UKBA says: --- If you are an EEA or Swiss national, your non-EEA family members who have the right of residence in the UK are: your husband, wife or civil partner; your children or grandchildren (or the children or grandchildren of your husband, wife or civil partner) who are under 21 years of age o...

If Surinder Singh applies, it would apply regardless whether this is a short visit or a permanent return. Sounds logical, though logic does not work very well with bureaucrats.. My personal problem is not a spousal but parental issue. I am a French national working in UK, and my mum holds EEA2. It ...

Yes, I know about Surinder Singh. But as far as I understand this was a case concerning return to your country (from another EU country) to reside there. But what about the situation when EU citizen (say, French) lives in another country (Poland, UK, whatever) with a non-EU spouse, and they just wan...

Is not it true, that free mobility laws allow you to join/accompany your EU spouse in any EU country except their own? I.e., I was under the impression that one can join polish wife in, say, Germany or France without need for a visa, but not in Poland itself.. And that for Poland one actually would ...

As far as I understand, there are two ways: (1) Either you can prove that she is dependent on you and/or your wife (relies on you to fulfill her essential needs), and then you apply for her for Family Permit via EEA root, as a direct dependent ascendant; no need to show anything except dependency an...

You could call your embassy and ask for an emergency replacement passport (or country ID, if you travel within EU), or some other emergency travel document. Many countries would issue you something valid fro travel in a matter of a day. The drawback is that most probable it will invalidate your pass...

I applied for EEa2 for my mother last July, then got her passport back, and she left UK in December (family reasons). We got her residence on A4 sheet of paper a couple of weeks ago. I will send send it to her now, and I have all reasons to believe she will not have any problem to return. If you hav...

I called 0151 672 5626 (I found it on this forum, they said it is a "real one" behind 0843 515 8133 sited on UKBA website).
It was around 9:05-9:10 in the morning, and a guy answered literally in one minute.

EEA 2 application for an elderly parent of a European Citizen (widowed mother, 68), sponsor (me) works. Approved in 6 months: Documents sent on July 17, 2013, accepted on July 19. We got the confirmation letter in late July, and the proper COA (with right to work) in early August. We asked for both ...

We just got the EEA2 residence permit for my mother from the post. It took exactly 6 months (documents were sent on July 17, 2013). We requested passports back in August, so the permit arrived on a separate paper. Now, my mother left UK about a month ago, and she is now abroad. I plan to send her EE...

I called 0151 672 5626 (I found it on this forum, they said it is a "real one" behind 0843 515 8133). It was around 9:05-9:10 a guy answered in 1 minute. I am still wandering, how can it be that they did not look for the case for 6 months, and then exactly when I call it is that the case &...

By the way, indeed - for example if one is married to a French citizen, then French embassy would easily issue him a free short term Schengen visitor visa (1 year multiple, with right of 3 months total presence in France/Schengen). And one only needs marriage certificate, passport and photo. Thus, i...

Yes, I meant less then three weeks - altogether, from the day I sent application till the day I got documents back. Remember, you send the file, and they also send you to do biometrics, then they get it, then they "register" it, then they count their 5 or so days, then they make the decisi...

You do not need to send them your passport. Just a copy of your passport certified by your embassy. Plus his passport, his photo, your marriage certificate, and a cover letter from you. Other documents are not needed (if you wish, you could include your job offer from UK, and some proof that you liv...

As far as I understand, applying for transferring your residence to a new passport is treated by UKBA as a fresh application. I.e., you will have to submit all the documents as you did first time for EEA 2, pay £55, and then wait for up to 6 months.

There is no need for translation to be certified, notarized, etc. I submitted translation (which I did myself), signed up by a friend. He wrote that he certifies that he is fluent in both English and other language, and that the translation is full and complete, and added his contact details (addres...

We submitted EEA 2 application (for my 68 years old mother) on July 17. Got COA in 3 weeks, got passports back in August, and then nothing. I called UKBA this morning, gave them the case number, and I was told that the decision was made yesterday, and documents are "placed in the secured area&q...

Yes, you need visa to the EU country of which your wife is citizen, but not to other EU countries. Visa should be free, French typically give multiple one valid for 1 year (with 3 months stay total authorized), and you only need to show that you are married to a french citizen, but I am not sue how ...

You could be caught in a vicious cycle, something like this: in order to rent an apartment you need a UK bank account, and in order to open UK bank account you need a proof of UK address. If you have EU passport, then some (not all!) banks would open you an account without the proof of address. If y...

This is just an opinion, but that is what I would try. What they want is the proof that you are EU citizen, right? Why do not you send them a copy of your (good for foreign travel) Polish passport, better notarized in Poland (with explanation why you could not get "embassy stamp"), plus so...

I know of old parents of friends who do not drive and did not have state DL or ID, and had no problem with citizenship. "Identification" does not mean "state ID". But bring something. As a minimum, bring your passport (of your current citizenship).

I guess the biggest problem could be with airlines, if you are visa national (especially if you travel from outside EU; but even from inside..) - they might refuse to put you on the plain. I know about people traveling with residence in expired passport with no problems with airlines, but would not ...

Thanks! In my case, after I updated address online in September, UKBA contacted me by e-mail (asking whether I forgot to add a flat number), so I guess I have a lot of evidence that I informed them about our change of address promptly. I am just a bit concerned as I see many people who applied recen...

Majority of EU countries have national ID in addition to passports (even for people living abroad - for example, French consulate here would issue one for a French citizen residing in UK). If one really does not want to send the passport, national ID will work equally well. In my case I sent my pass...

Just follow the address shown on coa which will more probably be Liverpool. Try to send them enough sized prepaid recorded delivery envelope with the new address written on it too. Thanks! I did exactly that last Friday. Le's see where it goes. If there is no reaction by early-mid January, I should...