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.Hello Europehelpme,europehelpme wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:31 amAre these the processing times you are referring to?byronwilliams1185 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:32 amHello,
Friends before thinking of Escalation, please check the processing time for your country and place from where you applied. If your working days are coming close to the mentioned processing time then you can call/ email to escalate (your wait period should be more than the mentioned processing time). If you had applied and in one month time you think of escalation then they will not entertain and you will waste your money.
If after escalation they have given you 15 days period then please contact after 15 days are over if you did not get any decision.
I am waiting for 115 days now and 15 days escaltion period will be over on 8th. I will send them an email first and then call them.
I pray for you all they you will get your visa soon. Please keep me too in your prayers.
All the best.
Regards,
Byron
https://visa-processingtimes.homeoffice.gov.uk/y
I thought this was a guide only.
Is there anything in the policy that provides a timeframe as to when a decision has to be made by or when an update is provided? Or are we effectively just suppoused to wait potentially in eternity to an answer is provided? I applied from sydney and I was told it would take 15 days to receive an answer.
I am asking this because I want to escalate but not sure how long to wait before doing so
Is there any timeframe relating to processing times or when an answer has to be provided?
Surely we shouldnt be expected to sit around in eternity to get a response? If they are going to reject that is fine but reject and provide reason why. It seems wrong that they can just dust things under the carpet.
Kind Wishes and Best of Luck to all who have applied EEA-FP and other visas.
no point of calling evidently really dont know what to do..nicoleprdes wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:25 pmHello Everyone,
I have been reading this thread for awhile now since I applied for my EEA FP last July 17th. Everything I have read in here are so helpful. Congratulations to everyone who received their Permit and for those who are still waiting (like me) I really really hope it all works out.
I recently got married here in Italy with my boyfriend(now husband) of 2 years last June 10th, 2017. I applied for an EEA FP because I have been offered a job in Birmingham so my husband (Italian EEA national) and I decided to move in UK since I still have my Non EEA Passport thats why I need a permit.
My Job is supposed to starts this coming August 14th, 2017. Unfortunately I still dont have my passport and permit.
I wanted to share my timeline here and ask for any suggestion and help on what I should do.
July 17th - Application Submitted/ Biometrics taken in Rome, Italy.
July 18th - I checked/tracked my application in TLSContact site that my application was received by DMC
tma__application_received_by_dmc_description %s
July 28th - Received an email from ViSAINFO.SHEFO@fco.gov.uk ( I assume thats from UKVI) that my application have been received at the UK Decision making Centre.
July 31st - I paid the Email Inquiry to check what is the status since I have a Timeline to catch due the the Job offer that I have.
August 2 - Received an answer to my paid email (very unhelpful) telling me that its still under consideration. So.. That was a bust.
August 3 - Received and email from ViSAINFO.SHEFO@fco.gov.uk that my application is not straightforward.
Im aware the it takes 15 days for the processing of the application but since I started reading this thread I have come to know that once you received the not straightforward email that it might/will take longer.
I also checked the processing time that 98% will take 15 days and 100% will take 30 days for Rome, Italy.
I dont know if I should push it by calling them or escalating or complaining or just wait. the waiting has been killing me (and everyone else who is waiting) and knowing that I might lose my job offer because of this is also killing me.
Any thoughts? Thank you so much.
Hi Guys,Enka2018 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:04 pmGuys, it is not true that they dont charge if calling about same enquiry.
Despite I gave them reference number they charged me for whole call.
Hi drasl123 , we applied from Delhi, and also desperate, since you waiting the longest time
baig5035 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:17 amhi drasl123,
my waiting period is now today 132 working days more than 5 months and still waiting its killing for me and for my wife also to only wait like stupid..
Please can you provide me the number which your wife called to UKVI. Thanks
my wife in UK and she can call also please provide me the number.
Guys any other tip any suggestion please let us know we really need help its too long for us to wait even for us honestly we giving up.
Hi Baig5035,
Hi Dear Mr. Baig5035
europehelpme wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:47 pmHas anyone applied in July/August and received their permit? Have they just put their pens down on processing all applications? Or have they always taken this long even pre-Brexit? Is there any rule under European law which provides a timeframe?
Is there a timeframe anywhere or could we just end up sitting around forever without a passport? I understand they have provided guideline timeframes (As at may 2017) but surely there has to be a maximum timeframe an application can sit idle and under consideration?
Should I be expecting I could be without my passport for 1 year.... 10 years?
Hi Agnieszka,agnieszka1509 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:28 pmHi guys,
The more I read this thread the more frustrated I feel.
As many of you, me and my husband are in similar situation. He applied from Rabat/Morocco on 5th f June 2017 and the only information we received from them was "not straightforward" email on 28th of June 2017.
On the day of application gov website said processing times for Rabat are 90 working days max, but to our surprise they have changed it recently to 60 working days. I can only hope they started moving forward with processing all applications.
We escalated our case on Monday I do hope it will help.
Stay patient,
Agnieszka
A residence card is rather more than that. It is an employer's protection against a £20,000 fine and loss of tier 2 (or tier 4) sponsor's licence if the bearer's spouse turns out not to have been a qualified person or permanent resident.Yogitea wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:26 pmThe only challenges are that you non EEA spouse might have difficulty in convincing employers and other relevant authourities that they as a direct family member of an EEA citizen have the right to work in the uk.The residence card is only a confirmation of an existing right under the eu laws.
