New Testimonial on EEA Family Permit application from Australia

By 1st 4Immigration - #1 UK Immigration Experts -
"1st 4Immigration was a huge help to us and really made the application a lot easier". This came from Connal, an Australian national. He applied for an EEA Family Permit in Australia with our help from the UK with checking all the documents, forms and drafting letters.

Our client applied on the basis of being married to an Italian citizen, they were both living in Melbourne.
Our initial advice was that Connal did not need a visa to come to the UK. As a spouse of an EU citizen he would gain his rights automatically from the European law, without having to apply for a ‘visa stamp’. Australian nationals are known as non-visa nationals, ie they do not need a visitor visa to come in the UK, so this is sufficient for an airline to let one on a plane. Once in the UK, border control officers know the European immigration law and would allow a spouse of an EU citizen in (providing they are travelling together or EU spouse is already in the UK).

However, in this case our client had a job offer in the UK and wanted to have a 'visa stamp' which would allow to work right away when he and his spouse arrive in the UK. A ‘visa stamp’, an EEA Family Permit in this case, is for the re-assurance of the client’s employer, rather than something required by the immigration law.
So, in this case application was made for an EEA Family Permit, which took approx 2 weeks or so to process. An EEA Family Permit is for 6 months, after that one can apply for a Residence Card, which will be for 5 years.

For an advice or to make your application as successful please email us: info@1st4immigration.com or visit www.1st4immigration.com

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