Sheffield Visa Section - EEA FAMILY PERMIT

Congratulations to you! Its all worth the wait happy for you. Hope we will also pass

Recently i just received an email that a decision has been made. But not like the emails that you usually receive. I just receive it from the company handling the papers for eea family permit but not from Uk Tls, do you think that this means that i didnt pass?

lanlan wrote:Recently i just received an email that a decision has been made. But not like the emails that you usually receive. I just receive it from the company handling the papers for eea family permit but not from Uk Tls, do you think that this means that i didnt pass?

Hi Lanlan

What was your timeline and which country u applied from??
Could please let us know the email address which sent you the decision email.
Let us know your outcome thanks

Hello diwakar85
I applied from Philippines. And the company handling all the visa thing for uk is VFS Global. So the crm of vfs globalis the one who sent me the email.but I didn't receive the email like your one from UK tls i applied april 25 and i receive the email that a decision has been made on may 17. Is it normal to be like this? Do you have your decision already? Thank you!

lanlan wrote:Hello diwakar85
I applied from Philippines. And the company handling all the visa thing for uk is VFS Global. So the crm of vfs globalis the one who sent me the email.but I didn't receive the email like your one from UK tls i applied april 25 and i receive the email that a decision has been made on may 17. Is it normal to be like this? Do you have your decision already? Thank you!

I'm still waiting
Don't know about crm!!
Hope you get positive response

Hello guys. A sad news that i was refused i just received the letter yesterday. I think the hint is if you receive an email from the Uk itself theres a big possibility that you are approved but if its from the company relaying the message to u, big possibility that you are refused. I will not try to appeal anymore. I will try again after a year. Goodluck to all of you! Hoping you receive the good news

Hello Ianlan
Sorry to hear that. Is it ur first application? And why are you going to wait for another year? My first application was rejected in March within 15 days of the application. I have applied again with more documents and explanations in regards to the ground of refusal. I have applied on 03/04/2017 and still awaiting the reply yet. It's more than 6 weeks now.
What's the refusal reason you have been given? Can you post ur refusal letter here please.
Regards

Did anyone got their decision yet ?? I'm still waiting
Please update your status here

Still waiting.
Applied on 03/04

Hi Ianlan,

Sorry to hear about that

Diwakar85 - Still waiting - applied on 22 March!

I have received the decision yesterday and They have refused my visa for some bunch of silly reasons

diwakar85 wrote:I have received the decision yesterday and They have refused my visa for some bunch of silly reasons

sorry to hear that you are refused too diwakar85 im really so depressed about what happened. I havent reapply anymore because besides for the fee that i have to pay for reapplying the percentage is low to be approved. So probably i just wait for another year to apply.

I applied on 3/4/17 and still waiting. 8 weeks completed.
My status said its escalated to relevant department.

M worried about other people's refusal.
Good Luck to others.
Regards

Sid

@lanlan , what was the reason for refusal???

Hi all,
Sorry to hear about your refusal diwakar85
All these refusals are really worrying but have to stay positive!
Could you guys post about the reasons for refusal please?

Hello guys,

Im going to reapply tomorrow 2/7/17 with more evidence
Hope this time it works. Only worried about the processing
Time which is getting longer.

While doing status check via UKVI International Inquiry Email, i got this reply.

"With regards to your query, please be advised that your case has been now
escalated (Ref. 12345). We are now waiting for a feedback and you will be
duly informed about the response we receive immediately after we get it."

Earlier that, when I was calling they said there are no updates because you probably recently submitted your application. Waiting for 9th week now.

Did anyone had similar experience?

Regards

Sid Kapure.

All the best diwakar85.

Sidkapure - I applied for the second time on 22nd March 2017 - still waiting. I checked status once and they said our process was

According to February stats it may take the HO up to 60 working days to make a decision on applications.

With Brexit and people putting forward their applications fearing any changes to law I guess HO is just overly busy so it may even take longer than 60 days.

diwakar85 wrote:I have received the decision yesterday and They have refused my visa for some bunch of silly reasons

Hi, I have just applied an EEA family permit to accompany my wife who is from France(married 5 years already ) to the UK for a 5 day trip in July. We are both living in China. I received an email saying that it is being prepared under consideration by ECO. Reading these information regarding their silly refusal reason for EEA is so worrying. On what grounds they refuse this type of permit as on their website, it clearly said that you can not refuse an application unless marriage of connivence or public heath/policy stuff`..

