Hello, everyone.
I have fell into a situation that I need to seek advices here again...
I lost my 5years resident card(EEA2) in February while traveling abroad.
I have recently got a job offer that I am supposed to start this Friday, and I need to show my right to work in the UK. I haven't applied for my resident card re-issued, because I had booked my holiday going to abroad in April, and I was afraid that UKBA would keep my passport and then I wouldn't be able to travel.
By the way, I have kept a photo copy of my original resident card(this is a free standing document), but I know employers require potential employees to show the original ones...
Since I am non visa national, I can bring the marriage certificate, my husband's EEA3 card and joint bank statements to travel abroad(many thanks for advices on this forum!) and come back to the UK, and show my documents to the immigration officers.
I can tell my potential employer that I have the right to live and work in this country even without the physical resident card since I am a family member of an EEA citizen having the EEA3 card, but I don't expect the employer would be such familiar with the immigration law
Seeking the way how to prove my right to live and work in this country without the resident card, I have found the form called "Employer checking service form: check employee's right to work" on
https://www.gov.uk/check-an-employees-r ... -documents, but it's written as "this form is to check people who's application has not been decided yet", so "If the employee does not fall into this, you can’t use the Employer Checking Service. Please see guidance on other ways to check an employee’s right to work."
Obviously, I'm not the one of them, as I got the resident card in 2010, although I've lost it
In this case, what department/phone number/email address in UKBA the employer can contact to confirm my right in the UK?
On the same page of the link above, its written as "Contact UKVI : Employer and education providers’ helpline
BusinessHelpdesk@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, Telephone: 0300 123 4699.
Can the employer contact this email address or telephone number?
Any advices are appreciated!