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In your case, you can disregard that line. It is a default letter sent to everybody who requests passports back, and it was written with visa-required nationals in mind who, otherwise, would have difficulty boarding a plane and even getting through border control without an entry permit. Your wife being American, she has nothing to fear.
She doesn't. Again, if she had a nationality that requires a visa to enter the UK then she would need to. You can say this is the Home Office covering their backs.She already has an application in process for a residence card and due to this I was unsure why she would also need to apply for the permit.
It's because for most regular UK visa applications if you do leave the UK your application is considered withdrawn. But this is not the case for the EEA and EU Settlement Scheme routes. Proof of this is the wording the Home Office employs in the letter, admitting your wife can travel outside the UK, and instructions on how to get back in, with no word of any eventual withdrawal of the application.My dilemma is that I am still unsure if is safe to travel and if it will be fine. I am a British Citizen and we also have a 3 month old with a British Passport. My solicitor is also advising not to travel, but I assume that is them covering there backs.
She's American. Unless she has committed a serious crime and her passport is on Interpol's blacklist, I don't think so.My other dilemma is that should we travel and her application be rejected for any reason, would her return to the UK will be difficult?
The entirety of my answers above were written with travel outside the EU in mind. In other words, everything I said above applies to any travel abroad, out of the UK, regardless of weather it is within the EU or outside of it.
Thank you very much for your advice. You have been a lot more helpful than my solicitor!
fazad wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:35 amHello,
I am relatively new posting to this forum.
I am British Citizen and was born in the UK. My wife is a US Citizen and we got married in August 2018. Subsequently we lived in the Czech Republic as I was studying there. At the time she was exercising her treaty rights and lived with me there legally. On our return to the UK she has applied for a UK resident card through an EEA application and we are just waiting for the outcome. It’s been about 5 months waiting and I just wanted to plan a contingency should it be unsuccessful for any reason.
Additionally, we have recently had a child born in the UK who has recently received her British passport. If the EEA application was to be rejected what other visa could my wife apply for? We are planning to go on holiday at the end of this month and I wanted to be assured that I have all the options available on the table.
Thanks for the help and I look forward to hearing back
You misunderstood me. It is not lawful for a US citizen to enter or leave the US on anything but their US passport.
She is a US citizen by descent, isn't she?
I don't know why her case is taking so long; they can take up to six months.