I am an EU national, living and working the UK. My wife, a non-EU national moved over to UK in the start of this year on an EEA Family Permit. We've applied for a family member residence card (EEA - FM) for her and waiting for a decision. We have submitted her bio-metrics and have received a certificate of application.
She needs to travel out of UK in a month so we're going to request her passport back from the Home Office but not withdraw the application. Her EEA Family Permit has already expired but she's legally in the UK as her residence card application is under process.
Does anyone know if she will be allowed back into the country without a visa on the basis that her application is under progress? If she needs to get a new Family Permit; will her residence card application become void if she's applied for another EEA Family Permit? Does calling her passport back affect her application?
Additionally, if anyone's gone through a similar process, please could you let me know. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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