successful EU family permit application

crislaura34 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:42 pm

hello everyone
i am an EEA citizen have settled status in UK, just wanted to tell story of my successful EU Settlement scheme family application for my (mother in law) if it may help someone.
i will try below to explain my whole experience from day one till end.so it goes like this;

Application submitted online:14 July 2020
Bio-metric appointment: 5 August 2020 Islamabad Pakistan
received acknowledgment email from Liverpool = 6 August 2020
documents submitted(scanned myself from UK)
copy of my passport
copy of my husband's passport (Pakistani passport)+copy of his UK residence card
our marriage certificate
my husband's birth certificate (Pakistani)
my 6 months payslips+6 months bank statement
husband's 6 months payslips+6 months bank statement
joint tenancy agreement
joint council tax letter
my settled status number and my husbands pre settled status number
and yes most asked question
NO we didn't submitted not even a single remittance receipt or any document to prove her dependency instead i wrote a cover letter from my side and explained in that we don't need to attach any prove of dependency because dependency is assumed under law.

now waiting game started
first call on paid number after 15 working days and was told that its still under review( not decided)
after that was calling every day almost and answer was the same its still under review(not decided)
29 August complained online

4 September complained to my local MP
7 SEPTEMBER my MP wrote a letter to UKVI and sent me a copy as well
while all this i was still calling on paid number everyday and answer was the same its still under review(not decided)

in between all this emailed on paid email address received an answer after one day that ( thank you for emailing but currently we are unable to provide a specific time frame for when your application will be processed due to the large number of applications that have built up during covid 19)

11 September received email from vfs Islamabad that processed application is back.it was late and Friday,
soon after receiving the email from vfs i called again on paid number to check the status of my application i just wanted to see how this paid service works ( because i almost spent GBP 40 on phone calls)
and guess what answer was still the same under review( not decided)
14 September Monday my mother in law went to vfs Islamabad picked her passport with visa sticker
visa issue date :18 august date
in total it took 9 working days to issue a visa but almost one month from Islamabad to give the passport back with the sticker.
whole point of telling all of this is because while i was waiting for my mother in law's visa decision so many questions(mostly negative thoughts) were coming in to my mind that what is happening and why its taking so long but answer of all the question is just stay positive and have patience(which i didn't have).
GOOD LUCK
any questions happy to answer.

crislaura34 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:52 pm

yes i was the sponsor cause only an EU national can sponsor.
yes we ticked the form where it asks about the dependency and we mentioned some amount as well because without doing that you can not go to next page,
but we didn't attach any paper evidence for that.

Maher533 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:28 pm

Hi

I am non eea citizen and my wife is eea citizen and we both have settled status in uk. Actually i applied my parents EUSS family permit in feb 2020 but i did not get any response . i called in july and they send me email that because of covid 19 your application is delayed and after that i called on paid number and they escalated my case but still no response and i send the email to mp as well and he write the email to home office and i also send the email to home office .

my quetion to crislaura which paid number did u call ?
because i call on this number 02034811736

namani wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:38 pm

Hi my parents got the eu settlement visa from Non EU country. It’s valid for only 6 months. It it the same for your mother.
When they are here how can we apply for pre settled status.
Thanks

crislaura34 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:42 pm

hello everyone
i am an EEA citizen have settled status in UK, just wanted to tell story of my successful EU Settlement scheme family application for my (mother in law) if it may help someone.
i will try below to explain my whole experience from day one till end.so it goes like this;

Application submitted online:14 July 2020
Bio-metric appointment: 5 August 2020 Islamabad Pakistan
received acknowledgment email from Liverpool = 6 August 2020
documents submitted(scanned myself from UK)
copy of my passport
copy of my husband's passport (Pakistani passport)+copy of his UK residence card
our marriage certificate
my husband's birth certificate (Pakistani)
my 6 months payslips+6 months bank statement
husband's 6 months payslips+6 months bank statement
joint tenancy agreement
joint council tax letter
my settled status number and my husbands pre settled status number
and yes most asked question
NO we didn't submitted not even a single remittance receipt or any document to prove her dependency instead i wrote a cover letter from my side and explained in that we don't need to attach any prove of dependency because dependency is assumed under law.

