Surinder Singh Settled Status Paper Application:

Airfan wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 28, 2019 4:09 am

Hi Khan Said,

Yes that's correct, once you are in the UK you need to call the Home Office and ask for a Surinder Singh Paper application form. You won't be able to apply from within Ireland, you will need to move to the UK, and then gather evidence of you living in the UK, a plane boarding pass will be enough proof for your date of entry, and other than that, rental agreements, bank statements, bills etc will be needed for proof of residency. You would be applying for Pre-Settled status which would give you a 5 year biometric residence card.
You will also need proof of the British Citizen, exercising treaty rights in Ireland; your residency proofs such as rental agreements, bank statements, bills etc, and proof of employment there in the period of residency, and also proof of integration in Ireland.

Hope this helps you,

Irfan

Khansaid wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:46 am

Airfan wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 02, 2019 4:39 pm

Hi all,

So I'm a non-EU family member (spouse) of a British citizen, we have lived together in Ireland from 2015 to 2017. I do not previously have an EEA Family permit, just the Article 10 Residence Card issued by Republic of Ireland. and I have now applied for Pre-Settled under the EU Surinder Singh route. My timeline is as follows:

Application form completed and returned: 19th August (Special Delivery)
Application form received by Home Office: 20th August
Biometrics letter received: 29th (Letter dated 27th August) including return of passports - other documents not yet returned.
Biometrics given: 29th August
Certificate of Application: 2nd September (Letter dated 31st August)
Pre-Settled Status: (Pending)

Have called every week for an update, but the call centre seem to have standard answers, with no real timeframe for a decision. Looks like they are being quite slow. How are everybody's applications' going ?

Hi A irfan

Thanks for posting your inquiry. I planning to apply for my family through Surinder singh route as well from here in Ireland. I have been looking at these posts on Immigrationboard and what I have got is that:
There is no online application and I have to call UKHO and ask for an application which they would post it to the home address after checking the eligibility of the applicant.
I shall be grateful if you could share process please. And also whether these applications are for 6 monthe or for 5 years RC once approved?

Regards

jestew wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:03 pm

Hi,

I received my BRC this morning by DX courier after receiving the email that I had been granted settled-status.

Wishing you all the best. Many thanks for all the help and support I've received here.

jestew wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:03 pm

Hi,

I received my BRC this morning by DX courier after receiving the email that I had been granted settled-status.

Wishing you all the best. Many thanks for all the help and support I've received here.

jestew wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:03 pm

Hi,

I received my BRC this morning by DX courier after receiving the email that I had been granted settled-status.

Wishing you all the best. Many thanks for all the help and support I've received here.

jestew wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:03 pm

Hi,

I received my BRC this morning by DX courier after receiving the email that I had been granted settled-status.

Wishing you all the best. Many thanks for all the help and support I've received here.

Obie wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:20 pm

Brilliant and congrats. Good to know they are making progress. The complaints did not go in vain.

ljdebenedictis wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:14 pm

Obie wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:20 pm

Brilliant and congrats. Good to know they are making progress. The complaints did not go in vain.

Thank you.
I didn’t get any emails or post saying that my application has been approved, just came home to a small brown envelope!

Also I emailed them last week informing them that I need my settlement status as I will be renting a property soon (residence permit expiring in January). Not sure if that helps, maybe or maybe not.

Oh well.
Now time for citizenship application. Or maybe later.

lifeandfate wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:03 pm

Does anyone know if we can re-enter the country while a Surinder Singh non-EEA paper process is being processed?

We have had our passports return by the HO but all of our supporting documents that proved we lived in Germany for years – they have (including my wife's German residency card).

Can we re-enter the country without those supporting documents and assert our Surinder Singh treaty rights?

Or are stuck here until they have sorted it out?

proudflop1 wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:52 am

lifeandfate wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:03 pm

Does anyone know if we can re-enter the country while a Surinder Singh non-EEA paper process is being processed?

We have had our passports return by the HO but all of our supporting documents that proved we lived in Germany for years – they have (including my wife's German residency card).

Can we re-enter the country without those supporting documents and assert our Surinder Singh treaty rights?

Or are stuck here until they have sorted it out?

I've got exactly the same question and literally nobody can answer it. I've even be told to call the airport border by the Home Office, who then said, "Why are people being told to call me! This is ridiculous." My only conclusion is that this is the hostile environment policy in action. How can zero representatives of the state actually confirm whether entrance is possible? Maddening.

Unfortunately, your wife will not be able to travel until a decision is made on her application. If she does leave, her application will be considered to be withdrawn. Applications can take up to 6 months to be processed but hopefully it is decided faster than that.

Obie wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:27 am

The lawyer is talking rubbish. An application under the Settled status scheme is not considered withdrawn if a person left the jurisdiction.