Sheffield Visa Section - EEA FAMILY PERMIT

[mitra2016]

Hi All,

First of all, I would like to thank each one of you for creating & actively updating the status on this forum.
For past 3.5 months this has been the only hope for me to get some updates & pointers to proceed ahead.

I would like to update regarding my case, I finally received my EEA FAMILY PERMIT on 30/10/2017.
Applied on - 18/07/2017
From - Bangalore,INDIA
Working days - 74
Escalated - 3 times
Contacted MP who enquired twice on our behalf, complained to SOLVIT & all enquiry channels listed in this forum.

Not sure what worked in our case, but finally got my permit.
I wish all the best to everyone who are eagerly waiting on this forum, hope my update gives hope to someone.

Regards,
Mitra

[yanaveron]

Hi All,

First of all, I would like to thank each one of you for creating & actively updating the status on this forum.
For past 3.5 months this has been the only hope for me to get some updates & pointers to proceed ahead.

I would like to update regarding my case, I finally received my EEA FAMILY PERMIT on 30/10/2017.
Applied on - 18/07/2017
From - Bangalore,INDIA
Working days - 74
Escalated - 3 times
Contacted MP who enquired twice on our behalf, complained to SOLVIT & all enquiry channels listed in this forum.

Not sure what worked in our case, but finally got my permit.
I wish all the best to everyone who are eagerly waiting on this forum, hope my update gives hope to someone.

Regards,
Mitra

Hi Mitra,
Congratulations!!! Happy for you!
Good luck with your further applications in Uk!
Regards

[Bollox]

Arrived in London safely. Though I was detained for an hour for further checks

Hello mate

For 1 hour? Did they interview you there?

Regards

No interview. The Immigration Officer vanished for an hour to do his checks. He came back with my passport stamped saying it's all good.
Guys can I complain so that this harassment doesn't occur again? If yes, where can I ?

Thanks for your reply.

That’s weird. I don’t think u can complain About it. He should have told u how long it will be going to take.

Cheers

[Mihai]

Hi all,
Same like baig, refusal for not showing any historical documentation or pictures from wedding, strange since i had pictures on application but no dates...guess i have to apply again.

Funny is that i cancelled my visa in the same time with decision haha, so they send decision and not cancellation. Got today e-mail:


We are writing with regards to your recent EEA FAMILY PERMIT: FAMILY MEMBER application.



Please be advised that your withdrawal request cannot be processed as a decision has now been made on your application. Your passport and documents were dispatched from the British Embassy in Manila on 02 November. You will be contacted by the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Manila once these have been received and are ready for collection. If you have opted to have your documents couriered to you, these will be dispatched by the VAC once received. Please do not proceed to the Centre until you have been contacted.

So first decision in 140 working days, hope next one will be in 15 working days.
Good luck guys!!!

[SFS2016]

Hi All,
Interesting update on my side,
Applied 25th May 2017 for Mother in Law EEA-FP Dependant
Received email of confirmation
Received email of not straightforward
Escalated 3 times every time same answer that not straightforward
Today, Mother in law received phone call from VAC that kindly bring all supporting documents so they may scan them. A few documents are now back in UK. All other bank statements are of April.
We submitted two sets of photocopies and with bar code covering tags, They call her Monday to scan documents.
Any suggestions what should we do in this short period?
Regards

[Alexkowalski87]

Hi All,

First of all, I would like to thank each one of you for creating & actively updating the status on this forum.
For past 3.5 months this has been the only hope for me to get some updates & pointers to proceed ahead.

I would like to update regarding my case, I finally received my EEA FAMILY PERMIT on 30/10/2017.
Applied on - 18/07/2017
From - Bangalore,INDIA
Working days - 74
Escalated - 3 times
Contacted MP who enquired twice on our behalf, complained to SOLVIT & all enquiry channels listed in this forum.

