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Border Force
Operations Advice and Support
9th floor Lunar House
Croydon
CR9 2BY

12 March 2015


Dear Mr zzz

Thank you for your email of 5 March to the DMC (Croydon) inbox regarding the immigration status of your wife and stepdaughter who are Belarussian nationals with permanent residence in Germany. It has been passed to me to reply.

In order to gain admission to the United Kingdom (UK), your wife, as a non-EEA family member accompanying an EEA national, should present a valid German residence card, issued in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC, together with a valid national passport.

In order for a non-EEA visa national to gain admission as a family member under EEA Regulations, a visa is not required as leave to enter the UK under the Immigration Rules is not applicable to travellers arriving in the UK as EEA family members.

Yours sincerely

P Cox
Border Force Officer