Application for PR or PR card: form EEA (PR) - UpToDate

Hi all,
An update on my partner's application. My EEA partner (Greek) received his PR card today in the post.
The timeline:
Application sent: 4th April 2015
Application received: 8th April 2015
Acknowledgement of receipt: dated: 10th April 2015
Payment taken: 13th April 2015
PR card: received today 19th May 2015 (Dated 15th May 2015)

On the whole processing time was about 6 weeks (though taking into consideration it was the Easter break and a Bank Holiday between processing-so in all a good time span! Hopefully should make our lives easier now)

Thanks for this great forum for all the advice-I'm sure I'll be needing more in the months to come!

Hello,

I am an EEA family member currently getting my PR application ready to send. Some sections are rather confusing. Could someone who has gone through the process help out? In section 5 where they ask you the date first entered the UK and to list your absences; are we really supposed to write every little holiday we had since entering the country? We both came as students in 2004, that's over ten years... and my sponsor doesn't get passport stamps so how is he supposed to remember? Also shouldn't this be about the relevant 5 year period that I have been on the family member residence card?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions

asian_atheart wrote:Hi all,
An update on my partner's application. My EEA partner (Greek) received his PR card today in the post.
The timeline:
Application sent: 4th April 2015
Application received: 8th April 2015
Acknowledgement of receipt: dated: 10th April 2015
Payment taken: 13th April 2015
PR card: received today 19th May 2015 (Dated 15th May 2015)

On the whole processing time was about 6 weeks (though taking into consideration it was the Easter break and a Bank Holiday between processing-so in all a good time span! Hopefully should make our lives easier now)

Thanks for this great forum for all the advice-I'm sure I'll be needing more in the months to come!

asian_atheart, a very big congratulations!
Apparently EEA nationals receive their permanent residence cards rather quicker than non-EEA citizens. Have you also applied for PR card? I mean was it a join application? And if yes are you a non-EEA citizen, if I may ask?

ankas wrote:Hello,

I am an EEA family member currently getting my PR application ready to send. Some sections are rather confusing. Could someone who has gone through the process help out? In section 5 where they ask you the date first entered the UK and to list your absences; are we really supposed to write every little holiday we had since entering the country? We both came as students in 2004, that's over ten years... and my sponsor doesn't get passport stamps so how is he supposed to remember? Also shouldn't this be about the relevant 5 year period that I have been on the family member residence card?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions

Hi ankas, I was in similar situation too. It's almost impossible to list every single entry to the UK (especially for EU citizens). You just need to list the 5 years period no need to submit the entries between 2004 and 2010!

Me and my wife have gone through the passport pages and tried to list as many entries as we could...we basically tried our best but I am sure there were some entries missing. As long as you list most of the entries I am sure it's not gonna make an impact on your application as Home Office can see your and your partners' entries on their system...

Alternatively, before submitting your application you can actually request all the entries via https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... mmigration
I think it takes 3-4 weeks to receive full data...

Hope this helps...and good luck! Don't forget to share your timeline with us at later stages

Forza_RC wrote: Have you also applied for PR card? I mean was it a join application? And if yes are you a non-EEA citizen, if I may ask?

Many thanks Forza_RC! I wish it was time for my PR! No, this was 1) for my partner to easily apply for BC at some point. 2)to help in my (near)future application for a EEA RC-which we should do by the end of this year. Yes I'm a non-EEA national. Im still on a Tier 4 visa. We've been together over 3 years and and plan to get married. While we work out all other contingencies, we figured we might get part of the paperwork out of the way. I'm sure there'll be much more updates when we start that process

Here is my timeline for permanent residence card (non-EEA citizen) application:

Application sent by special delivery: 26.03.2015
Home Office received the application & signed: 27.03.2015
Application fee was taken from my credit card account: 31.03.2015
Received a confirmation letter dated: 30.03.2015
Received a confirmation email: 08.04.2015
Received the COA: 07.04.2015

Hi All, I'll be very very please for some help on this ….

First Question
I Brazilian did come to UK August 2007, then i met a italian girl… We get married on 14 july of 2011; been leaving together since we married, she is working in UK as waiter and me registered and paying taxs as Self-Employed and our relation wasn't going well then we decide for divorce as she has another person now. We got our divorce certificate done last week. I'm very worrying if i Can apply to remain in UK on my own and retain my residence card? Also when i can apply to PR? (if yes)..

Second… Absence???

As i get married in 14 of july 2011 i have been issue if my residence card in 13 of june 2012.
so my ABSENCE was from
28 dez 2012 to 11 april 2013
10 of may 2013 to 15 of 2014
but been paying taxs for all gaps and wife was here working as well...

Any advise pls?

Hi All, I'll be very very please for some help on this ….

