EEA2 Application Timelines - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate

Thanks a lot!
You mean after dialing this number I have to choose option 1, and then option 2, right?

yes
and the waiting time (with classical tune) is ~25 minutes probably

Thanks, guys

Classic tune? I hope it is Chaikovsky

hehe dunno...i'm not into classic, it just got on my nerves....maybe they can change it to whale song noises to calm us down (not)

This is a quick summary of our court date.

We went in and our solicitor called my wife first and the home office grilled her with questions about our relationship like:

1) how long we have been together
2) describe our house
3) how often do we get guests
4) what we did last night
5) what we did last weekend
6) what we got each other for xmas ( we couldn't remember lol )
7) how often we see her family


and loads more, very hard for a fake couple to answer these questions to be honest, we had some discrepancies in our answers but they were perfectly acceptable as our solicitor said if we memorised our answers it would have looked dodgy.

Then they asked me the same questions, and we had loads of witnesses including my sister in law. The judge then asked her if she came specifically for the court and she said yes.

The judge then asked me to see the video of the wedding to prove that we did not need an interpreter (She had already seen loads of pics and statements)

At the end of the case she asked the home office lawyer if she has anything else to add.

The home office lawyer said that we could be really good friends and there were discrepancies with our answers for xmas presents to each other ( its bloody august! )

and

how we spent last weekend- my wife said things that we did and I said other things, we actually did both but I guess each of us had a different prospective of what we did


She also added that the registrar who is a government official who sent the letter had no reason to fabricate the evidence even though it was clearly proved that they did

She then implored the judge to dismiss the appeal.
This was the judges reply word for word

"I hear what your saying miss Johnson but due to the overwhelming evidence I am under no doubt that Mr **** and Mrs **** are a genuine couple. Because of this I will be allowing this appeal." The judge then looked at us and said " you will be receiving confirmation in writing in 10 working days."

And that's it, hopefully I get the decision before Mid August, so that I can reply to the email from the home office saying if I pass they will deal with our case ASAP.

I might make my next holiday in September

Submitted EEA2: 10/08/2012
Received by HO: 13/08/2012
COA issued:
RC received:

fingers crossed.

Wehlau wrote:I have the same story. Today i've been told that they sent me a package last Friday. They did not let us know what exactly did they sent, whether it was just my passport (as we have requested it) or whether it was RC or other decision. They have also sent it by signed delivery and they have provided me with the tracking number of THEIR envelope, while when we have requested my passport back, we have asked them to send it in our next day special delivery pre-paid envelope.
All we have to do now is wait

They have returned my application asking some requirements, now I have made a new application and I have attached two SD prepaid envelope into the application package, that because first I´m going to ask the passports back then, They have to send the RC.

I think it´s more expensive, but with this I am sure that might send secure avoiding delays (I have read the forum a lot and I know the risk about that).

This is my advice to the new EEA application senders.

I have updated my time line...
still waiting, again!

SUBMITTED EEA2 : 9TH JULY 2012
RECEIVED BY HO : 10TH JULY 2012
COA RECEIVED: not yet

How many more weeks to wait?

manikgupta007 wrote:

atenolol wrote:

manikgupta007 wrote:Hello Everyone!!! EEA 2 Timline
EEA 2 applied on 7/02/2012
Recieved by HO 9/02/2012
COA Recieved after 2 months 27/04/2012
Enforcement team came 25/07/2012 6am in the morning to investigate that we living together or not
RC -??????????? still wait

How long i need to wait for ???? is their anyone who applied at same time or same month who got RC
plzzz plzz update !!!

manikgupta007 what happened? An enforcement team came to your house? What did they say? What explanation did they give?

I got my visa

manikgupta007, congrats. if you don't mind what did the enforcement team asked? were u called for interview? thanks

Applied: July 2nd 2012
Received: July 3rd 2012
COA: -
Passport return: -
RC: -

Complaint to Home Office: Aug, 13th ( I don't care about the decision! I just want our blimmin passports back!)

Eea2 :sent. 21may 2012
Coa; home office eat that because they were hungry
Rc; i hope they will be not more hungry
Best of luck for every one...

manikgupta007 wrote:you can ask HO for emergency travel document

I am not sure about others, but we had to wait over 1 month for emergency travel document, and even then they sent it after we called and complained.

Send email to EuropeanOperational@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk to log a formal complaint. They replied and said they forwarded it to the European Casework department.

EEA2 sent 14 February 2012
HO received 15 Feb
COA received 14 Mar
Home Office in breach of EU Laws: 14 August
RC not arrived.....

