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by Itabra » Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:24 pm
Hi All,
I would like to have an opinion or clarification about this....
my wife is non-EEA family member of an EEA person and has been living here for more than 5 years. I 'm European exercising treaty rights for more than 5 five years.
We applied for EEA4 more than two months ago but as she had a flight already booked , we asked the passport back while all the other docs (payslips, residence proof and other...) are still whit HO.
Along with the passport, we received a letter from HO saying she "should" apply for a Family Permit before to come back in UK. I believe this means to complete the VAF5 that actually seems to require more infos than the EEA4 and the same documentation ( the documentation that HO has got, and I have no more).
It seems like doing the process twice.
Everybody says that after 5 year living legally in UK exercising treaty rights a non-EEA family member of an EEA person acquires the right (it's not a concession anymore) to reside in UK.
I'm wondering what happen if such a person comes back in UK without FP.
Do you have any Idea or experience? Do we really need for a FP ?
does the "should" mean that in some circumstances it is required a FP?
THank you.