EEA(FM) EEA2 - TIMELINES ONLY

[justanotherchilli]

EEA(QP) Irish national + EEA(EFM) New Zealand unmarried partner. Got Married during the process.
Non-EEA unmarried partner was on a Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa expiring on 20th June 2018.


Online Application and payment submitted EEA(QP) + EEA(EFM): 20 May 2018
Payment taken on: 20 May 2018
Application & docs posted via EU passport return service: 23 May 2018
Notice for marriage given: 26 May 2018 at local council
Bio letter received on: 10 June 2018
Biometrics enrolled: 12 June 2018
COA without right to work:
COA with right to work: 20 June 2018 (letter dated 15 June 2018)
Decision not to investigate marriage: 21 June 2018 (letter dated 16 June)
Married: 26 June 2018
Marriage cert with cover letter advising change of circumstances posted: 3 July 2018
Residence Card (QP & FM): 26 July 2018 (the residence card received was for EEA(FM) despite application being for EEA(EFM) i.e. valid for 5 years)
Documents returned: still waiting

Update:
documents returned: 28/07/2018
EEA(QP) residence card rec'd: 28/07/2018

Whole process took approx 2 months.

[alex98uk]

British citizen + Non-EU national via Surinder Singh route

Application submitted on: 04/04/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 05/04/2018
Payment taken: n/a (postal order)
Home Office Email (with case reference number): 05/04/2018
Biometrics letter received: 13/04/2018 (Dated 11/04/2018)
Biometrics enrolled: 16/04/2018
COA With Work : 21/04/2018 (dated 18/04/2018)
British Sponsor passport return requested: 25/04/2018
British Sponsor passport received: 28/04/2018
Documents Returned on: 30/07/2018 (Via Royal Mail)
Resident Card Received on : 30/07/2018 (Via DX)

[goodpartner]

EU citizen married to non-EU citizen
Application submitted on: 23/07/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 25/07 2018
Payment taken: not yet
Home Office Email (with case reference number): 31/07/2018
Biometrics letter received:
Biometrics enrolled:
COA With Work :
Resident Card Received on :

Though it is really strange, payment was not done but an email received with a reference number.

[davelebon]

EEA QP + EEA FM (non-eea spouse from USA, eea child)
Self sufficient - non-eea spouse supports EEA
(I'll write a separate topic explaining how we successfully made this application)

Application posted on - 2 May 2018
Application received - 3 May 2018
Payment taken (credit card ) - 4 May 2018
3 Emails from Home office with case ids - 11 May 2018
Requested documents back - 14 May 2018 (all passports, marriage certificate, child birth cert.)
Biometrics letter - dated 10 May 2018, received 11 May 2018
Biometrics enroll - 11 May 2018
COA With Work - dated 16 May 2018, received 19 May 2018
Requested status check of Return of Documents request - 29 May 2018
Requested documents returned - post marked 30 May 2018, received 31 May 2018
Decision Letter, notification of delivery from DX -- never a word, dead silence, wondering, waiting...
Biometric Resident Card with work for non-eea FM - 25 July 2018
EEA Registration Certificates (2) other documents returned, and letter indicating we'd receive the BRP that we already received - 27 July 2018 (using special delivery prepaid envelope)

Total time: 86 calendar days... inclusive of weekends and a few bank holidays.

[tiems]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 24/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 24/07/2018
HO acknowledgement emails: 25/07/2018 (We actually received 2 emails per person, with different case IDs. This might be related to our card being declined initially when paying online.)
Application posted on: 25/07/2018
Received on: 26/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 2/8/2018
Biometrics Enrolled on : 2/8/2018
COA With Work :
Resldent Card:

[ahmedshalaby]

Update

EEA national (QP 5 years) + non-EEA spouse

Application submitted online: 17/07/18
Payment taken on: 17/07/18
Confirmation Email: 17/07/18
Documents sent by European passport return service on: 18/07/18
Received by UKVI/HO on: 19/07/18
Bio letter received on: 26/07/18
Biometrics Enrolled on: 26/07/18
COA: 04/08/2018 with the right to work (Issued 01/08/2018)
Decision letter: Waiting
Resident Card Received on: Waiting
Documents Returned on: Waiting

