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by Nina Roche
Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:32 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)
Replies: 14897
Views: 4460070
China

Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

3 of our family members applied together Method of application: Online Payment method: Online Date of application: 26/09/2022 Appointment with UKVAS and date of biometrics: 15/10/2022 Date of invitation to book the citizenship ceremoney: 09/12/2022 Date of receipt of email from Home Office: 12/12/20...
by Nina Roche
Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:53 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Received email to book citizenship ceremony but...
Replies: 1
Views: 805
China

Received email to book citizenship ceremony but...

Hi guys, 3 members of our family applied UK citizenship together at the end of Sept 2022. Today :D thankfully received congratulation and invitation emails (3 of them) to book citizenship ceremony from our local authorities. It says they received our certificate from the Home Office and provide link...
by Nina Roche
Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:54 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

It is the 7th working day since APAD email of card delievery.
Thinking about checking. APAD did not mention carrier. Do all cards delivered by TNT?
The email has a reference number. Does that have anything to do with tracking? :?:
by Nina Roche
Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:49 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

8 weeks after biometrics submitted EU settled status granted in August 2020. Change brc application in June 2021. Biometrics submitted 15th July 2021 Confirmation card issued email10th Sept 2021. It's in junk email! :D Good luck to everyone! Hi Nina Roche, can you plz tell what was expiry date on y...
by Nina Roche
Sat Sep 11, 2021 4:07 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

I have finally received confirmation from APAD that my replacement card has been issued, exactly 20 weeks after biometrics. Timeline below: EEA RC expiration date: October 10th, 2023 Application for Settled Satus: Feb 1st 2021 Settled Status granted: March 15th 2021 Application for replacement card...
by Nina Roche
Sat Sep 11, 2021 4:01 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

8 weeks after biometrics submitted
EU settled status granted in August 2020.
Change brc application in June 2021.
Biometrics submitted 15th July 2021
Confirmation card issued email10th Sept 2021. It's in junk email! :D

Good luck to everyone!
by Nina Roche
Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:28 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

granted pre-settled status – 24/10/2019 applied for BRC under EU Settlement scheme – 17/05/2021 Submitted fingerprints – 01/07/2021 Applied for Settled Status: 18/05/2021 Granted Settled status: 05/08/2021 Card delivery – 06/08/2021 Congratulations! Yours is really fast, only 1 month after Biometri...
by Nina Roche
Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:20 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

hopeitwill wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:54 am
I have finally received my card after 3 months! I am still thankful to have received it before my old one expires.

Good luck to everyone who is still waiting for theirs!
Congratulations!
3 months after biometrics?
by Nina Roche
Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:19 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement
Replies: 1048
Views: 137189
China

Re: change brc issued under eea to eu settlement

granted pre-settled status – 24/10/2019 applied for BRC under EU Settlement scheme – 17/05/2021 Submitted fingerprints – 01/07/2021 Applied for Settled Status: 18/05/2021 Granted Settled status: 05/08/2021 Card delivery – 06/08/2021 Congratulations! Yours is really fast, only 1 month after Biometri...
by Nina Roche
Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:43 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Non EU citizen with settled status and expired BRP re-enter UK
Replies: 2
Views: 968
China

Re: Non EU citizen with settled status and expired BRP re-enter UK

Many many thanks for your reply Kamoe. I'm having a hard time to digest those information but it's much better to know them now than at the border of Madrid... :shock: It would have been much better if back in last year home office just instructed us to replace the card after granting settled status...
by Nina Roche
Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Non EU citizen with settled status and expired BRP re-enter UK
Replies: 2
Views: 968
China

Non EU citizen with settled status and expired BRP re-enter UK

I hope anyone, especially who are familiar with legal matters, can help my question. I'm non-EU cizitzen. I've got settled status July 2020. At that time, my BRC was not expired. So I don't get a BRC automatically. And back then, they say you don't need to apply for a card. My BRC expired in January...
by Nina Roche
Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:29 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU Settled Status
Replies: 4
Views: 629
China

Re: EU Settled Status after online application

Just in case, anyone accidently clicked into here. I provided timeline info here which might help. Application online 6th June 2020 COA 6th June 2020 Granted settled status 14th Aug 2020. After no news in 2 months, I wrote a letter to MP about process delay of my application. She wrote to HO in the ...
by Nina Roche
Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:22 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU Settled Status
Replies: 4
Views: 629
China

Re: EU Settled Status

I would suggest that you look at the Timelines thred in this forum as it will give you an indication of processing times for Non-EEA nationals applications. In short, it can be anything up to 11 months for some applications but i would say the average this year is around 4-6 months because of Covid...
by Nina Roche
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:57 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU settlement - Non EU family member - CoA and decision time
Replies: 3198
Views: 501189
China

Re: EU settlement - Non EU family member - CoA and decision time

Applied online 6th June 2020 COA letter received in the same day 6th June 2020 Granted settled status 14th August 2020 :D What might be helpful for other applicants who are wating for long time is, during the process,I wrote a letter to MP at 6 August as the processing time should be up to a month a...
by Nina Roche
Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:18 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Should I make a formal complaint if my application hasn’t been decided within a month?
Replies: 6
Views: 802
China

Re: Should I make a formal complaint if my application hasn’t been decided within a month?

