Request All Documents Back Residence Card Application

[modamo]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me with a few questions I have please.

I am an EEA citizen living in the UK and my non-EEA spouse lives with me with a family permit. We have applied for a residence card around 3 weeks/a month ago and have requested all our documents back. We did a biometric around 10 days ago. All the documents have arrived back today. My questions are:

1. Does requesting ALL the documents affect our application in any way?

2. How will they issue the residence card without my spouse's passport?

3. Will they ask me to resend her passport?

The person in the Home Office I was speaking to told me that it will not affect my application and they do not need the passport because since last April the way they do it is to give a physical residence card like a driving license. There is nothing on the passport. I tried to look for more information on this but could not find much - is what this person told me correct?

Thanks a lot for the help guys.

[Nina Roche]

Regarding your question 2.
RC has been issued as a separate card since April 2015. Nothing on passports.

To your question 3.
When you request your passport back, you are supposed to receive a letter by Home Office, saying do not send it back unless they ask you to. And most of time, they don't.

To your question 1, I don't know but I'm really curious....
Can't help wondering if you request ALL documents back in such an early stage, what material do you expect your caseworker to work on?

[modamo]

Thanks for the reply Nina.

Well the home office person told me they take copies of everything so I am assuming that is what they will work on.

If anyone else can also help me with question 1 that would be a great help!

[modamo]

What would happen if I were to send all my documents back to them even though they haven't asked for them?

[lguimaraes]

Hi my partner requested his passport back coz he needed to travel for work he is German, I've been waiting for my BRP for 3 months. I would like to know if I can request my passport back (I'm a non EEA) to travel abroad, and when I get the visa anyone know if I get any stamp on my passport?

tks

[modamo]

Hi,

I am an EEA National and my spouse has applied for a Residence card around a month ago. She did a Biometric around 14 days ago. ALL our documents were returned to us by request a few days ago.

Now I am not sure whether our application has been withdrawn or whether it is still in progress? Is there any way to find this out?

I called the Home Office but the people are not very helpful and every person tells me something different. Is there a way to find this out for certain?

Many thanks!

[modamo]

Hi,

I am an EEA National and my spouse has applied for a Residence Card around a month ago. She did her Biometric around 14 days ago and all our documents were sent back to us a few days ago.

The documents were returned with a letter saying that we should not send the documents back unless they ask us to.

Question: What would happen if I DID send my documents back next week even thought they told me not to? Will this have a negative effect on my application? Will anything happen? Has anyone had any experience with this?

Thanks!

[Obie]

It will all depend on the request you made on the online form. If you requested travel document only, then only travel documents would have been returned.

If you requested withdrawal of application, than unfortunately that is what you will get.

[modamo]

Thanks for the reply Obie.

The online form I used is this one: https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outrea ... quiry.ofml

It doesn't say anything about withdrawing application or not!

I am confused

[Obie]

If indeed you did not select the option of returning all my documents , then you ought to write to the borders agency to seek clarification of the status of your application .

[modamo]

Thanks for the reply Obie.

I had requested all my documents to be returned to me - they sent me all of them because I asked for all of them.

My issue is whether my application is withdrawn - which I did not authorise in the form I filled in here: eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/Progress_enquiry.ofml

In the enclosed paper with the returned documents it says "Please do not return your documents to the Home Office until they have requested by a caseworker."

Does this not imply that my case is still ongoing?

[modamo]

Hi,

If my application for a residence card is withdrawn, am I supposed to receive a confirmation letter or email confirming that my application is withdrawn?

Thanks!
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[modamo]

bump..

Can anyone please let me know if I am supposed to get a confirmation saying that my application is withdrawn?

The actual letter I received said please don't send the documents back unless they ask for it.

Thanks!

[Obie]

You will know, as the letter accompanying your returned document will say so.