EEA2 Application Timelines - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate

Hi everyone in the forum!
It's very useful forum. Many thanks for the person started the forum.
Home office seems to speeding up system now.

I received my RC Today.
Here is the timeline.

Applied: 30/11/2010
CoA: Month after
RC Issued: 3/3/2011
Received: Today,8/3/2011. Altogether 3 months and 1 week.
Never asked any passport back.

I am on Tier1 visa
Wife: EEA naional.

mimmie, yeah i think it shld be fine under the self -suffifient mate. coz some pple here applied such way as self sufficient and it came out positive.. u can find more related issue here that will be useful to you- all d best

thank you smallpie
could you link me to any page where this thread been discussed i cant find a lot
thanks again

wwdeshen wrote:

jbeit wrote:

wwdeshen wrote:hello everyone.

i send my applictions on 21 nov 2010, and received a letter on 5 dec said homeoffice received my application. this is the second time i send my eea2 as first time we were missing my partner's possport. and i haven't got any coa back. how long does it take to receive coa? i read all your post it looks like take one month, but for me its been nearly 3 months. and anyone got Rc without receive coa? thanks for your help.

hello wwdeshen,
i m going through same situation i sent my application for eea2 on 8 dec 2010
ho received it on the 9th of dec 2010 and i m still waiting for a reply nt even a coa yet.though i was given one when i first aplied on the 5th of may and it was returned back after 5mths stating my patner hasnt completed his wrs yet but the truth is he has never changed his employer.so we got the proof of that and returned the application back to the ho but this time was for eea2.
pls keep me posted if u hear anything,good luck.God bless

hi, i got my RC back last week, the letter i received in Dec to confirm HO received my application which is COA. as i missunderstand i thought it's just letter.....
the first time they refused my application as we didn't send my partner's passport,(at that time his passport was in DVLA), so we send the application again in Nov . so my time line is :
2010 May, first applicaion sent, COA received in JULY, all documents back in NOV, refused my application as we were missing my partner's passport.
2010 NOV sent application again with all documents and my partner's passport, COA received in DEC, RC received end of FEB.
hope it helps. good luck

congrates to u,yr stress are all over goodluck my dear.

smallpie wrote:it does shows that is not hundred percent required for applicant to re-apply for a new RC to their new passport really? one can do so if u want it to be on yr new passport and if not, u cld be takin the old expired passport with the valid RC on it, together with the new valid passport when u travel.. is this right anyone plz?

That is correct. I have been living/travelling with two passports since getting my RC in June of last year. Recently I had it confirmed to me by a Home Office case worker who checked over my papers. There is no requirment to make a new application as long as your RC is valid even if it is in an old passport. However I read that issues may arise in applying for visas to other countries (although I have not tested it yet)

smallpie wrote:it does shows that is not hundred percent required for applicant to re-apply for a new RC to their new passport really? one can do so if u want it to be on yr new passport and if not, u cld be takin the old expired passport with the valid RC on it, together with the new valid passport when u travel.. is this right anyone plz?

That is correct. I have been living/travelling with two passports since getting my RC in June of last year. Recently I had it confirmed to me by a Home Office case worker who checked over my papers. There is no requirment to make a new application as long as your RC is valid even if it is in an old passport. However I read that issues may arise in applying for visas to other countries (although I have not tested it yet)

cornflakes wrote:I'm not required to apply or reapply, but how do you see in practice I can stay without it? Wherever I went with my about-to-expire or expired Family permit visa (e.g. local surgery, school, potential employer), everybody asked for a proof of my status. If they see expired visa, they are not going to deal with you.

From what I understand it is your passport that expires not your Residency Card. That is still valid for five years even if it is in your old passport. I had no trouble getting a job with mine, just showing the RC and in some case the HO confirmation letter that came with it. Similarly no problem travelling in and out of UK with 2 passports.

Recently I had it confirmed to me by a HO case worker that there is no reason for me to reapply untill the current RC is up. Hope that helps!

HAS ANYONE RECEIVED THIER RC RECENTLY......PLS SHARE UR EXPERIENCE

Thanks for creating and keeping this forum alive. It helped us keeping our stress level under control - sort of.

My partner RC arrived today!!!

Application sent Dec 1 2010
COA received early January 2011
RC arrived March 10th - dated Feb 22nd 2011

Our details: French/Australian - married

Good luck for those of you still waiting.

hello again everyone
has anyone applyed sucessefully for a national insurance number using only COA for eea application and proof of adresse and maybe marriage certificate,while the passport is in the home office for the purpose of the application?
thank you

my eea wife is working 19 hours a week due to recession so sh is not taxed and we have on going app in HO , pls is she performing her treaty rights? wont it affect our application

