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Or why not apply in August itself? EEA applications are treated as priority anyway, unlike the applications submitted under UK rules. You should be able to pick up your EEA FP within a matter of days. Mine was issued on the same day!visatouk wrote:I read on the visas4uk website that applications for an EEA family permit can be submitted up to 3 months before my intended date of travel.
Our two years of being in a durable relationship is 15th August 2009. Can I apply 15th June 2009, and by the time the embassy processes my application, we would have been together for over two years?
Yeah, I know. Embassy staff...visatouk wrote:I would ask the embassy, but from my experience with dealing with the Australian Immigration department you ask the same question to three different staff members and you get three different answers.
I wanted to suggest that but you'll have to go to the embassy and if it is not really close where you live it may get expensive.visatouk wrote:I will just try my luck and see what the outcome is. It's free to apply, so I'm not really losing out on anything.
I do not think there is any hard requirement that you must have been together two years.visatouk wrote:I read on the visas4uk website that applications for an EEA family permit can be submitted up to 3 months before my intended date of travel.
Our two years of being in a durable relationship is 15th August 2009. Can I apply 15th June 2009, and by the time the embassy processes my application, we would have been together for over two years?
If I were doing this, I would:aussiegirl wrote:They tell you not to apply until three months before you are due to leave, and also tell you not to make travel arrangements until you get your visa; but of course flights to the UK aren't cheap, so you need to book them well in advance.
Hi Guru,Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:If I were doing this, I would:aussiegirl wrote:They tell you not to apply until three months before you are due to leave, and also tell you not to make travel arrangements until you get your visa; but of course flights to the UK aren't cheap, so you need to book them well in advance.
(1) Not buy a ticket.
(2) Apply as soon as I have the material together, whether or not it is within their 3 month window, but no more than 6 months + estimated processing time before the target travel date. (Said another way: ignore their unhelpful advice)
(3) When it is approved, purchase the ticket with peace of mind.
(4) Worst case, and I will miss the 6 month travel window, I can always apply for another EEA family permit, even before the old one expires.
What do you mean by a de facto visa?aussiegirl wrote:If your partner already got a de facto visa this should help enormously - make sure you put a certified copy of that in there somewhere.