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Old 13th May 2012, 08:45 AM
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Taken from EEA2 Residence Card Application Form:http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si.../eea/eea21.pdf
"As evidence of comprehensive sickness insurance:
You must provide either a private comprehensive sickness insurance policy document that covers for medical treatment in the majority of circumstances, or a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). The EHIC is only valid when your stay in the UK is on a temporary basis. Therefore if you do provide your EHIC as proof of comprehensive sickness insurance you should also provide a covering letter stating whether it is your intention to stay in the UK on a temporary or permanent basis and your reasons for this. This must be signed and dated by you."

By then, you can apply for yours and your husband's EHIC here: https://www.ehic.org.uk/Internet/startApplication.do
Simple process and you receive the cards within a week.
UK-issued EHIC isn't valid within UK - only in certain countries abroad so can't be used as proof of comprehensive sickness insurance. What they are talking about is EHIC issued outside UK, and you are most unlikely to be eligible, not having contributed to health and social security schemes in one of EEA countries, even though you have Maltese citizenship. The same goes for your husband too.

If you want to apply for EHIC for travelling in Europe, you can get a UK one online but your husband has to apply by post, enclosing evidence of being ordinarily resident such as residence card. Remember in some countries, only EEA nationals with EHIC are covered. So always get travel insurance as well.
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UK-issued EHIC isn't valid within UK - only in certain countries abroad so can't be used as proof of comprehensive sickness insurance. What they are talking about is EHIC issued outside UK, and you are most unlikely to be eligible, not having contributed to health and social security schemes in one of EEA countries, even though you have Maltese citizenship. The same goes for your husband too.

If you want to apply for EHIC for travelling in Europe, you can get a UK one online but your husband has to apply by post, enclosing evidence of being ordinarily resident such as residence card. Remember in some countries, only EEA nationals with EHIC are covered. So always get travel insurance as well.
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My wife applied for hers and mine via on-line, and at that time I only had my FP. No evidence was ever requested.

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My wife applied for hers and mine via on-line, and at that time I only had my FP. No evidence was ever requested.
Yes, but did you tick the box about British or EU nationality?

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UK-issued EHIC isn't valid within UK - only in certain countries abroad so can't be used as proof of comprehensive sickness insurance. What they are talking about is EHIC issued outside UK, and you are most unlikely to be eligible, not having contributed to health and social security schemes in one of EEA countries, even though you have Maltese citizenship. The same goes for your husband too.

If you want to apply for EHIC for travelling in Europe, you can get a UK one online but your husband has to apply by post, enclosing evidence of being ordinarily resident such as residence card. Remember in some countries, only EEA nationals with EHIC are covered. So always get travel insurance as well.
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So should we get comprehensive sickness insurance before applying for the FP or do we only need it when applying for the EEA2? I'll have to see if my Canadian insurance covers me.

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So should we get comprehensive sickness insurance before applying for the FP or do we only need it when applying for the EEA2? I'll have to see if my Canadian insurance covers me.
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So should we get comprehensive sickness insurance before applying for the FP or do we only need it when applying for the EEA2? I'll have to see if my Canadian insurance covers me.
Sorry for the delay. Had to do an emergency LHR>YEG>LHR.

For this FP you don't need it, as you have up to 90 days of "grace period". Thereafter, then yes you need it, especially if your intentions are to apply for your husband's RC (Form EEA2) and for your Registration Certificate (Form EEA1).

I'm not quite sure if your PRIVATE Canadian Insurance will be accept it - unless it has a provision of international medical care-. But still, I have my doubts.

Here in the UK, you can easily get it for about £70-140 pcm.

This is interesting, if your husband isn't going to apply for RC, but for another FP instead. You still will have to apply for a Registration Certificate (Form EEA1), where again you must show CSI.

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Hey everyone,

So my husband and I have collected almost all of the required documentation to finally submit our application for the EEA FP. Just some clarifying questions:

- regarding comprehensive sickness insurance, is it easy to purchase in the UK? also, is it recommended that I purchase it there or before I leave for the UK?

- I'm having some trouble getting in touch with my friend who lives in Edinburgh to get the details of her apartment to include in the application (her computer broke down). Since we don't have an address in the UK, what's the recommended way to complete that part of the section? Can we include hotel information?

- After the biometrics appointment, we have 14 days to submit the paperwork, yes?

- As proof of our long term relationship, we have the marriage certificate as well as photos, screen shots of my email inbox with emails dating back to 2007, some old travel itineraries. Is there anything else? My fear is them deeming our marriage one of convenience.

- What's the latest on processing times?

- And lastly, where can we find out how to get my husband's passport back for travel? He'll be coming to Canada at the end of June for my sister's graduation but since we'll be submitting soon, the application likely won't be processed in time. What's the best way to ensure that we get his passport back before the end of june?

Thanks a million!

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- I'm having some trouble getting in touch with my friend who lives in Edinburgh to get the details of her apartment to include in the application (her computer broke down). Since we don't have an address in the UK, what's the recommended way to complete that part of the section? Can we include hotel information?
If we say we're going to stay at a hotel while we find an apartment, how do we answer questions like "how many bedrooms are there in the property?" and "does anyone other than the EEA National live in the property?". Should we just put N/A in these fields?

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- And lastly, where can we find out how to get my husband's passport back for travel? He'll be coming to Canada at the end of June for my sister's graduation but since we'll be submitting soon, the application likely won't be processed in time. What's the best way to ensure that we get his passport back before the end of june?
And scratch the last question from my original post, I just read that if you need your passport back, you have to withdraw your application.

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If we say we're going to stay at a hotel while we find an apartment, how do we answer questions like "how many bedrooms are there in the property?" and "does anyone other than the EEA National live in the property?". Should we just put N/A in these fields?



And scratch the last question from my original post, I just read that if you need your passport back, you have to withdraw your application.
I am reasonably sure you can request your passport back while you're waiting for an EEA2 and they just ask you to send the passport back in when the application is processed and it's time to put the stamp in it.... As for how long it takes to get back after requested -- I believe the stated time is something like 2 weeks? (Assuming someone correct me if I'm wrong on this! but having never done this myself I cannot speak to whether this is how long it actually takes...

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Hey everyone!

So Phase 1 aka "Get EEA FP" is complete. My husband got the email today that his visa has been issued. He should have his passport in hand tomorrow. We booked our flights to get to Scotland today!

Now for Phase 2: The EEA FP is only good for 6 months. I'll be studying in the UK for 1 year but we don't plan on staying in Scotland afterwards. I'll likely return to Canada for more school. I obviously want my husband to spend the whole year with me in Scotland. As I understand it, we have 2 options:

1. Apply for EEA2 (although this seems unfavourable since it's a lengthy process and we won't need a permit to stay in the UK for 5 years).

2. Apply for another EEA FP.

Am I missing any options?
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Is there no way to simply extend the EEA FP?
How likely is it for the UKBA to issue my husband 2 consecutive EEA FPs?
How should we go about applying for a second EEA FP if it's a viable option?

Sorry for the blitzkrieg of questions! Any tips or info would be greatly appreciated!

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