Because we are living in China, I submitted the following documents:

1 online form
2 my wife payslips , employment status, bank statements, tax return
3 my wife's guarantee and sponsor letter
4 flight and hotel bookings
5my wife passport and work permit in China
6 my bank statement
7 my passport and all other ID stuff such my Chinese ID and resident card
9 our marriage certificate from both China and France , the chinese one is also translated and notarised
10. 12 trip photos including wedding photos as well

They scanned my these file to the uk but only my passport was sent to the Immigration and visa office in Beijing. Biometrics was also collected on the same day.

I just am feeling very worried about being refused while reading stuff here, they seem to refuse you by silly reasons which do not make sense to me at all, for instance how can say it is a marriage of connivence for people who have married for a long time ? this is humiliating. Whilst UK is out of EU but the next two years they still need to comply with the EU law as they are not even officially out yet.

I talked to one of my UK friends who is actually work in the Immigration system as a trainer on such things, he said it is very hard to refuse EEA permit, now it seems like the ECOs are doing things not according to the policy as all. So worrying`...` My friend said that even if they refuse you, you can appeal and when you do, most likely you win on the first tier tribunal so they dont really reject you. but still , appeal takes ages as in the UK nothing gets one within a good time frame, in the end it is just waste of applicant's time and money as well. Then it comes reapply, it is just so time wasting and stressful if you get refused and having to go through the process again with the same documents.

Fingers crossed and hope they will issue this piece of paper so i can accompany my wife there for a few days. According to the documents i submitted, i do not see any reason why they should refuse me but still worrying, i provided more than what they require to be honest, if they do refuse me, next time i reapply, i just will submit the required documents with a cover letter pointing out specific policies and they mistakes.

Anyway, please replay to me and let me know what you thoughts are based on my info.

Thank you all ,

w

Guys do you know that international enquiry emailhelp service is not free anymore

customers who contact UK Visas and Immigration by email will be charged £5.48

diwakar85 wrote:Guys do you know that international enquiry emailhelp service is not free anymore

customers who contact UK Visas and Immigration by email will be charged £5.48

Hi there,

Yes that's correct - the service is outsourced so they introduced those charges to cover costs.

Hi Sidkapure,

I've also had a very similar experience, well my husband applied on the 24th March, had biometrics on the 31st and I rang last week and was told they couldn't find the application, this is now in the process of being escalated (I'm fuming!)

Today is the 43rd working day since the bio metrics.

Thanks,
Ammara

sidkapure wrote:While doing status check via UKVI International Inquiry Email, i got this reply.

"With regards to your query, please be advised that your case has been now
escalated (Ref. 12345). We are now waiting for a feedback and you will be
duly informed about the response we receive immediately after we get it."

Earlier that, when I was calling they said there are no updates because you probably recently submitted your application. Waiting for 9th week now.

Did anyone had similar experience?

Regards

Sid Kapure.

Hi gays.
I am also facing the same problm.i applied on 27 feb 2017.and still waiting for decision.checked status and they reply that no update.then sent for escalation on 17 may.they said that they will reply within 3 working day.but still i am waiting for reply.now mail for checking status is not free i paid 5.48 pound and mail them again and got a reply that we will respond within 2 working days.if its urgent you can call us.know 2 days have been passed but they do not reply.uffff.such a bad experience

Hi Ammara and Raheela,

I think a lot of people have been waiting for long time now. When they say 98% of cases done in 6 weeks is definitely bogus.
When I phoned them they said that we are still under the 12 weeks of service agreements hence it looks like they have not even started looking in our files.

I am super stressed as well waiting for my visa. Sitting on the 11th week.

Please post here if you managed to get hold of anything at least we will feel better if some of us managed to get their visa.
A positive sign is all we need.
Good Luck All.
Regards

Sid Kapure

Hi,
I applied an EEA family permit as to accompany my wife to the UK for a few days in July.

I submitted all the files and finger prints taken on 29th, May. I applied in China where you can pay a priority fee if you are in a rush, So I did pay almost 200 pounds and was told that it would take 3-5 working days to process. So it has been 10 working days since and I shall be getting my passport back tomorrow by post.

In the visa center, i was told that normally it takes 10-15 days for the visa process, but now it seemed to me the 200 pound was such a waste to be honest, where are you guys applying and why it takes up to that long anyways?

I am just hoping when I get my passport, it is a refusal letter attached. wish me luck and hope you will all get it soon.

w

sidkapure wrote:Hi Ammara and Raheela,

I think a lot of people have been waiting for long time now. When they say 98% of cases done in 6 weeks is definitely bogus.
When I phoned them they said that we are still under the 12 weeks of service agreements hence it looks like they have not even started looking in our files.

I am super stressed as well waiting for my visa. Sitting on the 11th week.

Please post here if you managed to get hold of anything at least we will feel better if some of us managed to get their visa.
A positive sign is all we need.
Good Luck All.
Regards

Sid Kapure