and possibly what his parent's status was when he was born. Spain's treatment of dual nationality may also be of relevance. See http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizen...

I tend to agree with the last contributor. Rights are automatic as specified in the directive. One more point is that Ireland does insist that non-EU national family members of EU nationals must apply for a residence card within three months. This is permitted under the directive. Failure to comply,...

I suspect the answer is that they don't know for sure and are so not committing.

I respectfully maintain my previous statement, I am prepared to change it if I am proven wrong, if op renounces BC, she will only regarded as been Irish only now, if an EU citizen wishes to visit another member state with their family member, it is an exercise of treaty right, if chaoclives decides...

I am moving your post to a place where it is more likely to get attention.

A worker is entitled to change employers, though it might have been better if she did not have a break between jobs. The only fly in the ointment is that you are not married, therefore, your rights are not generally automatic. That said, you had a family permit issued to you, which helps. I would ap...

Yes, I though that was a little strange too...but it's something to consider. I'm still confused...renounce or add 8 months to our quest for European citizenship for my partner... I've read through the advice you've received, essentially they are suggesting that you are entering uncharted territory...

The process of bringing your partner to the UK on your Irish citizenship after renouncing the British one is in itself exercising treaty rights, McCarthy will not even be relevant in your circumstances any more, If you are Irish and no longer British what now then is it to do with you and McCarthy?...

You could apply for a family permit (a type of entry visa). You could also simply move to the UK and apply for a residence card once there (this is the UK's version of the Carta di Soggiorno). Given that you are a not a visa national, you should have no problem entering the UK. Incidentally, I suspe...

I note that UKBA website has been updated to reflect expiry of access to the UK job-market for A2 national workers.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucit ... a-romania/

This leaves Croatia as the only EU member state's citizens at a temporary disadvantage.

With regards to exercising rights of freedom of movement, being a non-visa national, it would be easy for you to accompany your spouse to an EU (or EEA) state. A visa would not be required. Your husband would have up to three months to live in any member state with minimal conditions. After that, he...

Sorry I'd missed your thread earlier, it looks like your problem's been resolved now. In order to receive a residence card a non-EU family member is only required to produce passport, marriage certificate and residence certificate of EU family member, the latter requires proof of EU citizenship and ...

I once had to make a call, I phoned, spoke to a person, who could not help, but called back later. Numbers change all the time, people's circumstances are different. I'm afraid, you will have to try and contact UKBA and argue your case.

Don't let the appeal time out...

You are an EU citizen. Your wife is your family member. The UK requires to facilitate your rights of freedom of movement. It may be understandable from their point of view that they require to hold onto an overstayers' passport, but they require to balance that against effectively imposing an exit v...

I would appeal in addition to asking for a re-consideration.

The number you ask about is referenced in this form.

http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/for ... _Jan11.pdf

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I have moved you other post away from where it was. Please post only one topic.

To answer your question, you can ask for your passport to be returned. You can travel, but may find it difficult to return to the UK without having addressed the issues raised in your refusal.

To answer your original question, generally I would be inclined to write back to the correspondence address given in the letter written to you. That would be the logical thing to do. Given that there may have been re-organisations, and if you are still in doubt, phone and ask. You may be told that y...

As you are aware, pregnancy and childbirth are quoted as being one of the important reasons allowing for absences greater than six months. It would appear that this was not taken into account. I would write back to the refuser pointing this out.

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