First Question
I Brazilian did come to UK August 2007, then i met a italian girl… We get married on 14 july of 2011; been leaving together since we married, she is working in UK as waiter and me registered and paying taxs as Self-Employed and our relation wasn't going well then we decide for divorce as she has another person now. We got our divorce certificate done last week. I'm very worrying if i Can apply to remain in UK on my own and retain my residence card? Also when i can apply to PR? (if yes)..

Second… Absence???

As i get married in 14 of july 2011 i have been issue if my residence card in 13 of june 2012.
so my ABSENCE was from
28 dez 2012 to 11 april 2013
10 of may 2013 to 15 of 2014
but been paying taxs for all gaps and wife was here working as well...

Any advise pls?

Hi All, I'll be very very please for some help on this ….

First Question
I Brazilian did come to UK August 2007, then i met a italian girl… We get married on 14 july of 2011; been leaving together since we married, she is working in UK as waiter and me registered and paying taxs as Self-Employed and our relation wasn't going well then we decide for divorce as she has another person now. We got our divorce certificate done last week. I'm very worrying if i Can apply to remain in UK on my own and retain my residence card? Also when i can apply to PR? (if yes)..

Second… Absence???

As i get married in 14 of july 2011 i have been issue if my residence card in 13 of june 2012.
so my ABSENCE was from
28 dez 2012 to 11 april 2013
10 of may 2013 to 15 of 2014
but been paying taxs for all gaps and wife was here working as well...

Any advise pls?

@pains,
Pls stick to one thread. You have hijcaked my thread as well looking for answers to questions that have been answered already. I hope that will not put people off from helping me with my query.

i am not sure HO
Keep records of EU nationals when they go or come in.
My Ex EEA partner whenever came from Dover by Euoro star she never received any stamp on passport or anything seemed they recorded in the system entry and exit.
Some one else can explain more if they have experience...

Some one can have a look on this eea-route-applications/non-eea-qualifying-time-plus-absence-help-please-t186839.html#p1191819

Please we really need help...

Hi everybody, I'm going to fill form EEA(PR). I'm EU national, I'm in the UK since November 2005, my question is,
do I need to provide prove residency, work history etc. only for the first 5 years from Nov 2005 to Nov 2010, or I need to provide prove all years since Nov 2005 ?
Your help really appreciated,
Thanks

zsozso1969 wrote:Hi everybody, I'm going to fill form EEA(PR). I'm EU national, I'm in the UK since November 2005, my question is,
do I need to provide prove residency, work history etc. only for the first 5 years from Nov 2005 to Nov 2010, or I need to provide prove all years since Nov 2005 ?
Your help really appreciated,
Thanks

Hi zsozso1969,
You only need to send proof of exercising treaty rights for any continuous period of 5 years within the time span of 2000-2015. You need to be sure that during the selected 5 year period, you have no extended absences and insurance if necessary ( if you were a student/self-employed/not working). All the best with your application!

asian_atheart wrote:

zsozso1969 wrote:Hi everybody, I'm going to fill form EEA(PR). I'm EU national, I'm in the UK since November 2005, my question is,
do I need to provide prove residency, work history etc. only for the first 5 years from Nov 2005 to Nov 2010, or I need to provide prove all years since Nov 2005 ?
Your help really appreciated,
Thanks

Hi zsozso1969,
You only need to send proof of exercising treaty rights for any continuous period of 5 years within the time span of 2000-2015. You need to be sure that during the selected 5 year period, you have no extended absences and insurance if necessary ( if you were a student/self-employed/not working). All the best with your application!

Hi asian_atheart,
Thank you for your reply. I think I send proof the period of Sept 2007 to Sept 2012, this period the easiest to proof due to same employer and address.
In the application form do I need to list my employments and addresses before and after the selected period?
For proofing my employment do I need to send all of my payslips for the 5 years period (this will be 260 payslips + copies of them )? Or just enough send the P60 forms?
Thanks

zsozso1969 wrote:

asian_atheart wrote:

zsozso1969 wrote:Hi everybody, I'm going to fill form EEA(PR). I'm EU national, I'm in the UK since November 2005, my question is,
do I need to provide prove residency, work history etc. only for the first 5 years from Nov 2005 to Nov 2010, or I need to provide prove all years since Nov 2005 ?
Your help really appreciated,
Thanks

Hi zsozso1969,
You only need to send proof of exercising treaty rights for any continuous period of 5 years within the time span of 2000-2015. You need to be sure that during the selected 5 year period, you have no extended absences and insurance if necessary ( if you were a student/self-employed/not working). All the best with your application!

