Processing EEA FAMILY Permit without biometrics

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Paul Vanhelshoecht

Dear Home Office,

Article 5 of the citizens directive states that the family member of an eea national only needs to submit a valid passport. Passport/id of the union citizen and proof of family relationship.

Please provide any guidance you store which shows the process of issuing a family permit.

what happens if the applicant refuses to submit biometric data.

I previously read a request to Mr Shanderia which states that you request (and not require) the submission of biometric data.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Vanhelshoecht

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Dear Mr Vanhelschoecht

Please find attached the Home Office response to your request for
information, case 32348

 

Yours Sincerely

 

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Paul Vanhelshoecht

Dear Home Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Processing EEA FAMILY Permit without biometrics'.

32348

What happens if the applicant refuses to submit biometric data?

You failed to answer the most important question of my request.

You do hold infomation on this, as your communication with the EC in 2012 outlined that failure to submit biometric details does not remove a persons rights.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/2...

Therefore, please respond to the query. Surely you hold the information requested, and if not, a response to the actual query outside of the scope of the FOI Act would be the best course of action.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...

Yours faithfully,

Paul Vanhelshoecht

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Paul Vanhelshoecht

 

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Mr Vanhelshoecht

 

Please find attached a response to your request for an internal review

 

 

Diana Pottinger

Information Access Team

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Robert Simpson left an annotation ()

FOI request was about biometric data, which might include fingerprints.

Home office answer was generic and only specifically mentioned DNA testing.

Amit Hidri left an annotation ()

I wonder if the answer is different now considering they say rc application is invalid If biometrics not submitted.