[ammarn]

International Student in the UK married to EEA QP (Student living in the UK with parents)

Documents sent by post on: 16 may 2018
Documents received by HO: 17 may 2018
Payment taken on: 17 may 2018
Email received on: 18 may 2018
Biometric letter received on: 26 may 2018
Biometrics enrolled: 30 may 2018
COA with work allowed: 03 june 2018
Applied for documents return: Never
Received all documents from HO: 04 aug 2018
Recidend card: coming in 10 days.


Whole process took about 10-11 weeks. Satisfied overall.
Good luck people.
Alhamdulillah

[whowouldnotice]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM) unmarried partner, online application.

Application posted online : 02/05/2018
Payment taken (online) : 02/05/2018
HO acknowledgement email: 03/05/2018
Bio letter received on : 10/05/2018 (dated 06/05/2018)
COA Without Work : 10/05/2018
Biometrics Enrolled on : 10/05/2018

Both Passports + current BRP requested: 04/06/2018
Both Passports + current BRP returned: 08/06/2018

Documents Returned on: 01/08/2018
Resident Card Refused - not provided sufficient evidence of relationship to sponsor

[Canadian777]

EEA Unmarried Partner

Application posted on :July 30th, 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : July 31st, 2018
Payment taken on :
Bio letter received on :
Biometrics Enrolled on :
COA With Work :
COA Without Work :
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[fmdddv]

Application posted on: August 9th 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on:
Confirmation Email:
Payment taken on:
Requested documents back:
Bio letter received on:
Biometrics Enrolled on:
COA With Work:
COA Without Work:
Resident Card Received on:
Documents Returned on:

[adegrowth]

EEA(FM)Married with Family permit 6months Exp 9th November 2018.

Application posted on: 20July,2018
Received by UKVI/HO on: 23July,2018
Confirmation Email: 30July,2018
Payment taken on: Not available (Postal Order).
Requested documents back:30 July,2018
Bio letter received on:1 Aug, 2018 ( Dated: 27th July,2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on: 1 Aug,2018.
Passports returned: 8 Aug, 2018
COA With Work:10 Aug,2018 ( Dated 07th Aug,2018)
COA Without Work:
Resident Card Received on:
Documents Returned on:

[tiems]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 24/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 24/07/2018
HO acknowledgement emails: 25/07/2018 (We actually received 2 emails per person, with different case IDs. This might be related to our card being declined initially when paying online.)
Application posted on: 25/07/2018
Received on: 26/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 2/8/2018 (The biometrics letter specified the latest case ID, so it appears to have been corrected on the end of the home office.)
Biometrics Enrolled on : 2/8/2018
COA With Work : 10/08/2018 (Dated: 06/08/2018)
Resident Card:

[OurOtherHome]

EEA(QP) married to EEA(FM) - Expired Family Permit - Online Application

Application posted online : 30/07/2018
Confirmation Email : 30/07/2018
Payment taken on : 30/07/2018
Documents sent by European Passport Return Service : 02/08/2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 03/08/2018
Bio letter received on : 11/08/2018 (Dated 07/08/2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on : 11/08/2018
COA With Work :
COA Without Work :
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[Canadian777]

EEA Unmarried Partner

Application posted on :July 30th, 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : July 31st, 2018
Email from Home Office : August 13th 2018
Payment taken on :
Bio letter received on :
Biometrics Enrolled on :
COA With Work :
COA Without Work :
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[antoniosm]

PR card application for EEA citizen + Non EEA spouse ( Colombia ) - Online Application

Application posted online : 27/07/2018
Confirmation Email : 30/07/2018
Payment taken on : 27/07/2018
Documents sent by European Passport Return Service : 30/07/2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 31/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 04/08/2018 (Dated 01/08/2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on : 06/08/2018
COA With Work : 13/08/2018 ( dated 09/08/2018 )
COA Without Work :
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[Canadian777]