Hope this little information would be of help.
In fact, as we both live in Spain, my parents in the UK wrote to their MP (though when, or should I say if we finally manage to arrive we'll be living in the same area so he would be our MP also), briefly explaining the situation. His secretary got back to them very quickly (the next day) and asked them to tell me to call his office to confirm that I am happy he acts on our behalf. Of course I said yes, and then wrote a more detailed mail explaining that we are now waiting well beyond the promised time and that I am on anxiety meds and my parents' health is failing (both true) and also that my Taiwanese wife needs her passport here in Spain for other stuff (also true!). The MP then wrote to me personally the next day saying he'd be happy to write to the UKVI (he sent it to the director general, Mark Thomson). Unfortunately, no word back yet, surprise surprise, but we hope our MP will keep at it until he hears something. Definitely worth a try in your case.baig5035 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2017 2:02 pmHi Dear,
First of all very thanks for your reply i really appreciate it.
last i spoke 2 days ago and they escalate my application and suggest me to wait they said we cant say anything we cant do anything if we receive anything from higher authority form visa office/home office we will inform you. I asked any thing wrong any thing you required they said all is ok the guy clearly said its home office and its like that. And no body contact to my wife.
Before that i sent email 29 August 2017 to get update and they send me reply saying(I can confirm that your application being considered currently waiting for approval) after they send again email confirm some details like D.O.B,GWF number, where i applied, etc i provided all the required information and they said we will update you but nothing i received till date.
Before that my solicitor send chaser letter to Sheffield visa section/home office on 1st August 2017 no reply till date after they sent email last week at complaint@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk again no reply to till date.
They only reply to my paid email, and paid call. on the website they said 100 percent within 120 working days to my application its more than 132 working days today.
My wife can go to local MP i am also thinking about this. How Mp can help us what she have to explain to MP either MP will sent email,letter to home office or He will suggest something. My wife even wanted to go to home office and make stress to them you know its just annoying. And this wait only killing us.
Please help us with your experience. Thanks
I have read the processing time using the link belowMerzit wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:43 pmeuropehelpme wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:47 pmHas anyone applied in July/August and received their permit? Have they just put their pens down on processing all applications? Or have they always taken this long even pre-Brexit? Is there any rule under European law which provides a timeframe?
Is there a timeframe anywhere or could we just end up sitting around forever without a passport? I understand they have provided guideline timeframes (As at may 2017) but surely there has to be a maximum timeframe an application can sit idle and under consideration?
Should I be expecting I could be without my passport for 1 year.... 10 years?
Hello!
If you read the GOV UK website you can check how many days are maximum they keep your passaport. So, I applied 26 May from Spain, Madrid. Today I have waiting 82 working days for the decision. I can understand the Visa take more time for all those people from, Imdia, Morocco, Asian, African etc... its normal because they aren't from Europe. But my husband live here in Spain with me in Europe and is very stressed government give me 120 DAYS for a visa. We are not from another continent, we are 2hours far from England. Then relax and wait your time, because the GOvernament just want keep people far, brexit broken everything.
Hi,Willyboy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:06 amIn fact, as we both live in Spain, my parents in the UK wrote to their MP (though when, or should I say if we finally manage to arrive we'll be living in the same area so he would be our MP also), briefly explaining the situation. His secretary got back to them very quickly (the next day) and asked them to tell me to call his office to confirm that I am happy he acts on our behalf. Of course I said yes, and then wrote a more detailed mail explaining that we are now waiting well beyond the promised time and that I am on anxiety meds and my parents' health is failing (both true) and also that my Taiwanese wife needs her passport here in Spain for other stuff (also true!). The MP then wrote to me personally the next day saying he'd be happy to write to the UKVI (he sent it to the director general, Mark Thomson). Unfortunately, no word back yet, surprise surprise, but we hope our MP will keep at it until he hears something. Definitely worth a try in your case.baig5035 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2017 2:02 pmHi Dear,
First of all very thanks for your reply i really appreciate it.
last i spoke 2 days ago and they escalate my application and suggest me to wait they said we cant say anything we cant do anything if we receive anything from higher authority form visa office/home office we will inform you. I asked any thing wrong any thing you required they said all is ok the guy clearly said its home office and its like that. And no body contact to my wife.
Before that i sent email 29 August 2017 to get update and they send me reply saying(I can confirm that your application being considered currently waiting for approval) after they send again email confirm some details like D.O.B,GWF number, where i applied, etc i provided all the required information and they said we will update you but nothing i received till date.
Before that my solicitor send chaser letter to Sheffield visa section/home office on 1st August 2017 no reply till date after they sent email last week at complaint@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk again no reply to till date.
They only reply to my paid email, and paid call. on the website they said 100 percent within 120 working days to my application its more than 132 working days today.
My wife can go to local MP i am also thinking about this. How Mp can help us what she have to explain to MP either MP will sent email,letter to home office or He will suggest something. My wife even wanted to go to home office and make stress to them you know its just annoying. And this wait only killing us.
Please help us with your experience. Thanks
All the best
