EEA family permit to UK (spouse EEA nation)

Question

I'm Russian, have a permanent residency in Sweden. My wife is Swedish. We're going together to the UK. Wonder if can I get a free of charge UK visa?

When we visited Norway from UK, they issued for me a free visa to Norway, as I'm married to EEA nation.

Can I get something like EEA family permit to UK for free?

and applied in two places.

In both places I have to pay 100 EUR + 63 EUR for going to the visa center. (payment online, before my appointment is even booked...)

Are there any options to get it free?

You are supposed to get it for free; perhaps you selected the wrong visa type. My mother in law got an EEA family permit in Sarajevo; she did not have to pay for her biometric appointment, nor (of course) for the permit itself. — phoog, Commented Oct 29, 2016 at 19:55
It's free. The site is currently buggy wrt family permits, write to the Public Enquiry Office at Lunar House and get a paper application. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_House — Gayot Fow, Commented Oct 29, 2016 at 20:25
Thx @phoog it took me a while, but I finally found where they hide it :) — Viacheslav Bakshaev, Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 6:27

CGCampbell · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-02 11:32:09Z

Not obvious, but right way:

Go here: https://www.gov.uk/family-permit (Fees: An EEA family permit is free.)
Then click "apply". redirects here https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/apply (You must apply online for an EEA family permit)
Click "apply online" redirects here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa
Here you have two options
- "apply using the new service" (Standard Visitor visa, Marriage Visitor visa, Permitted Paid Engagement visa) goes to https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/uk-visit-visa
- "Apply on the Visa4UK" (for all other visas) goes to https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/account/register
Register on Visa4UK
Login and click "Apply for myself", fill the form.

There you will see a form element:

Reason for Visit: visit, study, work, settlement, transit, other, exempt

You have to choose other!

Visa Type: choose EEA/Swedish family member

Visa Sub Type: choose Family member of an EEA Nation

Thanks! I knew it was something like that but did not remember exactly because it was over a year and a half ago. Someone has recently had the same problem on Expatriates; now all I have to do is find that question again so I can link to this answer. — phoog, Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 6:39
The question is at expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/9516/2440. — phoog, Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 6:44

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