EEA (PR)- Up to Six months wait?

I have recently applied for a EEA (PR) as an EEA qualified person. While the regulations stipulate that I should be issued with the document certifying permanent residence 'as soon as possible, I got an email saying

It may take up to six months to make a decision on your case.

Effectively this classifies me as a non-EEA family member or some other groups applying for similar docs and it clearly looks like a breach of the 2006 immigration act?

ANYONE WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCE? WHY THIS MIGHT BE?

Hi confo,

My partner also received the same e-mail with same wording. I thought this was a standard mail sent to everyone? My partner (EU National) sent his EEA-PR application on 4th April 2015. (Just a couple of days before the new biometric application came out. So he used the existing form (updated Jan 2015)
The timeline:
Application sent: 4th April 2015
Application received: 8th April 2015
Acknowledgement of receipt: dated: 10th April 2015
Payment taken: 13th April 2015
PR card: still waiting!

What is your timeline? how long has it been since you sent the application?

Same letter received by my wife

Timeline:
Application sent 02.04.15
App received 07.04.15
Money taken 09.04.15
Acknowledge on 13.04.15
COA received 25.04.15
PR still waiting

Hi wegiwegi,

Did your EEA wife send her passport or National ID for the PR application? We're wondering why its taking a while since for EU citizens the application should be fairly quick. Was her 5 years of treaty rights spent working/studying or mixture of both?

Best,
asian_atheart

asian_atheart wrote:Hi wegiwegi,

Did your EEA wife send her passport or National ID for the PR application? We're wondering why its taking a while since for EU citizens the application should be fairly quick. Was her 5 years of treaty rights spent working/studying or mixture of both?

Best,
asian_atheart

I think I posted on the wrong thread, she is waiting for a RC, I'm the European, and already spent 20+ years in the UK, treaty rights since the beginning, just got married last August, she's from South America, one of those countries, we're they make their life a misery if they want to come to the UK. We got married in Switzerland, and will see what they come up with, interviews etc, but I doubt very much, as far as I know, and after seeing many cases, seems that when the male counterpart is the EU one, there is no interview at all, let wait and see

Hi ,

I think the 6 months thing is to keep it safe. My EEA partner received his PR card today in the post.
The timeline:
Application sent: 4th April 2015
Application received: 8th April 2015
Acknowledgement of receipt: dated: 10th April 2015
Payment taken: 13th April 2015
PR card: received today 19th May 2015 (Dated 15th May 2015)

On the whole processing time was about 6 weeks (though taking into consideration it was the Easter break and a Bank Holiday between processing-so in all a good time span!)

One month exactly from receipt by HO to receipt of the PR card by me.

Thanks for your comments.