Hi All,
This is the first time I post on this forum, but I've been reading it for a while already and have always find it very helpful, so I hope you guys can give me some advice.
I am an Argentinian national and my wife is Polish (exercising her Treaty Rights, settled in the Uk since 2008).I applied for an EEA2 Residence permit on the 26/01/2012. HO received my application on the 28/01/2012, and I received my CoA a few weeks later dated on the 06/02/2012.
Today is the first day after the "six month" rule expired and as expected (after being for half a year without passport!) I called UKBA to enquire about my application. I was told that the current status of my application is "not completed", and that they were unable to provide any more information, just asked me to "keep waiting until I hear back from them", without specifying any time frame. I was only given a postal adress where I could send a formal enquire to a case worker, who should directly reply to me. I find this absolutely ridiculous since I have been waiting for 6 months already and they are not able to even provide accurate information about this. I have a couple o questions that I hope you guys could kindly help me with:
* Is there any email address where I could write them to? Obviously sending a letter by post is too much hassle and not at all quick?
* What the best way to complain and speed up this process is, considering that they are breaking the 6 months rule and the whole european human rights thing? The main and only thing I want is my RC to be sorted and to have my passport (and my wife's ID) back!
* What sort of document can I provide to my current employer to prove that I am still waiting for my residence card? To their eyes my right to work expired 6 months from the date the certificate was dated, and I'm afraid I can be asked to provide any further proof of my entitlement to work.
* The nature of my work requires me to travel frecuently. They have been very understanding about this 6 months period but I cannot keep on postponing some trips that I am required to make. My old visa (post study work) expired on the 10th of february 2012 (I definitelly applied within time), but now what would happen if I request my documents back, go on a business trip and then re apply upon my return. Will I be allowed to re entry the country (Argentinian passport holders do not require visa to entry as a turist)?
Many thanks in advance for your kind help guys!
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