EEA family permit for non-eu spouse

[bartwtr]

Hello everyone

My name is Bart I'm from Poland. I've been living in Thailand with my Thai wife for little over 1,5 year. We've been married for 4 months though. We're planing on moving to UK. we are not sure what visa she should get. I would like to apply for EEA family permit for her in Bangkok ( we're going to UK together). If we submit all the documents such as;
- Proof of relationship (marriage certificate or birth certificate for children).
- Passports
- A declaration by the EEA national that the non EEA national would be travelling together or joining him.

What are the chances of being denied EEA family permit if we apply in Bangkok? Do we have a better chances of getting it done in Poland? if she gets one can we fly to UK right away or we still need some other visa?

[bartwtr]

do we need to submit any proof of our relationship? , if yes are photos and messages from Facebook enough maybe on top of that letters in english written by our friends and her family confirming that we've been genuinely in love. How do we exactly have to prove that our relationship is genuine to reduce the risk of refusal?

[eniseg]

Hi Bart,

My Australian husband and I (German student in UK) have not yet received the answer for our Family Permit application, so take the information with a grain of salt.

You need:
both your passports,
your marriage certificate,
that's it.

I think. If you are traveling together, double-check the requirements for health insurance, I'm not 100% sure.

I would recommend that you write a letter of support for your wife:
"Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Bart, the Polish husband of Thai citizen Jane Smith, as evidenced by our marriage certificate and my Polish passport, included for your convenience.

We are planning to travel to the UK together in August 2016. Under Regulations (insert paragraphs etc.), my wife Jane Smith may accompany me on this trip. We kindly request that you issue her with a Family Permit under the Directive (insert name/numbers)."

If you are worried that your relationship may not be seen as genuine, you can include some photographs and some travel documents together, for example train tickets, flight tickets, hotel rooms. I have also read that including statements from your friends and family members helps. Maybe I would make a copy of the friend's / family member's passport and state the relationship, for example "I include a statement from my brother-in-law, John Smith, and along with a copy of his passport. John was the witness at our wedding and....".

One thing I need to point out: with June 23, i.e. the British referendum, this law may change, and very soon. I have spoken to some immigration advisors in the UK and I've been told that it will not affect the family permit law at all by one, and that the family permit may no longer be granted after June 23 by another. Part of Cameron's EU deal was having more control over the spouses of EU citizens. Nobody seems to know what is happening.

[bartwtr]

Hi thanks for the info. How long have you been waiting for your permit already? do you think there is no need to add this form to my documents from this website https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk

[eniseg]

We had to fill it in, the website form, print it off and hand it in with our other documents.

We have been waiting for 12 working days, out of the suggested 15.