EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

mjan1 · Post by **mjan1** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:58 pm

Here is my EEA4 time scale so far:

EEA3+4 applications sent on 23/08/11
Recieved by Home Office 24/08/11
COA dated 21/09/11
COA recieved by 2nd class today (together with EEA3 PR dated 20/09/11)

Now waiting for EEA4 PR

Vardon78 · Post by **Vardon78** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:46 am

pinkpanter wrote:
Vardon78 Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:00 am Post subject:

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Just thought I'd pop in to share:

Application sent to home office : 11/07/11
Application received by home office: 12/07/11
Certificate of application received: 29/07/11
Certificate of application date: 20/07/11
Letter from home office requesting additional documents received: 05/08/11
Letter from home office requesting additional documents date: 02/08/11
Additional documents sent to home office: 08/08/11
Additional documents received by home office: 09/08/11
PR received: 27/08/11
PR stamp date: 10/08/11

All in all, the whole process took 6 weeks I wasn't expecting to receive my passport back until sometime in late October or early November going by other people's experience in this forum, but I guess my application was pretty straightforward. I didn't use a solicitor, just submitted everything myself. Good look everyone who's going through the process
Thanks really impressive. Please can you advice what documents have you sent in order to get so quick response. It really helps people like me as i need to apply in November this year and my case is also straight forward. i.e. Wife working more than 5 year with same employer, living in the same address for 5 years etc. I want to get advice from your experience. Would be appreciated.

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. The documents I originally sent with the application were wage slips, P45's, P60's, bank statements, civil partnership certificate and some utility bills for the last 5 years. The additional documents they asked for was more evidence my partner was exercising treaty rights for the years of 2006 and 2010 and proof that I had been in the UK for 5 consecutive years, something that the application does not ask for (the application only asks for evidence from the EEA national), so I sent my P60's, wage slips, employment letter and bank statements for the past 5 years.

seputus · Post by **seputus** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:40 pm

Vardon78 wrote:
pinkpanter wrote:
Vardon78 Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:00 am Post subject:

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Just thought I'd pop in to share:

Application sent to home office : 11/07/11
Application received by home office: 12/07/11
Certificate of application received: 29/07/11
Certificate of application date: 20/07/11
Letter from home office requesting additional documents received: 05/08/11
Letter from home office requesting additional documents date: 02/08/11
Additional documents sent to home office: 08/08/11
Additional documents received by home office: 09/08/11
PR received: 27/08/11
PR stamp date: 10/08/11

All in all, the whole process took 6 weeks I wasn't expecting to receive my passport back until sometime in late October or early November going by other people's experience in this forum, but I guess my application was pretty straightforward. I didn't use a solicitor, just submitted everything myself. Good look everyone who's going through the process
Thanks really impressive. Please can you advice what documents have you sent in order to get so quick response. It really helps people like me as i need to apply in November this year and my case is also straight forward. i.e. Wife working more than 5 year with same employer, living in the same address for 5 years etc. I want to get advice from your experience. Would be appreciated.
Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. The documents I originally sent with the application were wage slips, P45's, P60's, bank statements, civil partnership certificate and some utility bills for the last 5 years. The additional documents they asked for was more evidence my partner was exercising treaty rights for the years of 2006 and 2010 and proof that I had been in the UK for 5 consecutive years, something that the application does not ask for (the application only asks for evidence from the EEA national), so I sent my P60's, wage slips, employment letter and bank statements for the past 5 years.

Hi Vardon, congrats again on getting everything sorted so quickly!

Just wanted to clarify something though. On EEA4, the treaty right evidence is all about your EEA partner, but EEA4 does ask for proof of residence for yourself. This is shown in Section 7, where you must detail every date you were not in the UK, and also in section 10 page 20, "as evidence of residence in the UK by you... ...this can include tenancy agreements, utility bills, etc."

Also, I'm in the same position as you (recently submitted EEA3 and EEA4). Can I ask what nationality you are? I'm wondering if UKBA give less scrutiny to certain nationalities.

pinkpanter · Post by **pinkpanter** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:42 am

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. The documents I originally sent with the application were wage slips, P45's, P60's, bank statements, civil partnership certificate and some utility bills for the last 5 years. The additional documents they asked for was more evidence my partner was exercising treaty rights for the years of 2006 and 2010 and proof that I had been in the UK for 5 consecutive years, something that the application does not ask for (the application only asks for evidence from the EEA national), so I sent my P60's, wage slips, employment letter and bank statements for the past 5 years.

Thanks Vardon78,

So it means I also need to send MY (non-eea) employment history (i.e. P60??

seputus · Post by **seputus** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:31 pm

pinkpanter wrote:
Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. The documents I originally sent with the application were wage slips, P45's, P60's, bank statements, civil partnership certificate and some utility bills for the last 5 years. The additional documents they asked for was more evidence my partner was exercising treaty rights for the years of 2006 and 2010 and proof that I had been in the UK for 5 consecutive years, something that the application does not ask for (the application only asks for evidence from the EEA national), so I sent my P60's, wage slips, employment letter and bank statements for the past 5 years.
Thanks Vardon78,

So it means I also need to send MY (non-eea) employment history (i.e. P60??

