Hi I received my EEA2 last Thursday!! I'm happy but I'm wondering why is in the form of a visa sticker stuck in my passport. I thought it was suppose to be a card, the size of a credit card. Do they send that later or is it either a card or sticker in the passport? My passport expires before my EEA2...
Hi guys, I got my EEA2 visa as a married partner of EU national, here is my timeline: Application sent: 18/04/2012 Received by HO: 19/04/2012 Sent letter requesting COA: 05/06/2012 Received COA: 20/06/2012 Sent letter requesting RC: 26/07/2012 Sent letter requesting RC: 14/08/2012 Called HO requesti...
Can someone advise me on the following? I applied for EEA2 unmarried partner (fiance) on 18/04 I received COA in June, the letter stated it could not confirm right to work as I've applied as an unmarried partner. My fiance and I got married in July. I called and wrote to the home office regarding my...
Just found this out: Time spent in the UK does not count as lawful residence under paragraph 276A of the Immigration Rules for: third country nationals who have spent time in the UK as: o the spouse, civil partner or other family member of an European Union (EU), or o an EEA national exercising th...
A question for the forum please: -If I'm on EEA2 visa with my unmarried EU National partner and -if he were to get his British Citizenship, as he has been living and working in the UK for 11 + years now, and -if we were then to get married... Could I apply for a visa as married to a British Citizen ...
To qualify for the 10 year long residency visa, which visas can I have held during that time? I read some where that it could be any valid visa. But is the working holiday visa a valid visa, it doesn't count towards ILR under the 5 year rule. And does it include European visas, as I heard once you'r...
Yes my accountant act as company secretary. I know some people have been out of the UK for more than 180 days due to business reasons and that is ok since they have a letter from their employer that they had to travel for business, and they were still being paid whilst away. But can paid annual leav...
I just read a post about how an employer cannot tell you to stop working, because as a family member we have the right to work and the RC just confirms it: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=106335 and this article: http://www.freemovement.org.uk/2011/12/17/sponsors-paranoia-and-unfair...
Hi all, I'd like to ask the forum what my chances for success of getting ILR are given I've spent 211 days out of the UK for non work reasons . This is my case: - HSMP+Tier 1 = 5 years in the UK - Absences out of the UK over last 5 years = 211 days, already excluding day leaving and returning to UK ...
Hi again I just reread my letter and it does have that message at the back, but not in the main body of the letter. At the back there is the 'Question and Answers'. The question at the top is 'Why are you unable to confirm my right to work in the UK whilst my application is being considered?' One of...
Hi 18th April - applied for EEA2 6th June - Still no COA, so I called the general 'help line', they told me they could not tell me what the status of my application was unless it's been 6months since I applied. I asked them if I should have received the COA by now, they said maybe, maybe not. But th...
I'm on Tier 1 visa and switching to EEA2. I received the 'Certificate of Application' letter today, having send in my application 9 weeks ago. I thought the letter was going to state that I could continue working until a decision was made? But the letter states : "At this stage we are unable to conf...