You should post in a separate thread! Dont stress, she is!!! It is not about the amount of hours or tax paid, it is about whether her work is genuine and effective, defined by several ECJ cases (Levin one of them). Another thing is, if she was earning thousands by working 19 hours (maybe as a GP, a doctor etc) what difference would that make? You are not classed a worker depending on how much tax you pay, but rather whether you are a worker in an EU sense of the word. Has she got a contract of employment, NI number abd bank acc where payments are made? Does she take holidays Etc? Is she working set amount of hours per week the same days etc? All this helps to prove that she is a worker in the treaty rights sense. Unless she works voluntarily!!!

seanp wrote:my eea wife is working 19 hours a week due to recession so sh is not taxed and we have on going app in HO , pls is she performing her treaty rights? wont it affect our application

she dont work the same day every week and we dont submit her account statement besides i mistakenly ommitted our tenancy agreement wen submitting to HO and i av got my COA since jan and they never ask fot it , is it advisable to send it to them or should wait if they will ask for it

you are non eea married to an eea who is in genuine employment ,
you apply for eea2 rc ,you have received confirmation of that
your case its straight forward dont make it complicated as it is
personaly i wouldnt send additional documents if they are not required
please not that COA is a premilery checking if the tennancy agreement that you omitted was relevant they would ask you
worst senario is they will need it at later stage to establish that you living togather and themarriage is genuine they will just write to you to submitefurther informations.
ok so relax you good to go

finally we've recived my husband RC.
It's tooks us: 3 times applying, 2 refusal and finally they gave him RC for 5 years.
COA dated 26 october 2010
on the 7th march 2011 they sent his passport back. recived on friday 11 march with RC.

so head ups everyone- hopefully all you waiting there soon will get their RC.

any update

i married a eea national and we submit our app to HO but my wife dont have any statement of account . REASONS- she used to bank wit LLOYDS before closing the account she said she is fed up with uk banks now we submit without statement of account and i dont have either but we have her own last statement before she give up with banks dated as august last year . Am scared HO will ask us to bring it . Submit since DEC........PLS I NEED UR ADVISE URGENTLY........THANKS

seanp, in what way is your wife exercising Treaty Rights in the UK? Employed? Self-employed? A student? Or how?

John wrote:seanp, in what way is your wife exercising Treaty Rights in the UK? Employed? Self-employed? A student? Or how?

she is employed...

So assuming her payslips were forwarded, to prove she is exercising Treaty Rights as a Worker (an employed person), I think that is enough, and bank statements are not required.

Guys, can we keep this thread just for the EEA2 timelines? otherwise it defeats the purpose. With questions on eligibility it would be better to post in separate threads.

Timeline of another client

EEA3&EEA2 Joint
Applied on 7 December 2010
Acknowledgement in a month in January 2011
Decision made on 10 March and docs received on 15 March 2011.

It seems they are dealing with the STRAIGHTFORWARD December 2010 applications now!

If you applied before, then you will have to wait for them to contact and request more docs.

I agree that a certain discipline would be useful esp. given that the enquirer has already opened several threads for his/her problem. I would also think that answering the same question once should be sufficient unless further clarifications are required.

mcovet wrote:Guys, can we keep this thread just for the EEA2 timelines? otherwise it defeats the purpose. With questions on eligibility it would be better to post in separate threads.

Timeline of another client

EEA3&EEA2 Joint
Applied on 7 December 2010
Acknowledgement in a month in January 2011
Decision made on 10 March and docs received on 15 March 2011.

It seems they are dealing with the STRAIGHTFORWARD December 2010 applications now!

If you applied before, then you will have to wait for them to contact and request more docs.

What do you mean by saying StraightForward Applications? They are all applications under EEA, as long as they have sent you the COA.

Well, straightforward ones mean there are no outstanding questions. The coa is sent when the caseworker checks the docs superficially, the main work is done by caseworkers who check for gaps in between exercising treaty rights, the wrs registration, self employment docs and comprehebsive insurance etc. Otherwise u would be sent a resid card instead of the coa if the first caseworker issuing coa did all the work

mcovet wrote:Well, straightforward ones mean there are no outstanding questions. The coa is sent when the caseworker checks the docs superficially, the main work is done by caseworkers who check for gaps in between exercising treaty rights, the wrs registration, self employment docs and comprehebsive insurance etc. Otherwise u would be sent a resid card instead of the coa if the first caseworker issuing coa did all the work

hi mcovet, are u trying to say in some cases one might nt receive a coa if yr case is straight forward and a rc will be issued without a coa first.
cos in my case i vent even received a coa till nw
a bit of my self
i made an application on may 2010
coa sent after a week
july we asked for his passport back
oct 2010 ho sent my application back claiming my husband hasnt completed his wrs.
dec 8th we sent back the application with a letter from his employer stating he has been working with the company for a year and 5mnths.
but we forgot to include his passport
but this time no coa. i ve tried calling the ho but i was told they re looking into it .
1,what does that mean looking into it
2,why wasnt i sent a coa
3,how do we send the passport accross cos i was told by ho over the phne that my application is nw for eea2 and he has completed his wrs and when i asked if i should send the passport he said that if they need the passport they ll ask for it do u really think thats okay or wld it hinder my application

pls yr advice is needed.thanks