Family member Residence Card - how it looks like?

[Frozen]

Hello there,
It's strange but it seems that this non EEA family member 5-year residence card is not a card really but the visa which is attached to holder's passport. Somebody was telling that it is possible to get it separate, I wrote to HO, advisor told me that it is called CARD and that it is coming separately. It would be the ideal for me as I have reason not to have this stamp in my passport. But I don't think one can trust those advisors.
I've got the questions:
1) Does anybody have such residence card? Is it CARD or it is a STAMP (VISA) in passport?
2) If it is attached to passport, is there any possibility to get it separately, not into passport?

It is very important to me.

Thanks beforehand!

[86ti]

It is a sticker in the passport and only under certain circumstances (passport not available on issue) will it be put on a separate A4 sheet. I don't see any reason why having it separately would be of any advantage.

[Rozen]

Hello there,
It's strange but it seems that this non EEA family member 5-year residence card is not a card really but the visa which is attached to holder's passport. Somebody was telling that it is possible to get it separate, I wrote to HO, advisor told me that it is called CARD and that it is coming separately. It would be the ideal for me as I have reason not to have this stamp in my passport. But I don't think one can trust those advisors.
I've got the questions:
1) Does anybody have such residence card? Is it CARD or it is a STAMP (VISA) in passport?
2) If it is attached to passport, is there any possibility to get it separately, not into passport?

It is very important to me.

Thanks beforehand!

1) In the UK, the RC is a sticker in yor passport! (Though here in Nederland it comes separately, like a UK Driving Licence).
2) There is no way to have it separate from your passport, unless like 86ti says, the passport is unavailable, and therefore it will just be on an A4 sheet of paper!
I'd rather have it in my pasport than on a flimsy piece of paper!
Why do you want to have it separately, anyway? Could it be that your passport is about to expire?

[Frozen]

Hello there,
It's strange but it seems that this non EEA family member 5-year residence card is not a card really but the visa which is attached to holder's passport. Somebody was telling that it is possible to get it separate, I wrote to HO, advisor told me that it is called CARD and that it is coming separately. It would be the ideal for me as I have reason not to have this stamp in my passport. But I don't think one can trust those advisors.
I've got the questions:
1) Does anybody have such residence card? Is it CARD or it is a STAMP (VISA) in passport?
2) If it is attached to passport, is there any possibility to get it separately, not into passport?

It is very important to me.

Thanks beforehand!

1) In the UK, the RC is a sticker in yor passport! (Though here in Nederland it comes separately, like a UK Driving Licence).
2) There is no way to have it separate from your passport, unless like 86ti says, the passport is unavailable, and therefore it will just be on an A4 sheet of paper!
I'd rather have it in my pasport than on a flimsy piece of paper!
Why do you want to have it separately, anyway? Could it be that your passport is about to expire?

Hey guys, thanks for your replies,

I've got two reasons:
1) My passport ia ALREADY expired. I will be applying for residence card soon but I can't go home to change my passport first, so I need to get my visa first. So what happens if I send them my expired passport? I wrote to UKBA explaining situation, they just replied that it is a CARD, I even asked one more time to make it sure -- same result!
2) In my country it is not very welcomed to have residence of another coutry, there may be problems.

So do you guys know any serious reason for which HO will undoubtedly issue the visa separately? Will it happen, if I send them my expired passport, or maybe I need to withdraw my passport straight away stating that I need to change it, and then they will probably send it on A4 list?
If there is no certain rule for it, should I ask HO in my cover letter to put visa separately saying that I might have problems in my country with this?
Thanks!

[noble72uk]

Hello there,
It's strange but it seems that this non EEA family member 5-year residence card is not a card really but the visa which is attached to holder's passport. Somebody was telling that it is possible to get it separate, I wrote to HO, advisor told me that it is called CARD and that it is coming separately. It would be the ideal for me as I have reason not to have this stamp in my passport. But I don't think one can trust those advisors.
I've got the questions:
1) Does anybody have such residence card? Is it CARD or it is a STAMP (VISA) in passport?
2) If it is attached to passport, is there any possibility to get it separately, not into passport?

It is very important to me.

Thanks beforehand!

1) In the UK, the RC is a sticker in yor passport! (Though here in Nederland it comes separately, like a UK Driving Licence).
2) There is no way to have it separate from your passport, unless like 86ti says, the passport is unavailable, and therefore it will just be on an A4 sheet of paper!
I'd rather have it in my pasport than on a flimsy piece of paper!
Why do you want to have it separately, anyway? Could it be that your passport is about to expire?

Hey guys, thanks for your replies,

I've got two reasons:
1) My passport ia ALREADY expired. I will be applying for residence card soon but I can't go home to change my passport first, so I need to get my visa first. So what happens if I send them my expired passport? I wrote to UKBA explaining situation, they just replied that it is a CARD, I even asked one more time to make it sure -- same result!
2) In my country it is not very welcomed to have residence of another coutry, there may be problems.

So do you guys know any serious reason for which HO will undoubtedly issue the visa separately? Will it happen, if I send them my expired passport, or maybe I need to withdraw my passport straight away stating that I need to change it, and then they will probably send it on A4 list?
If there is no certain rule for it, should I ask HO in my cover letter to put visa separately saying that I might have problems in my country with this?
Thanks!

Hi

Just to let you know these days the HO are requesting a Valid passport so you need to re-new you expired one (travel document).

Can you please tell us what your original country is?

I may access to check the Ties between (UK and your original country)
Just to inform you. Maybe your country won’t accept that you will get the 2nd citizenship the British citizenship. Spain is the only country in Europe that not allows people to hold 2 citizenship.

But regarding residing outside your original country!!! This is the 1st time that I’ve heard a country cause a issues to their own citizens if they reside abroad!!!!

[fysicus]

A lot of sample documents can be seen on http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/EN ... s_GBR.html

[86ti]

A lot of sample documents can be seen on http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/EN ... s_GBR.html

But not the residence card though it is basically the same as the residence certificate as shown there. I posted an example here.

[Ben]

My passport ia ALREADY expired.

Then you may have a problem.

Issue of residence cards
2. For the residence card to be issued, Member States shall require presentation of the following
documents:
(a) a valid passport;

In addition:

Valid passports for you and all non-European family members included on your application. Original passports must be submitted. The documents must not have expired and must be signed in the relevant places.