Can a Non-EEA passport holder with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), who accompany EEA family, join the EEA queue at UK borders?
Can a Non-EEA passport holder with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), who accompany an EEA family member(/s), join the EEA queue at UK borders?
I note that there have been several questions relating to this, but which don't seem to address this specific case per se:
1) Which queue for an unmarried EU/non-EU couple travelling through UK Immigration Control together?: the non-eu nonmarried partner does not seem to be a BRP/indefinite leave to remain.
2) USA passport with British residency permit. Can I use the EU passport line?: this one refers to a BRP-holder per se, without mention of accompanying EU family.
I hope this question, addresses this matter for this specific category of traveller.
Best Answer
I have never seen an international arrival in the UK where you didn't have a queue manager guiding people where to go. As an accompanying family member of a UK/EU citizen, you are generally admissible to their queue but if in doubt, just ask the person running the queue.
It is pretty normal to ask them, and their word matters more than what is going to be said here. The local queue management arrangements that you quote in this answer are exactly that.
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