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First of all congratulations with your Residence Card, which no doubt will make your life a lot easier.moosepants wrote:By applying for a residency card (under EEA2) you automatically void your existing (in our case Tier 5) visa. Until a decision is reached, your right to remain and work in the UK is maintained. If the application is declined, there is a 28 day window to exit the country, or appeal the decision, during which time you are still allowed to live and work in the UK.
We lodged the application late November last year. Then in Feb we made a general enquiry about what to do when her current visa expires and they let on that the EEA2 was due to be processed in early April, however it arrived a month early. So it took 3-4 months. Apparently the current average time is 3 months, and no application is supposed to take longer than 6.What is your application timeline. When did you apply and received the permit.
I don't know this for sure, but as we were applying as an unmarried couple, it is a tenuous connection whether she is eligible for these rights, and they have to assess whether we are in a relationship akin to marriage. If it doesn't look like that's the case, then she has no rights under any European law, I don't think.Rights under the EEA regulations are acquired automatically. They are not granted by UKBA
I'm not sure how this works, although the Tier 5 visa is a bit of a funny one; you cannot apply for any other visa etc when you're on the T5, so maybe it's a formality that they cancel the T5 so not to break any rules? We were just going by what the lady on the phone told us.Can they cancel a visa as punishment for wasting a bit of their time??
It is a myth that Tier 5 YMS visa holders can't switch into another category within the UK. They cannot switch to other parts of the points based system however they can apply for applications under other parts of the rules, and indeed, as you have discovered, for confirmation of EEA rights.I'm not sure how this works, although the Tier 5 visa is a bit of a funny one; you cannot apply for any other visa etc when you're on the T5, so maybe it's a formality that they cancel the T5 so not to break any rules? We were just going by what the lady on the phone told us.
Well, after T5 (YMS), you can't shift to another points based visa, and you normally will struggle to get a Tourist/Visit visa unless you have a ticket back home, as some of our mates are going through now. What fun.It is a myth that Tier 5 YMS visa holders can't switch into another category within the UK.