Did you hear about their recent review, in which 10 year old applications were found unanswered?! That's insane! I know - unbelievable! You have to wonder though, have the applicants simply given up? Left the country? Got new passports? New identities??? I'd love to know more about their internal p...

Great news, I got my passports today!! Here's my timeline: Application Received by HO January 14 Passports requested January 28 Passports requested #2 February 4 (this time saying that if I didn't receive my passports by the end of the week, I would contact my MP, the Italian embassy, and a solicit...

Thank you very much Bonita, I just re-read your earlier posts...and I'll ask my questions again - when the lawyer spoke to the UKBA, and they said they had issued the COA, didn't the lawyer tell them then that it was never received? How long ago did they say it was issued? Did the lawyer not reques...

Pay wrote:Guys any news from October Applicants ? Please update if any one from October got RC .

As you'll see, I applied on 9th October, no RC yet though. Could you please share your timeline here for the benefit of all?

bonita wrote:Can she call them herself or the lawyer has to call

Either can call - I guess the difference being, that the lawyer would charge to make the phone call.

Well isn't this interesting! https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:49tl5i1qmHQJ:www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/ecis/chapter10%3Fview%3DBinary+&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj_mvozud_5uEr4XP8OXYtYqXm5kgpB2xbzzmLZND_iUCdjl7pYbYurfDA2qjG0jPUK2QD6DDkmmDMDqPyU_eAjQXx...

i sent it first to the RODR on the 19 jan and bcs i havn't recieve nothing i sent the email to the liverpool only on the 30 jan. how i contact the mp? and with who i have to speak their? Hi benben, As Sofia pointed out, the correct email address for EEA applicants is different to the main email add...

I think you should save your money and not bother sending them another SD envelope! thank you, Flipper MY passports were in SD envelope with my hand writing. They did not use them? But how do you know it? Have you written your address on them and the envelope that they sent you had another hand wri...

I have received my passport today. There was only one SD envelope, could you recommend should I send them another SD envelope for the rest of the docs? I don't want my RC TO Do you mean you sent a SD envelope with your application, and they have returned requested passport in it? When I sent my app...

My sister's lawyer called the ho this wk and they said they have sent the coa lettet time ago but the lawyer ain't got any copy of the letter. She needs the letter for her ni. Can i get any helpful suggestion. Thanks Did the lawyer not offer any helpful suggestions? Did the lawyer ask how long ago ...

HO says that email requesting passports back should not affect the application timing but from our experience, it did. Well done, glad you got your RC - seems like you've had a very long wait! Not to be negative, but I also requested our passports back (first request 14/11/2012 - received passports...

@Plum - Thanks for your kindness. I hope your RC comes soon and on a separate card! Just my 2 cents...I haven't read of anyone being asked to send their passports back, in order to put the RC sticker in. Everyone seems to get a freestanding ISD (which I was kind of against to begin with - but reali...

Alternatively, are there some airlines that are recommended with this situation compared to others? (for example, british airways v ryanair :D ) The main issue if that you are dealing with the local ground staff. They might not be directly employed by the airline so this depends on the location you...

It sounds to me like it's some kind of internal measure to help them sort mail quickly. Perhaps a red sticker means an application is older, therefore should be dealt with faster? Or, maybe the different colours relate to different processing teams - again, to allow quick identification of the mail,...

I would recommend to anyone who has waited more than six months to get in touch with their local MP. I contacted my local MP when the UKBA wouldn't respond to my requests to have my passports returned. This kind of escalation process will not only help you in having a decision made on your case, but...

Just to update on my side: Send my EEA2 application on 16 Nov 2012 EEA2, and got COA back in one week. Request to return my passport many times during the period of 17 Nov to 20 Dec 2012, have also contacted the local MP for help, stated the reason (booked nonrefundable with family and friends a wh...

I am an American, currently in the UK on a Tier 4 student visa, living with my boyfriend of 6 years. He is in the UK as a Swiss national (he is a dual Swiss and American citizen - we met while both living in the US). He moved here 3 years ago for a job opportunity. I was a student and working in th...

I've got a question for anyone who has received mail with a coloured label, as I'm quite confused... :? Is the coloured label on the letter you receive (i.e. on the envelope of the mail addressed TO you)? Or, have the UKBA included a return envelope, and this has a colour coded address label? I'm ju...

Okay I did it, I just requested our passports back! Hopefully they arrive soon!! What about waiting a week as a compromise? Just kidding - I'm the same, impatient and like to be in control. I'm crossing my fingers for you - I hope they act on your request immediately (and throw in a COA as a bonus!...

We both share some financial liabilities and contracts that last for next 12 months, can that also be a supporting point? Another question I have, UKBA takes almost 6 months to decide EEA2 application and if they take that time we would have been living together for 19 months but my visa will be ex...

Hey Charlie101, I'd certainly put my money on the UKBA issuing you with the wrong COA - from what I've been reading on this forum for the past 3 months, the UKBA don't tend to be consistent! I'm not sure of the best way for you to have it re-issued, but would recommend calling them on: 0151 672 5626...

In Chapter 5 of the European Casework Instructions, it states: Durable Partners The following conditions should normally be satisfied:  The parties have been living together in a relationship akin to marriage which has subsisted for two years or more.  The parties intend to live together permanent...

I will like to ask a question as i do not understand, please if you request your passport back without cancilling you application before a decision is made, are you still cover under eu law? and will the HO cancel your application because you request passport back? if a decision is made without you...

That's great, Renu! I sent off my application a couple of weeks ago, it was accepted on January 11th. I still haven't gotten my COA, and I don't need my passports quite yet, but I'm DYING to book flights to Turin for March 2nd for a snowboarding reading week. Do you guys think it's trickier/takes l...

Hello Dear, Can anybody help explain this to me. I applied for EEA2 RC last year as unmarried partner.Before this we were issued EEA Family permit twice(2times)before we came to UK together. At the moment,my second EEA family permit is still valid till May 2013. I recieved my COA yesterday stating ...