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Very interesting, INSIDER.INSIDER wrote:Destiny
You can go to any queue you like.
In your circumstances, ie travelling with an EU family member, it is highly unlikely any IO would refuse to see you. If they did you would be well within your rights to politely request to see the CHIEF IO.
Simmo,simmo wrote:Very interesting, INSIDER.INSIDER wrote:Destiny
You can go to any queue you like.
In your circumstances, ie travelling with an EU family member, it is highly unlikely any IO would refuse to see you. If they did you would be well within your rights to politely request to see the CHIEF IO.
Out of interest, is this officially part of UKBA policy? I was curious to know the answer to this and put in a FoI request to find out if it was and it was politely rebuffed.
I only ask this because after landing back recently at Gatwick at 0415 from Toronto with my Canadian spouse and faced with a super-long non-EU line (lots of Canadians on the flight) it would have been lovely to zip through to the speedy EU line. However, we didn't want to face the risk of being sent back to the back of our original queue
Family members of EEA national holding a Residence Card could always use the EU line regardless if they are traveling with the EEA national or alone. They don't need to fill in a landing card and their passport should not be stamped.INSIDER wrote:... The only thing to be aware of is sometimes an IO at the EU control might not have his/her stamp. In which case the passenger should be directed to another colleague on the EU desk.
You are correct Jambo.Jambo wrote:Family members of EEA national holding a Residence Card could always use the EU line regardless if they are traveling with the EEA national or alone. They don't need to fill in a landing card and their passport should not be stamped.INSIDER wrote:... The only thing to be aware of is sometimes an IO at the EU control might not have his/her stamp. In which case the passenger should be directed to another colleague on the EU desk.
You will find that most IO are not 100% familiar with the rules for EEA family members but you can always point them to the rules or ask them to check with the Chief Immigration Officer.