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A European Economic Area Family Permit (short: EEA family permit) was an immigration document that assisted the holder to enter the United Kingdom as a family member of a citizen of a contracting state to the European Economic Area agreement or a Swiss citizen.
EU free movement rights come originally from the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular: [8] Article 18 (6) 1. Every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in this Treaty and by the measures adopted to give it effect.
The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the Agreement on the European Economic Area, [4] an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). [5]
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 [1] (or EEA Regulations for short), amended by SI 2009/1117, [2] SI 2011/1247 [3] and SI 2015/694 [4] and which have now been mostly repealed and superseded by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, was a piece of British legislation which implemented the right of free movement of European Economic Area (EEA ...
Citizens of all European Economic Area (EEA) member states and Switzerland holding a valid passport or national identity card [368] [369] [370] enjoy freedom of movement rights in each other's territory and can enter and reside in the each other's territory without a visa. If EU, EEA and Swiss nationals are unable to present a valid passport or ...
A family member of an EEA/Swiss citizen who is in possession of a residence permit indicating their status is exempt from the requirement to hold a visa when entering the European Economic Area or Switzerland when they are accompanying their EEA/Swiss family member or are seeking to join them. [298]
The holder of a valid Residence Card is entitled to use this document in lieu of an entry visa for entry to all EEA member states. There is not a unified format for this card throughout the EU. In the European Union (EU), a family member's residence card is issued under EU rules by any EU country (except, in common, the country the EU family ...
In these countries, the meaning of compulsory varies. [2] In the European Union, an EU/EEA national identity card can be used to travel freely within the EU/EEA in lieu of a passport. [3] Similarly, South America, citizens may use a identity card to travel between MERCOSUR states. [4]