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pedroramos999
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Residence Card - which channel to use at border crossings?

Post by pedroramos999 » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:23 pm

my spouse holds a foreign passport with Residence Card for a family member of EEA national (applied using EEA2) issued.

I have been wondering which channel at the airports she should use every time when she arrives in the UK. Can she use EU passports channel or does she still have to use the ALL OTHER PASSPORTS channel?

I also have seen somewhere that such endorsed passports should not be any more stamped when traveling to the UK, leaving UK or in fact any other EU country. What is the situation currently or how much is this rule being followed? I myself (EU passport) have been recently transiting in Holland and had my passport stamped by dutch Immi offical.

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Re: Residence Card - which channel to use at border crossing

Post by sakura » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:47 pm

pedroramos999 wrote:my spouse holds a foreign passport with Residence Card for a family member of EEA national (applied using EEA2) issued.

I have been wondering which channel at the airports she should use every time when she arrives in the UK. Can she use EU passports channel or does she still have to use the ALL OTHER PASSPORTS channel?

I also have seen somewhere that such endorsed passports should not be any more stamped when traveling to the UK, leaving UK or in fact any other EU country. What is the situation currently or how much is this rule being followed? I myself (EU passport) have been recently transiting in Holland and had my passport stamped by dutch Immi offical.
Your first question is answered here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=20938

If she's coming alone (i.e. without you), she uses the non-EU/EEA queue. If she's coming with you, she can enter with you in the EU/EEA queue.

As for getting your passport stamped.....that is very odd.

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