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What was your lawyer's advice after the initial rejection?romarin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:54 pmI hired a lawyer who put in an application for me to use my dad as my sponsor (although he’s not an EEA national) and the application got rejected by the Home Office because of this.
I want to apply again but i still don’t have any way of contacting the EEA national although i have every document relating to the divorce and I also have her payslips to show she was working up until the divorce.
This lawyer does not know what he or she is doing. The sponsor was the EEA national. I am puzzled as to why dad did not apply with you, as you would have qualified with him.romarin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:54 pmI am a Nigerian national who came into the UK aged 16 on an entry visa in 2011. 6 months after, i applied and was issued with a residence card on the basis that I was a family member of an EEA national.
The EEA national at the time was my dad’s spouse. They have since divorced and my dad applied for his permanent residence (and then british citizenship) after the divorce but I didn’t qualify as I hadn’t lived in the UK for five years.
I now want to apply for PR on the basis that I was a family member of a qualified person (dad’s ex).
I don’t know how to get my dad’s ex’d ID or passport photograph.
I hired a lawyer who put in an application for me to use my dad as my sponsor (although he’s not an EEA national) and the application got rejected by the Home Office because of this.
I want to apply again but i still don’t have any way of contacting the EEA national although i have every document relating to the divorce and I also have her payslips to show she was working up until the divorce.
How do i go about this please?
Please note : My residence card expired in 2016.
Obie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:00 pmThis lawyer does not know what he or she is doing. The sponsor was the EEA national. I am puzzled as to why dad did not apply with you, as you would have qualified with him.romarin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:54 pmI am a Nigerian national who came into the UK aged 16 on an entry visa in 2011. 6 months after, i applied and was issued with a residence card on the basis that I was a family member of an EEA national.
The EEA national at the time was my dad’s spouse. They have since divorced and my dad applied for his permanent residence (and then british citizenship) after the divorce but I didn’t qualify as I hadn’t lived in the UK for five years.
I now want to apply for PR on the basis that I was a family member of a qualified person (dad’s ex).
I don’t know how to get my dad’s ex’d ID or passport photograph.
I hired a lawyer who put in an application for me to use my dad as my sponsor (although he’s not an EEA national) and the application got rejected by the Home Office because of this.
I want to apply again but i still don’t have any way of contacting the EEA national although i have every document relating to the divorce and I also have her payslips to show she was working up until the divorce.
How do i go about this please?
Please note : My residence card expired in 2016.
Please provide your timeline.
When you father married this woman?
When you came to the UK?
When you dad divorced from this woman?
I will shed some light once you provide these details.
Are you in education at present?
apologies. i have responded; just need to clarify on the dates of marriage and divorce.Obie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 5:41 pmI am not able to add much, as you have not provided answer to my question.
I know the decision is wrong, i know the lawyer messed up, but i am not sure if you qualify under Regulation 15(1)(b) or 15(1)(f). I do believe that at the very least, you retained a right of Residence at the time of divorce.
thank you so much for your response. could you please suggest what my next step is and how do i go about applying for a retained right of residence if i dont have any documentation for the ex spouse? and what documentation would i require from my father?
You do have a right of appeal. Home Office was wrong to refuse you a right of appeal. You could still appeal without them confirming you right of appeal, as i believe 100% that a right of appeal exist. They were wrong to refuse you.romarin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:54 pmthank you so much for your response.
i was not given a right to appeal. but i guess it’s because i never used the eea national as my sponsor to begin with so that’s probably my lawyer’s fault.
would you advise to stick to a legal representative or is this something i could apply for by myself? considering the facts.