I arrived in the UK from NZ in 2006; my wife (EEA national) and I married in 2007. Subsequently I applied for and received an EEA2 residency card which expired last year.
At the time I applied for EEA2 my wife was working without any form of residency card; we skipped the part of the form about 'self sufficient' and 'students' as they didn't apply at the time. Therefore we had no idea when she later went into full-time bursary-funded study that there was any requirement for her to have Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI).
I have recently applied for EEA4 and it has been rejected on the grounds of no evidence of CSI for the duration of my wife's (the EEA sponsor) study. UKBA have kidnapped my passport for good measure and have asked me to get in touch to discuss when I plan on leaving the country...
Meanwhile, since making my EEA4 application, my wife has gone back into employment. So, my cunning plan is to apply for a second EEA2 residency permit - is this possible or is the EEA2 a one-time-only deal? I can find no information to the contrary.
If a second EEA2 permit is not possible, what are my other options? Bearing in mind there is no time-machine which would allow me to go back in history and purchase comprehensive medical cover... I can always appeal, but I'm not particularly optimistic as the government is fairly shall we say cavalier regarding its EU treaty obligations.
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