My husband & I have been married since Nov '10, 5 yrs & he has lived in Northern Ireland since Feb '11. I am Irish passport holder born in Northern Ireland & working F/T. My husband is non eea & his residence card is valid until July '16. He has been out of the country from May '14 - Oct '15. Does ...

Thankyou so much for your quick reply, can always trust here for advice. I thought that but wasn't sure. Think we will go down the route of Irish Citizenship.

My RC is valid until 2016! We got this based on my wife having Irish Citizenship but working in UK FOR 22yrs - we live in Northern Ireland! Because we got RC IN 2011 will we now have problems with getting PR? We have a little girl, never claimed benefits! All advice is very much appreciated as this ...

I am unfamiliar with Tourist Visa as we have went down the EEA route. But my friend has applied for Tourist Visa ( from Turkey to UK) for 3 wks over the Xmas period - he got Passport back today with a blue stamp in it - as i am unable to talk to him properly or see him until this evening, i am ...

You will still receive back, the same documents you sent & you will either have RC in your Passport or not. Weight has no significance. IF not successful they should have a included a letter explaining their reasons & the steps to take to appeal

Congrats Flames

You can now look forward to your future

Detailing everything on your claim, your waiting times & that you now have comprehensive health care Who are you responding to? The original post is now nearly 8 months old. The second person with CSI problems posted 5 months ago. My bad didnt engage the brain & read the date on the 1st post :(

Send a complaint to : Nwcsu@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Detailing everything on your claim, your waiting times & that you now have comprehensive health care State that you are completely dissatisfied that its taken nearly 7 mths etc etc They are very good & do respond to emails - you will also have a ...

Hey all - my final timescale:

Applied: 8th March 2011

RC Received: 28th July (dated 19th July)

So very happy

Good luck to everyone still waiting

Congrats Harmeet,

One question - did they return it in Pre-Paid Envelope?

Right guys, its been a long emotional road but its nearing the end I emailed the North West Customer Complaints, which i think i found on here, on 13th July. I had completely forgotten i had done it until i received an email from them today. They can confirm that instruction to ISSUE RC was made on ...

Spoke to Recruitment Agency again - they have said that COA is now ok BUT the only form of ID that they accept is Passport........which the HO has :evil: I contacted the Helpline today & they said nothing has been sent out but to send in fax request with all details on, which i have now done, to get ...

My query with COA is this: Have secured employment (via Recruitment Agency) & given them the original COA & they took copy if it They are now saying that this still is not proof of Right to Work & want to see my Passport They are aware of the Employer Helpline but still want Passport I am about to ...

On the COA it usually says 'we received your application on ...........' - in my opinion this is when the count starts!!

Good luck with it

Looks like they have forgotten about the 1st 2wks of March!!!

Dont know what to do - whether to contact them or request Passports again & see if that makes a difference!

Quite a few people that have applied start of March are still waiting on Applications to be processed

Dont know what method they use to sort out claims & our docs were requested back 16th June - still havent heard anything

It wont affect your application!! We requested our Passports back at the start of May & got them no problem - used the Fax number to request them!!

Depending on who your Caseworker is, they will request them back. Ours was requested back on 13th June

Phoned UKBA today & actually got speaking to someone who was willing to tell me if anything had been posted to us...............nothing yet

For some reason thinking when they requested our Passports back would mean a quick decision - i was wrong

Read the Judgement & then you will have an idea of whats going on

Its too long winded to explain

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=77718 This is the bain of my life :evil: Have a read & see what you think Its popular coz a lot of Northern Irish people with Dual Nationalities (like myself) use Irish Passport to go down European route - the outcome of this Judgement may now ...

That is the magic question - i know that a few weeks back it said on UKBA website that they were considering the Judgements. The new EEA2 form now asks the question 'is British Citizenship held'.

We applied 8th March & hope that McCarthy doesnt have a negative effect on our application.

Also new forms for EEA2 include question:

"3.7 Do they also hold British citizenship?"

Seems that they have considered McCarthy Judgement

hey Toni

Its on the front page of the EEA2 application form and if you read through the guidance notes, it tells you what to put in your letter

Hi eveyone. i am not well at all since i started waiting. i have sent my application 2 weeks after it came back because of my passport expired. i sent new application form with valid passport since: posted: 1 June 2011 arrive in H o : 2 June since i haven't heard anything. the question do anyone ...

Here is my timescales ( non eea married to Irish/British Dual national) Applied for EEA2: 01/03/11 UKBA Rvd: 8/03/11 COA Rvd: 04/04/11 Requested Passports from UKBA: 14/04/11 Letter rvd today from UKBA, dated 13/6/11, asking for both mine & my wife's Passport back! Im hoping this is good news & our ...