EEA 2 applied on 9/07/2012
Recieved by HO 14/08/2012
COA still pending

Does anyone know how many days it takes for EEA2 applicants details to be input in the UKBA system? I called today and after checking i was made to understand my details re not yet in the system. Is it normal or ???
Kind regards

My application was received on 19.06 .. called them today, they told me they still didnt check my case, but they have received it (news news)

so yeah .. the waiting game continues !!

efimmike wrote:EEA 2 applied on 9/07/2012
Recieved by HO 14/08/2012
COA still pending

Does anyone know how many days it takes for EEA2 applicants details to be input in the UKBA system? I called today and after checking i was made to understand my details re not yet in the system. Is it normal or ???
Kind regards

HI TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON THIS FORUM.IVE BEEN LUKING AT THIS FORUM SINCE PAGE 80 AND TODAY I HAVE GOT THE VISA ISSUED ON PASSPORT.ILL LEAVE THE TIMELINES BUT I NEED TO ASK SOMETHING ELSE IF SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT IN THAT.IT WOULD BE KIND.

EEA2 APPLICATION SEND:23/11/2011
EEA2 APPLICATION RETURNED BECAUSE OF INVOICES LEFT ON:22/12/2011
EEA2 APPLICATION SEND BACK:23/01/2012
RECEIVED BY HOME OFFICE:26/01/2012
COA ISSUED:13/02/2012 RECEIVED ON 28/02/2012
AFTER ALMOST 7 MONTHS TODAY WHICH IS A LUCKY DAY FOR ME.
15/08/2012 RECEIVED PASSPORT AND ALL DOCUMENTS
VISA STAMPED ON 3RD JULY 2012

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN CAN I BE ELEGIBLE FOR INDEFINITE ,IS THE COUNTING START FROM THE VISA DATE OR FROM THE WEDDING DATE.JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THANKYOU VERY MUCH AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND HOPE ALL WILL GET THEIR VISA ON TIME.
THANX
_________________
YES

In the nick of time the EEA

EEA2 sent 14 February 2012
HO received 15 Feb
COA received 14 Mar
Home Office in breach of EU Laws: 14 August
RC issue date: 12 August
RC received: 16 August

Send formal complaint: 14 August - Got response same day from senior case worker to say she had send it the same day (Makes me wonder if it was ready for some time already and they just keep hold of it?)

Well, well, well....

Less than 48 hours after being told no decision had yet been reached on my wife's February 4 application and me sending the Home Office an email threatening legal action in the small claims court, the RC arrived today.

The RC is simply an endorsement in her passport rather than a separate document but it will serve its purpose!

All our documents appear to have been returned, including her old Spanish RC which I was concerned they would hold onto; it serves as her Schengen visa so means we don't have to pfaff around with European embassies and consulates until 2014.

Her timeline:

EEA2 sent 06 February 2012
HO received 07 Feb 2012
COA received 14 March 2012
Home Office in breach of EU Laws: 06 August 2012
RC issue date: 11 August 2012
RC received: 16 August 2012

Our original application dated mid-December was rejected in mid-January due to insufficient paperwork.

Good luck to everyone else who is waiting on this shambles of an authority and fire off strongly-worded emails threatening legal action as soon as the six-month EU deadline passes as it seems to be the only language they understand!

On which email you send your threatening email.

Beany2012 wrote:Well, well, well....

All our documents appear to have been returned, including her old Spanish RC which I was concerned they would hold onto; it serves as her Schengen visa so means we don't have to pfaff around with European embassies and consulates until 2014.

You won't need a Schengen visa to enter the Schengen zone with a EEA2 RC (provided your spouse travels with you or joins you in that country) - so no need to faff around with embassies in any case!

Englandd wrote:On which email you send your threatening email.

I sent the same email to:

ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

and

EuropeanOperational@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

I got an automatic response from both, then the following response from the latter:

Thank you for your email regarding your wife’s application for a residence card. Please be advised that the European Operational Policy Team deal with policy related enquiries only and are unable to give advice or comment on individual applications.

I have forwarded your email on to the European Casework team.

Yours sincerely,

European Operational Policy Team
UK Border Agency

That's all I got until the postman arrived this morning.

I am in the exact same situation:

EEA2 applied 27 July
Received by HO on 31 July
Passport requested back on 31 July
Received passport on 8 Aug!

So just request it. I mentioned in my request that I needed it to go to a family wedding and that I wanted to ensure that the application can proceed after they have verified and sent back the passport.

ISIL wrote:Hi everybody,

I have applied for EEA2 visa on 30th of July and it has been received on 31st of July by UKBA.

However, I should travel on 15th of September and need my passport. If I request my passport back in next 3 weeks time ( around 25th of August), does it effect my process? Does anyone have any idea?

Thanks in advance,

1st Question:can anyone tell me do we need shangen visa to go into europe?

2nd Question:when is the 5 year timeline is starting is that from the date of the wedding or the date on which they issued the visa thanx

I've sent my documents to request the RC on the 24th of May, with delivery confirmation on the next day.so far I still haven't received the coa.
I called them today to chase it, as I want to apply for a new job and I have to prove them I'm a lawful resident in this country.
The person I spoke to said that she request a coa for me and I'm probably going to get it within 10 days..

Did some of you call them to chase the letter? And how it took for you to receive it?

Cheers

Vilson