Derivative Residence Card Granted to Chen Parent
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:53 am
I am very pleased to be able to announce that after two years of working towards this, I finally have a Derivative Residence Card for the UK. Thanks so much to everyone on these boards who gave advice.
Now I just have to find a job. Anyone hiring an Oracle PL/SQL developer with some C# in London??
I'd like to post my experiences with the migration agent I hired. It is not positive in their favour. I warned them I would do this when I made an official complaint. Would it be appropriate to post my experiences here, or would there be a more suitable board?
Splanky
Timeline:
25/10/2013 - Family Permit Application sent off (Australia)
08/11/2013 - Family Permit Application refusal received (wrongly considered under Regulation 7)
04/03/2014 - Family Permit Application sent off (Australia)
19/03/2014 - Family Permit Application refused (due to not being in the UK when applying(!))
04/05/2014 - Arrive in UK as a non-visa national. Detained at Heathrow for 5 hours. Granted temporary admission.
07/05/2014 - Derivative Residence Card Application sent off by lawyers I have engaged.
09/05/2014 - Passport returned with Code 1A stamp allowing entry for 6 months.
15/05/2014 - Receive confirmation of receipt of application from Home Office
21/05/2014 - Application returned as Home Office unable to take payment from credit card
22/05/2014 - Passport delivered to lawyer to send with new application
09/06/2014 - In response to my concerned email, Lawyers tell me they have not sent the application
12/06/2014 - Lawyers send application
25/06/2014 - Receive confirmation of receipt of application from Home Office (dated 16/06/2014)
04/07/2014 - Receive COA from Home Office confirming right to work (dated 01/07/2014)
08/07/2014 - Requested return of passports
16/07/2014 - (date is approximate) Passports received, letter dated 11/07/2014
05/09/2014 - Derivative residence card received by lawyer, date of issue 01/09/2014
Now I just have to find a job. Anyone hiring an Oracle PL/SQL developer with some C# in London??
I'd like to post my experiences with the migration agent I hired. It is not positive in their favour. I warned them I would do this when I made an official complaint. Would it be appropriate to post my experiences here, or would there be a more suitable board?
Splanky
Timeline:
25/10/2013 - Family Permit Application sent off (Australia)
08/11/2013 - Family Permit Application refusal received (wrongly considered under Regulation 7)
04/03/2014 - Family Permit Application sent off (Australia)
19/03/2014 - Family Permit Application refused (due to not being in the UK when applying(!))
04/05/2014 - Arrive in UK as a non-visa national. Detained at Heathrow for 5 hours. Granted temporary admission.
07/05/2014 - Derivative Residence Card Application sent off by lawyers I have engaged.
09/05/2014 - Passport returned with Code 1A stamp allowing entry for 6 months.
15/05/2014 - Receive confirmation of receipt of application from Home Office
21/05/2014 - Application returned as Home Office unable to take payment from credit card
22/05/2014 - Passport delivered to lawyer to send with new application
09/06/2014 - In response to my concerned email, Lawyers tell me they have not sent the application
12/06/2014 - Lawyers send application
25/06/2014 - Receive confirmation of receipt of application from Home Office (dated 16/06/2014)
04/07/2014 - Receive COA from Home Office confirming right to work (dated 01/07/2014)
08/07/2014 - Requested return of passports
16/07/2014 - (date is approximate) Passports received, letter dated 11/07/2014
05/09/2014 - Derivative residence card received by lawyer, date of issue 01/09/2014