I'm Canadian and my fiance is Austrian. We've been working here for a year and a half (I just recently switched from a Tier 5 to a Tier 2, valid until 2020), and we're planning on getting married next month. My plan is to have the EEA Residence Card application completely filled out and ready to go once we have the marriage certificate, so I have a few questions for that:
1) There's a section that asks you to submit all previous BRPs. Should I submit my original Tier 2 BRP? Isn't this what allows me to work in the country? If I submit it, does it cancel my right to work since I won't physically have it until I get it back from the Home Office? Stupid question, I know, but you know never with some of the Home Office's ridiculous requirements...
2) We won't be submitting online as my fiance has already submitted his application back in March, so it's going to have to be the paper version, which means we can't use the European passport service. Does anyone know after how long I can request the passports back? Based on other threads, it's seems like I can do it once I've enrolled my biometrics, but wondering if there's a way to do it earlier.
3) Along with the marriage certificate, is it advisable to submit proof of our relationship? We've been together for 3 years and I can always print out pictures from Facebook and Instagram of our holidays etc. On one hand, I don't want to submit too much in case they think it's unnecessary and reject the application, on the other hand it might not be enough and they'd still reject it. Thoughts?
That's it for now, I'll probably have more questions in about a week.
Thank you!