Why not.
In similar shoes.
by Nina Roche
Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:05 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU settlement - Non EU family member - CoA and decision time
Replies: 3198
Views: 501189
China

Re: EU settlement - Non EU family member - CoA and decision time

I’m an EEA national , married to non-EEA national with two kids. All of us had PR after living her for 9 years. Myself and two children received EU settled status within two weeks from applying back in January 2020. Applied for wife the day after, got COA after a few weeks, then silence. Lodged onl...
by Nina Roche
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:39 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU settlement - Non EU family member - CoA and decision time
Replies: 3198
Views: 501189
China

Re: EU settlement - Non EU family member - CoA and decision time

hello, does anyone know what is the time frame for an eu national to get their pre-settle status approved after the pandemic ? I don't know in general. But EU national is likely very fast. For online application of settled status after pandemic though, the fastest I know takes less than 1 working d...
by Nina Roche
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:38 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU Settled Status
Replies: 4
Views: 629
China

Re: EU Settled Status

Thanks Garth1989! OKay! The extreme fast process time, my husband (half working day speed), as well as my son's, had me secretly hoping this online process may be faster. Maybe it was just luck :D. The phone line I called said it could be anytime soon or later (because of COVID). Basically said noth...
by Nina Roche
Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:21 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EU Settled Status
Replies: 4
Views: 629
China

EU Settled Status

Hi guys, My whole family (Husband-French, Child-French, and me-non EU citizen) has applied settled status after 5 years of residence in UK recently , through online application - app and gov.uk website according to gov.uk instruction. The online application process are very fast. We've now got two (...
by Nina Roche
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:30 pm
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: HELP! ABOUT FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA TRAVELING EUROPE
Replies: 9
Views: 5607
China

Re: HELP! ABOUT FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA TRAVELING EUROPE

Thanks for clarifying and suggestion.
I haven't find anything else yet. But I'll keep looking. Bottom line is circulation visa even for a year is good enough for me.
Thanks cs!
by Nina Roche
Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:40 pm
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: HELP! ABOUT FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA TRAVELING EUROPE
Replies: 9
Views: 5607
China

Re: HELP! ABOUT FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA TRAVELING EUROPE

Circulation visas are normally only granted to those who have a proven (relatively frequent) travel history to the schengen area. It's not an option available for selection on the TLS website or schengen application form. I was granted one just over a year ago. What I did was select multiple entry ...
by Nina Roche
Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:02 am
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: HELP! ABOUT FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA TRAVELING EUROPE
Replies: 9
Views: 5607
China

Re: HELP! ABOUT FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA TRAVELING EUROPE

greglinjiajie wrote:Hey everyone!

I just got my French Schengen Visa (Court Sejour Circulation).
Hi Greglinjiajie!
I hope you can help me on this. How did you get granted Circulation visa? It seems from Tlscontact website, there is no option to apply circulation visa?
Thanks!
by Nina Roche
Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:33 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: HO already has our IDs but are saying it was not submitted
Replies: 5
Views: 456
China

Re: HO already has our IDs but are saying it was not submitt

Feel for you.
Maybe try to contact local MP too? Saw some ppl in the forum talking about it once there is problem. Some got help.
by Nina Roche
Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:28 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EEA2 / FM-EFM Discussion thread
Replies: 813
Views: 77770
China

Re: EEA2 / FM-EFM Discussion thread

Congrats Nina.. I got mine too.. Hope Kristo get too.. Thank you and congratulation to you too!! It looks like our August line went pretty smoothly. It is also 5 month to me. Possibly new year Home office staff are at good mood after holiday season. That might helps ! :lol: Best of luck for the res...
by Nina Roche
Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EEA(FM) EEA2 Timeline (only)
Replies: 269
Views: 35572
China

Re: EEA2 TIMELINE ONLY!!!!

Since currently two threads about EEA2 timeline are parallel, just a kind reminder for anyone who are looking for updated 2015 August batch timeline has already been updated here by Tati : http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/eea2-fm-efm-discussion-thread-t200631-40.html#p1291291 ...
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