EEA -forms returned - please help

[dochelp]

I am a non EU husband of an EEA citizen. My wife is a Romanian citizen and we were issued with residence permit in 2007 as she was exercising treaty rights as a worker when Romania joined EU. Soon after this she stopped working to take care of our 3 little children. I worked and maintained my family. Since then 5 years has passed and we applied for permanent residence 2 months ago. Unfortunately our documents have been returned yesterday stating that we need to furnish comprehensive sickness insurance for the period of 5 years as apparently she falls in the category of self-sufficient. We were not aware we needed one. Any advice as to how to proceed from here will be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

[bobobo]

If you were working did your company provide you with health insurance as a benefit, if yes then you can use that to prove your family has/had health cover.

I am a non EU husband of an EEA citizen. My wife is a Romanian citizen and we were issued with residence permit in 2007 as she was exercising treaty rights as a worker when Romania joined EU. Soon after this she stopped working to take care of our 3 little children. I worked and maintained my family. Since then 5 years has passed and we applied for permanent residence 2 months ago. Unfortunately our documents have been returned yesterday stating that we need to furnish comprehensive sickness insurance for the period of 5 years as apparently she falls in the category of self-sufficient. We were not aware we needed one. Any advice as to how to proceed from here will be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

[dochelp]

No private insurance cover from work, unfortunately.

If you were working did your company provide you with health insurance as a benefit, if yes then you can use that to prove your family has/had health cover.

I am a non EU husband of an EEA citizen. My wife is a Romanian citizen and we were issued with residence permit in 2007 as she was exercising treaty rights as a worker when Romania joined EU. Soon after this she stopped working to take care of our 3 little children. I worked and maintained my family. Since then 5 years has passed and we applied for permanent residence 2 months ago. Unfortunately our documents have been returned yesterday stating that we need to furnish comprehensive sickness insurance for the period of 5 years as apparently she falls in the category of self-sufficient. We were not aware we needed one. Any advice as to how to proceed from here will be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.