now waiting game started
first call on paid number after 15 working days and was told that its still under review( not decided)
after that was calling every day almost and answer was the same its still under review(not decided)
29 August complained online

4 September complained to my local MP
7 SEPTEMBER my MP wrote a letter to UKVI and sent me a copy as well
while all this i was still calling on paid number everyday and answer was the same its still under review(not decided)

in between all this emailed on paid email address received an answer after one day that ( thank you for emailing but currently we are unable to provide a specific time frame for when your application will be processed due to the large number of applications that have built up during covid 19)

11 September received email from vfs Islamabad that processed application is back.it was late and Friday,
soon after receiving the email from vfs i called again on paid number to check the status of my application i just wanted to see how this paid service works ( because i almost spent GBP 40 on phone calls)
and guess what answer was still the same under review( not decided)
14 September Monday my mother in law went to vfs Islamabad picked her passport with visa sticker
visa issue date :18 august date
in total it took 9 working days to issue a visa but almost one month from Islamabad to give the passport back with the sticker.
whole point of telling all of this is because while i was waiting for my mother in law's visa decision so many questions(mostly negative thoughts) were coming in to my mind that what is happening and why its taking so long but answer of all the question is just stay positive and have patience(which i didn't have).
GOOD LUCK
any questions happy to answer.

crislaura34 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:42 pm

hello everyone
i am an EEA citizen have settled status in UK, just wanted to tell story of my successful EU Settlement scheme family application for my (mother in law) if it may help someone.
i will try below to explain my whole experience from day one till end.so it goes like this;

Application submitted online:14 July 2020
Bio-metric appointment: 5 August 2020 Islamabad Pakistan
received acknowledgment email from Liverpool = 6 August 2020
documents submitted(scanned myself from UK)
copy of my passport
copy of my husband's passport (Pakistani passport)+copy of his UK residence card
our marriage certificate
my husband's birth certificate (Pakistani)
my 6 months payslips+6 months bank statement
husband's 6 months payslips+6 months bank statement
joint tenancy agreement
joint council tax letter
my settled status number and my husbands pre settled status number
and yes most asked question
NO we didn't submitted not even a single remittance receipt or any document to prove her dependency instead i wrote a cover letter from my side and explained in that we don't need to attach any prove of dependency because dependency is assumed under law.

now waiting game started
first call on paid number after 15 working days and was told that its still under review( not decided)
after that was calling every day almost and answer was the same its still under review(not decided)
29 August complained online

4 September complained to my local MP
7 SEPTEMBER my MP wrote a letter to UKVI and sent me a copy as well
while all this i was still calling on paid number everyday and answer was the same its still under review(not decided)

in between all this emailed on paid email address received an answer after one day that ( thank you for emailing but currently we are unable to provide a specific time frame for when your application will be processed due to the large number of applications that have built up during covid 19)

11 September received email from vfs Islamabad that processed application is back.it was late and Friday,
soon after receiving the email from vfs i called again on paid number to check the status of my application i just wanted to see how this paid service works ( because i almost spent GBP 40 on phone calls)
and guess what answer was still the same under review( not decided)
14 September Monday my mother in law went to vfs Islamabad picked her passport with visa sticker
visa issue date :18 august date
in total it took 9 working days to issue a visa but almost one month from Islamabad to give the passport back with the sticker.
whole point of telling all of this is because while i was waiting for my mother in law's visa decision so many questions(mostly negative thoughts) were coming in to my mind that what is happening and why its taking so long but answer of all the question is just stay positive and have patience(which i didn't have).
GOOD LUCK
any questions happy to answer.