congrats andrej!! I'm still waiting for mine, but I expect to get it in the next 30 days... Just a piece of advice. Yes, if you wait 1 year after your PR issue date, you can apply solely with your own evidence. However, and this almost tripped me up, you absolutely must have a guarantor (a person f...

andrej, can you have a look at http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=70938 and let us know if the accompanying letter or leaflet has indeed been amended correctly, as immigration minister Damian Green promised to my MP in June? Hi Fysicus, here is the letters we got, We received 2 letter...

Congrats on getting your PR confirmed! You're now independent of your EU spouse, however an IO may still ask questions about your r/ship and spouse's whereabouts. This may purely be out of ignorance or efficaciousness but, whatever the case, you do not have to answer such questions. 1 year after au...

Greetings all, I spent last 4 months obsessing with and collecting documentation for, filling in forms, waiting, trying to explain to my employer what EEA4 means and generally feeling under the weather. Finally I did recieve my PR 2 days ago, which makes me feel alive again. My questions are: 1. Fin...

My history: EEA3+4 applications sent on 13 July 2011 Recieved by Home Office 14 July 2011 COA dated 22 July 2011 COA recieved by 2nd class 5 August 2011 PR for EEA4 and EEA3 recieved 14 October 2011 Both PRs dated 14 September 2011 The whole proces took 3 months and 1 day from the sending of applica...

Mate, it all comes down to personal experiences, i still feel EEA applicants face just one issue and that is processing times, rarely will you see them complaiing that the HO are dearly beloved.If you think UKBA are dearly beloved what would you call some EU countries who have imposed a penalty on ...

meir14 wrote:Thank you very much for your answers.

No problem meir14, I am sorry about my little rant but I find the process rather stressfull. I wish you all the best with your application... I hope you got your info.

They should be a lot more explicit about what documents are required and which ones aren't. But they don't do that - no need to wonder why. It's all crap no matter how you look at it. How people get a positive speedy (6 weeks) response from UKBA only when using a solicitor is underhanded too. I agr...

What you need is to provide proof of residence for the 5 years. so if you have one tenancy agreement for the whole 5 years, then a single piece of evidence is enough. 5 annual council bills to cover the 5 years are good enough. I sent bank statements, month by month for the last 5 years for both my...

Here is my EEA4 time scale so far: EEA3+4 applications sent on 13 July 2011 Recieved by Home Office 14 July 2011 COA dated 22 July 2011 COA recieved by 2nd class 5 August 2011 Now waiting for PR Its just a generic letter with my name and correspondance address on top. It is signed by "Data Proc Tm L...

Hi all, It's a quick question, but I can't manage to find the answer here. If dependent family member join me on EEA2 in UK, when applying for EEA4 after 5 years, do they still need to be financially dependent on me to qualify? What if I go to take a 5 year course and they live on their own income ...

I wonder if anyone may be able to offer me some advice. My husband has a schengen visa issued by Italy and we are currently in Morocco. I'll be traveling with him on my Irish passport. We have however changed our travel plans and are now planning to enter The Netherlands where I will exercise treat...

TJones wrote:Felt like a prisoner as well, however here are my stats:

Application sent on 4 May 2011
COA recieved 10 May 2011
Passport with PR stamped 11 July 2011
Received in post 20 July 2011

WOW, that was quick. You got your COA in 6 days?! Was this in the post or the date it was printed/given?

Any EU law application that required more than 2kg of supporting documentation is either very very unusual or is way over the top. I understand but it is better to be safe than sorry. They do not specify or advise in detail what is best to send and leave the area very gray and murky (possibly on pu...

Hi everyone. Maybe I'm being overly cautious but I would like a few of the veterans here to cast their eye over the documentation I'm sending for an EEA3/EEA4 application to be sure I'm not missing anything obvious... The chronology first: May 2005 - My partner (EEA A8 national) arrives in the UK J...

we apply for PR in january 2011 and was refuse in april.we appeal against the decision and the judge allow the our appeal,we receive the determination on 8th june 2011 and we have sent back our pasport back to uk border agency.if any body have any idea how long it will take them to return our passp...

lubeji247 wrote: Stay blessed all.

God bless you too friend and may he watch over the rest of us poor applicants - left to the mercy of poorly paid and trained staff at the HO.

I can think of a better use too Jambo, but I travel for business and pleasure practically every 8 weeks... * sigh * ! andrej: I totally agree. Ryanair especially are evil for making an innocent kiwi like me have to get a visa check stamp lol .. sometimes I've had to stand in line for almost an hour...

lol, your story matches my own andrej. Good luck to us both. I'll be applying very soon. I'm just going to wait until mid-Aug to see if the same-day Liverpool thing materialises. Then you know what I mean... It no longer means anything to be a member of the English speaking Commonwealth (Aus, NZ, S...

HI AND REJ DID YOU BEEN HERE FOR 5 YEAR I MEAN YOU HAVE RC FOR 5 YEARS I have been in the UK for 7 years now but my "2 years working holiday visa" does not count. After getting married in 2006 I then switched over to EEA RC. It was back in the time before you had to leave UK and apply from abroad. ...

got it :D :D :D :D :D this is my time frame: APPL WITH HOME OFFICE: 01-04-2011 COA DATED ON : 14-04-2011 BUT RECEIVED ON 28-04-2011 CALLED HOME OFFICE SEVERAL TIME NO INFORMATION PROVIDED -PR STAMPED ON : 28-06-2011 -RECEIVED ON : 12-07-2011 - i was so anxious for the whole periode feel like you ar...

Sorry to boost a kind of old thread, but to answer Jambo .... I would gladly pay a fee to get my decision more quickly as even though I can get my passport back, this will not be much use to me if I cannot get back into the UK. Yes, if I'm sending form EEA4 then I have automatically gained PR in th...

Hi, i am due to apply for peremaent residence card,nut i read from the eea4 application form,that my wife{eea} has to provide full national insurance number. the problem is for the first two years of her working in the uk she didnt apply for one and didnt take it serious,because she was working les...

check e-mail address, maybe you have all confirmations of the tickets you bought. Good idea but a lot of work. Maybe it is easier not to mention EU citizen travel within EU for up to 10 days maximum a year than lose time digging all that info. Then again maybe they have their own border log when th...

It is OK to send the applications together in the same envelope. Just write EEA3/EEA4 on the envelope. They will process them together. Thanks, I thought so. I'm also not convinced the HO can truly verify it (at least with regards to the EU national). Exactly my point, they keep no control over EU ...