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unprecedented turnover

Post by jevahr » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:55 pm

Hi Guys,
I have a bit of hope for everyone today- I have just received my RC in an, as best I can tell, unprecedented amount of time.

I am American, and the spouse of an EU citizen exercising treaty rights as PhD student. Before we were married, I was denied entry which made every subsequent entry a nightmare, even after we were married. Also, because I work internationally and need to travel frequently, the process of surrendering our passports made it impossible for us to be together for the last two years. This fall, I cleared my schedule so I could work remotely, and planned to sit tight in the UK for a full six months. I was shocked when my Residence Card (valid until 2018) arrived today, just two months later.

I'm uncertain if this was a contributing factor in speeding up the process, but I did alert my MP and the European commission to the situation- especially after my COA disallowed me the right to work.

I hope this is an indicator of quicker turnovers for everyone from here forward!

APP sent: 20/11/12
APP received: 21/11/12
COA: 04/12/12 (dated: 29/11/12)- denying me the right to work
Requested passports back via certified post 05/12/12, email 07/12/12, email 09/12/12, email again 19/12/12- received 21/12/12
RC: 22/01/13 (dated: 04/01/12)

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Pablito
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Post by Pablito » Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:13 pm

Congratulations jevahr and thank you for sharing your experience with people on forum, 2 months it couldn't be better. Can you share how did you contact them?

Again Congrats!

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Post by Marco25 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:57 pm

It is pretty clear that it's been deal with very quick because of his nationality (American), home office discriminate agains people nationality big time, if you read so many people review here you will see they been waiting for month and month. Shame on you uk border agency

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Post by flipper77 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:38 pm

Marco25 wrote:It is pretty clear that it's been deal with very quick because of his nationality (American), home office discriminate agains people nationality big time, if you read so many people review here you will see they been waiting for month and month. Shame on you uk border agency
How is it obvious that the quick turnaround is due to the applicant being a US Citizen?
EEA2 Application sent: 09/10/2012
Received by UKBA: 10/10/2012
COA received: 19/10/2012 (dated 17/10/2012)
Passports requested: 14/11/12, 28/11/12 & 12/12/12 (email) and 11/12/12 (mail)
Passports received: 17/12/2012
RC received: 14/02/2013

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Post by Jambo » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:10 pm

I believe the OP should complain. Applications by Americans should never take longer than 17.5 days.

I wish I were American as my PR application took 10 months (although this was in the good old days when all applications took more than 6 months).

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Post by Obie » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:20 pm

17.5 days for residence card application for American Citizens to be processed. very interesting. What is the legislation or policy governing that.

Any link will be hugely appreciated. Might even prove very valuable in litigation cases.
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Post by Jambo » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:25 pm

It is a secret agreement between Obama and David Cameron.

I guess my sarcastic comment didn't go as I expected.

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Post by Obie » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:38 pm

You are pulling my leg, very funny. I will really not put anything past UKBA, they always have this secret policy, which they sometimes release and smetimes don't.
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Post by sheraz7 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:17 pm

@jevahr
if you read deeply the thread called EEA2 TIMELINE then you will know that many applicants got relatively more unprecedented turnover than you means less time than yours. Its really depend on an individual caseworker as how efficient he is despite attaching all relevant documents.
Please donot send PM. Write in open forum to facilitate others too.
REGARDS

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Post by toni34 » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:41 am

dont think her nationality has anything to do with it.mY rc took just 2 months,am Nigerian and i am not even married to my E.U
NON EU national with RC

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