Hi pinkpanter. The EEA4 form does not mention P60's or wage slips as valid evidence of residence in the UK. It does mention utility bills, tenancy agreements, and bank statements - the last two of which are what I used to prove residence. They don't care about your employment history, just the fact as to whether you were resident in the UK for the required length of time.

andrej · Post by **andrej** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:44 am

My history:

EEA3+4 applications sent on 13 July 2011

Recieved by Home Office 14 July 2011

COA dated 22 July 2011
COA recieved by 2nd class 5 August 2011

PR for EEA4 and EEA3 recieved 14 October 2011
Both PRs dated 14 September 2011

The whole proces took 3 months and 1 day from the sending of applications. I was soooo happy as I did not think it would arrive so quickly. I wonder why they kept it for a month before sending it back?

Good luck to all my other comrades.

Vardon78 · Post by **Vardon78** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:00 am

seputus wrote:
Vardon78 wrote:
pinkpanter wrote:
Vardon78 Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:00 am Post subject:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just thought I'd pop in to share:

Application sent to home office : 11/07/11
Application received by home office: 12/07/11
Certificate of application received: 29/07/11
Certificate of application date: 20/07/11
Letter from home office requesting additional documents received: 05/08/11
Letter from home office requesting additional documents date: 02/08/11
Additional documents sent to home office: 08/08/11
Additional documents received by home office: 09/08/11
PR received: 27/08/11
PR stamp date: 10/08/11

All in all, the whole process took 6 weeks I wasn't expecting to receive my passport back until sometime in late October or early November going by other people's experience in this forum, but I guess my application was pretty straightforward. I didn't use a solicitor, just submitted everything myself. Good look everyone who's going through the process
Thanks really impressive. Please can you advice what documents have you sent in order to get so quick response. It really helps people like me as i need to apply in November this year and my case is also straight forward. i.e. Wife working more than 5 year with same employer, living in the same address for 5 years etc. I want to get advice from your experience. Would be appreciated.
Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. The documents I originally sent with the application were wage slips, P45's, P60's, bank statements, civil partnership certificate and some utility bills for the last 5 years. The additional documents they asked for was more evidence my partner was exercising treaty rights for the years of 2006 and 2010 and proof that I had been in the UK for 5 consecutive years, something that the application does not ask for (the application only asks for evidence from the EEA national), so I sent my P60's, wage slips, employment letter and bank statements for the past 5 years.
Hi Vardon, congrats again on getting everything sorted so quickly!

Just wanted to clarify something though. On EEA4, the treaty right evidence is all about your EEA partner, but EEA4 does ask for proof of residence for yourself. This is shown in Section 7, where you must detail every date you were not in the UK, and also in section 10 page 20, "as evidence of residence in the UK by you... ...this can include tenancy agreements, utility bills, etc."

Also, I'm in the same position as you (recently submitted EEA3 and EEA4). Can I ask what nationality you are? I'm wondering if UKBA give less scrutiny to certain nationalities.

I am a US national.

batatarfc · Post by **batatarfc** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:57 pm

Hello everybody!!
Just sharing my waiting...

EEA3 + EEA4 applications sent: 13/09/2011

Received by Home Office: 14/09/2011

COA received by "2nd Class Signed For": 13/10/2011
(together with EEA3 PR dated 28/09/11)

now waiting...

made_in_ussr · Post by **made_in_ussr** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:47 am

Hello there
Just sharing my waiting...

EEA4 applications sent: 13/07/2011

Received by Home Office: 14/07/2011

COA received 28/07/2011, dated 27/07/2011

i got the refusal in 101 days. yesterday:(

Punjab · Post by **Punjab** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:32 am

made_in_ussr wrote:Hello there
Just sharing my waiting...

EEA4 applications sent: 13/07/2011

Received by Home Office: 14/07/2011

COA received 28/07/2011, dated 27/07/2011

i got the refusal in 101 days. yesterday:(

why refused? plz share

Yuki · Post by **Yuki** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:14 pm

Application posted: 28-OCT-2011
Application received by Home office: 31-Oct-2011

Will update later

rubia · Post by **rubia** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:51 am

The EEA3+ EEA4 applications sent on 19 August 2011,
received by Home Office on 22 August,
COA Dated 12 September
COA Received on 20 September
EEA3 PR Dated 12 September
EEA3 PR Received 26 September
EEA4 PR Dated 25 October
EEA4 PR Received 5 November

Altogether took 2 months and 17 Days!!!
Amazing service by Home Office, a massive THANK YOU to them
and GOOD LUCK to everyone still waiting.