EEA Unmarried Partner

Application posted on :July 30th, 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : July 31st, 2018
Email from Home Office : August 13th 2018
Payment taken on :
Bio letter received on : August 16th 2018 ( letter dated August 10th 2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on :
COA With Work :
COA Without Work : August 16 2018
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[fmdddv]

EEA(FM)

Application posted on: August 9th 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on: August 10th 2018
Payment taken on: August 13th 2018
Confirmation Email: August 16th 2018
Requested documents back:
Bio letter received on:
Biometrics Enrolled on:
COA With Work:
COA Without Work:
Resident Card Received on:
Documents Returned on:

[Matheus26]

Application posted on : 02/07/2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 03/07/2018
Payment taken on : 04/07/2018
E-mail received: 09/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 09/07/2018
Biometrics Enrolled on : 09/07/2018
COA With Work : 14/07/2018 (dated in 11/07/2018)
Documents Returned on: 14/08/2018
Resident Card Received on: 17/08/2018


Just 47 days (7 weeks). Super Happy
good luck to everyone!!!!


Tip: When you receive the letter from the Home Office telling you that they have sent the Resident Card to DX Delivery, send an email to DX requesting the tracking code, with the code on the site you can anticipate the delivery.

[Canadian777]

EEA Unmarried Partner

Application posted on :July 30th, 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : July 31st, 2018
Email from Home Office : August 13th 2018
Bio letter received on : August 16th 2018 ( letter dated August 10th 2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on : August 17th 2018
COA Without Work : August 16 2018
Requested passports back : August 16 2018
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

Fingers crossed it will not take too long for a decision

[CR001]

Please respect that this a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will be deleted.

[PAK4]

EEA(FM) (QP EEA member+ non EEA couple)

Application posted on: May 18th 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on: May 20th 2018
Payment taken on: N/A draft
Confirmation Email: May 29th 2018
Bio letter received on: May 27th 2018
Biometrics Enrolled on: May 31st 2018
COA With Work: June 7th 2018
Requested documents Back: August 4th 2018(online submit request)
Requested documents Progress form: August 16th 2018 (online after 10 days not receiving any response)
Requested documents received: passport received August 18th 2018
Resident Card Received on:
Documents Returned on:

[Theia]

Non-EU married to EEA

Application submitted by post: 17/07/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 18/07/2018
Payment taken: n/a (postal order)
Biometrics letter received: 25/07/2018
Biometrics enrolled: 25/07/2018
COA With Work : 22/08/2017
Documents Returned on: Waiting
Resident Card Received on : Waiting

[fmdddv]

EEA(FM)

Application posted on: August 9th 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on: August 10th 2018
Payment taken on: August 13th 2018
Confirmation Email: August 16th 2018
Requested documents back:
Bio letter received on: August 23rd 2018 (dated August 15th 2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on: August 23rd 2018
COA With Work:
COA Without Work:
Resident Card Received on:
Documents Returned on:

[hyde]

EEA(FM) TIME LINE:
Non Eu married partner of an Eu national.
- [x] Application posted(next day delivery service):24/07/2018
- [x] Payment taken:26/07/2018
- [x] Acknowledgement Email received:30/07/2018
- [x] Biometrics letter received:02/08/2018
- [x] Biometrics enrolled:06/08/2018
- [x] COA With Work:14-08-2018
- [ ] Resident Card Received on :
- [ ] Documents Returned:

[agnivab]

EEA QP + Minor - residence certificate and Non-EU FM (Spouse) - Residence card (Switch from Tier 2)

Application posted on 30/07/2018
Application received on 31/07/2018
Acknowledgement letter received - Never
Biometric letter received - 06/08/2018 (Dated 03/08/2018)
Biometrics enrolled - 06/08/2018
COA with / Without work - never (Tier 2 visa still valid)
Documents returned with EU applicants registration certificate:- 21/08/2018
Letter stated EEA FM residence card due in 10 days:- 21/08/2018 (Sent separately)
Residence card received on 23/08/2018

Total 24 days!!!

I will post in the appropriate place what I did, including the cover letter, my situation, and the documents I sent.
All the best to all.