Hi asian_atheart,
Thank you for your reply. I think I send proof the period of Sept 2007 to Sept 2012, this period the easiest to proof due to same employer and address.
In the application form do I need to list my employments and addresses before and after the selected period?
For proofing my employment do I need to send all of my payslips for the 5 years period (this will be 260 payslips + copies of them )? Or just enough send the P60 forms?
Thanks

Hi zsozso1969, I think you would need to proof your current situation too. Otherwise how can HO be sure that you are currently in the country and exercising treaty rights? If you only provide documents covering from 2007 to 2012 period I think HO would require additional documents regarding your current situation in the UK from 2012 until now...You do not need to send all of your payslips. My wife was in a similar situation and she send 5 X P60s and 3-4 payslips for each year (she has been living in the UK since 2008 and she has provided documents covering 2010 to 2015 period).

Hello everyone, please feel free to share your timelines and success stories with us Has anyone received his/her PR card or heard from HO this week?

I think all the current applicants who follow this forum are very much interested in hearing especially from those successful applicants

Hi Forza_RC, Thanks for your reply, Are you sure about what you saying or just you think about it?
If you see the form EEA (PR) page 107,
"You must show that you and your sponsor (if applicable) have been living in the UK for the relevant period. If you’re applying on the basis of 5 years’ continuous residence, the evidence must cover the 5-year period."
So the question is, why should I provide more proof over the 5 years period? I'm a little bit confused about this.
Please let me know what do you think about it.
Thanks

Hi zsozso1969,
I believe Forza_RC probably meant this because once you acquire PR status, you can lose it if you spend 2 years outside the UK. So to ensure that this was not the case, maybe its best to send some of the more recent documents (P60/work contract). Although I am not sure about the exact need for this. Best check with the UKVI or a lawyer. If you're in doubt, why not use the most recent years? My partner used his time up to Jan 2014-he did not send any documents beyond this period-although his job is permanent.
All the best!

asian_atheart wrote:Hi zsozso1969,
I believe Forza_RC probably meant this because once you acquire PR status, you can lose it if you spend 2 years outside the UK. So to ensure that this was not the case, maybe its best to send some of the more recent documents (P60/work contract). Although I am not sure about the exact need for this. Best check with the UKVI or a lawyer. If you're in doubt, why not use the most recent years? My partner used his time up to Jan 2014-he did not send any documents beyond this period-although his job is permanent.
All the best!

Thanks asian_atheart,
I'm self employed (limited company contractor) since Sept 2013, that's why easier proof my work history before that date.
Thanks again for your help.

Hi All,

I'm Lithuanian, working in the UK since January 2006 non stop until now. Over this time changed a number of employers but did not have gaps longer that 30days between jobs, 3 times went on Maternity Leave whilst remaining employed and returning to work. 2 of my children are British based on my PR status, never thought there was a need to apply for PR certificate but with the way politics is developing now I thought I it's time.

Sent evidence of residence and work history for last 9 years.

Application sent: 18/05/2015
Money taken from account: 22/05/2015

still waiting for the rest.

P.S. my husband non EU is due to complete his 5 years in November this year, hoping by then my applocation wil be dealt with

zsozso1969 wrote:Hi everybody, I'm going to fill form EEA(PR). I'm EU national, I'm in the UK since November 2005, my question is,
do I need to provide prove residency, work history etc. only for the first 5 years from Nov 2005 to Nov 2010, or I need to provide prove all years since Nov 2005 ?
Your help really appreciated,
Thanks

I had only experience with Passport Office when I was applying form my children's British passports based on my PR (no PR certificate). I only sent them evidence of Treaty Rights for 5 years prior to their birth, but not from the entire period and was requested to send more as I am A8 national and they wanted to see my WRS. So in my case they were satisfied only after they saw evidence for 5 years since I started exercising Treaty Rights.

buktais wrote:Hi All,

I'm Lithuanian, working in the UK since January 2006 non stop until now. Over this time changed a number of employers but did not have gaps longer that 30days between jobs, 3 times went on Maternity Leave whilst remaining employed and returning to work. 2 of my children are British based on my PR status, never thought there was a need to apply for PR certificate but with the way politics is developing now I thought I it's time.

Sent evidence of residence and work history for last 9 years.

Application sent: 18/05/2015
Money taken from account: 22/05/2015

still waiting for the rest.

P.S. my husband non EU is due to complete his 5 years in November this year, hoping by then my applocation wil be dealt with

Hi buktais, thanks for sharing your situation with us. Your case sounds pretty straightforward. So I think you might receive your PR within 2 months - this is based on the other EU citizens' timelines (who were in a similar situation as you are)

Thanks Forza_RC , hope you are right although I have my weak points too - i intentionally did not submit benefits section, as a worker I am allowed to claim and I did claim after my children were born. Even had a council flat. I will see if withholding this information have any effect on an outcome or not.