Punjab · Post by **Punjab** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:58 pm

rubia wrote:The EEA3+ EEA4 applications sent on 19 August 2011,
received by Home Office on 22 August,
COA Dated 12 September
COA Received on 20 September
EEA3 PR Dated 12 September
EEA3 PR Received 26 September
EEA4 PR Dated 25 October
EEA4 PR Received 5 November

Altogether took 2 months and 17 Days!!!
Amazing service by Home Office, a massive THANK YOU to them
and GOOD LUCK to everyone still waiting.

congratulations rubia well done

seputus · Post by **seputus** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:10 pm

rubia wrote:The EEA3+ EEA4 applications sent on 19 August 2011,
received by Home Office on 22 August,
COA Dated 12 September
COA Received on 20 September
EEA3 PR Dated 12 September
EEA3 PR Received 26 September
EEA4 PR Dated 25 October
EEA4 PR Received 5 November

Altogether took 2 months and 17 Days!!!
Amazing service by Home Office, a massive THANK YOU to them
and GOOD LUCK to everyone still waiting.

Hmm.. I applied in mid-Aug too.. Hopefully mine is right behind yours!!

lmuee08 · Post by **lmuee08** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:46 am

Any new update for PR applications? Seems like the RC Thread is more active than the PR ones.

I know I'm very inpatient. Anyone got good news recently?

bobobo · Post by **bobobo** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:49 pm

maybe this eases things for you. Applied on the 28th of August, got coa dated 15th sep received this between 19-21 sep cant remember, requested for my passport to be sent back on 22 sep. received it on 23 sep. Since then No News.

Azhaar · Post by **Azhaar** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:16 pm

I havent heard from them since i applied and im worried now

application sent 25/10

Retenition right of resdince on basis:
more than 3 years marriage - live with my ex for 2 years in uk.
domestic violence main reason for breaking up.. (court judgement sent to HO)
sent his proof of employement till sep/2011..

nothing yet. will update u soon

batatarfc · Post by **batatarfc** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:32 pm

70 days waiting... and counting..

"EEA3 + EEA4 applications sent: 13/09/2011
Received by Home Office: 14/09/2011
COA received by "2nd Class Signed For": 13/10/2011
(together with EEA3 PR dated 28/09/11)"

Hope to get before christmas...
Fingers crossed..

Azhaar · Post by **Azhaar** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:47 pm

batatarfc wrote:70 days waiting... and counting..

"EEA3 + EEA4 applications sent: 13/09/2011
Received by Home Office: 14/09/2011
COA received by "2nd Class Signed For": 13/10/2011
(together with EEA3 PR dated 28/09/11)"

Hope to get before christmas...
Fingers crossed..

congrats for eea3 pr -- this shows that hopefully u will get urs soon..

carrotcake · Post by **carrotcake** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:53 pm

eea4 sent on 03/10/2011
received by HO on 04/10/11
COA received on 10/11/11

Still waiting for PR. hoping to get a positive response very soon - around next week BGG.

seputus · Post by **seputus** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:42 pm

seputus wrote:Hi all.

I sent an application for EEA3 and EEA4 together. Here's what happened so far:

17/08/11 - Sent EEA3 + EEA4 to Home Office (1.3kg of documents - I included a special delivery return envelope w/ extra postage to support the weight)

09/09/11 - I called the UKBA to enquire as to why I hadn't yet received any Certificate of Application. I (non-EEA national) explained my employer was looking for it. They said they'd send an enquiry to the appropriate team.

16/09/11 - I received the Certificate of Application for EEA4 (dated 09/09/11!). My partner also received their passport and document confirming permanent residence (EEA3) ! Interestingly, all documents were sent by recorded delivery (not using the prepaid envelope I supplied which I hope they'll use for my passport)

So, point is - EEA3 received in 1 month!

EEA4 still pending... I really hope mine will be coming very soon! Given that they've confirmed my partner has PR and we have been clearly married more than 5 years, it should be very straightforward....... So I think!

I got it today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here's the updated timeline:

17/08/2011: Sent application to UKBA
16/09/2011: Received COA issued 09/09/2011
24/11/2011: Received confirmation of EEA4 issued 21/10/2011

So 1 month for COA, and 3 months 1 week altogether!

And can I just say, mine wasn't what I think was such a straightforward case... Suffice it to say I have a refused entry signal/mark from the UK in my passport from 2003, but I was worrying over nothing.

Thanks so much to all the people on this forum! It made the torturous wait somewhat bearable!

batatarfc · Post by **batatarfc** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:21 pm

Congratulations!!
Long wait... but now, I'm sure you're feeling good!!

carrotcake · Post by **carrotcake** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:25 pm

congrats Seputus. i pray mine comes pretty soon. xx

lmuee08 · Post by **lmuee08** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:55 am

congrats everyone got their pr recently!

looks like the September application is coming through now. Just really surprise me that it took the UKBA nearly a month from issuing to having them sent back.

Waitin gis really killing. I have been through this a couple of years ago, when I had to wait for 7 months, while battling with my employer to prove I can leagally work. really don't want to repeat the history

lmuee08 · Post by **lmuee08** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:19 pm

Hi guys,

I've received my COA today, therefore mine timeline so far is

Sent on 03/11/2011
Received on 04/11/2011
COA issued on 22/11/2011
COA Received on 25/11/2011

What I am worrying about is that it is an joint application of both EEA3 and EEA4, however, the COA is only issued to me not my EEA husband. Can anyone share the experience of joint applications?

Many thanks!

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