Not sure what worked in our case, but finally got my permit.
I wish all the best to everyone who are eagerly waiting on this forum, hope my update gives hope to someone.

Regards,
Mitra

Hi mate,

Could you show us how does the EEA FP look like nowadays?

The reason for asking is, i heard that on the permit some stuff wouldnt be mentioned!

[europehelpme]

Hi all,

I see a lot of you refer to complaining to UK Solvit. Is this something the mp does on your behalf or do you do it yourself?

I have raised my issue with my MP. Should I also contact UK Solvit?

[Enka2018]

Hi everyone

Received email from application centre that they received passport. Will collect on Monday. Worried after seing few refusals.

[Ranjuraj2026]

Hi everyone

Received email from application centre that they received passport. Will collect on Monday. Worried after seing few refusals.

Hi enka... u got the email today?

[mehdiange]

Weekly update. More readable format here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx8JK ... 2NGamExR1E, as usual.

User Biometrics Date Place Not straightforward Decision made Business days
kurasinski_simran 09/03/17 New Delhi ? N 155
byronwilliams1185 24/03/17 Mumbai ? N 144
Nina90 26/03/17 Algeria Y N 143
baigbaig 30/03/17 Lahore ? N 140
Ranjuraj2026 30/03/17 Chennai Y N 140
meakash619 31/03/17 New Delhi ? N 139
Scott_Ind 31/03/17 Mumbai ? N 139
drasl123 20/03/27 Colombo Y Y 138
Bollox 03/04/17 Mumbai Y N 138
baig5035 03/04/17 ? ? N 138
Fernandes007 10/04/17 Mumbai ? N 133
Enka2018 11/04/17 New Delhi ? N 132
danny27 13/04/17 Mumbai ? N 130
Alyosha15 18/04/17 Mumbai Y N 129
Mihai 24/04/17 Manila Y N 125
sidkapure ? ? ? Y 120
njoseph 09/05/17 Ireland Y N 115
kurasinski_simran 09/05/17 Mumbai ? N 115
Esperan24 24/05/17 Mumbai Y N 104
Merzit 26/05/17 Madrid Y N 102
Alanakudz 01/06/17 Rostov-on-Don Y N 99
alexns93 08/06/17 Belgrade Y N 94
Agnieszka 15/06/17 Rabat Y N 89
elemak 20/06/17 Madrid Y N 86
ishabhuiyan 15/06/17 Bangladesh Y Y 85
patrasatya 29/06/17 Hyderabad ? N 79
nufchavq 30/06/17 Kiev Y N 78
TP1982 09/06/17 ? ? Y 77
Alexkowalski87 03/07/17 Istanbul Y N 77
juliet16 07/07/17 Lagos Y N 73
realbrit 11/07/17 ? Y N 71
Olajide1 15/07/17 Abuja Y N 67
dokie 18/07/17 Lagos Y N 66
Miss didi 11/07/17 Belgrade Y Y 60
degtom 11/07/17 Singapore Y Y 58
Attykitty 01/08/17 ? Y N 56
Arek 07/08/17 Manila Y N 52
europehelpme 09/08/17 ? Y N 50
calija777 14/08/17 Kiev Y N 47
PETER09 15/08/17 Madrid ? N 46
Willyboy 01/08/17 Madrid Y Y 45
FaNtKa 22/08/17 Rome Y N 41
yanaveron 23/08/17 Kiev Y N 40
vmahendra 24/08/17 Mumbai Y N 39
MuAl 25/08/17 Rome Y N 38
amarula 26/08/17 St-Petersburg Y N 37
Oliver12 28/08/17 Mumbai Y N 37
TalitaZ 27/07/17 Dusseldorf Y Y 35
aboveandbeyond 08/09/17 Pakistan? ? N 29
nicoleprdes 17/07/17 Rome Y Y 21
pmrivera 18/09/17 Bangkok Y Y 15
zerofold 18/09/17 USA N Y 1
thelittleprince 23/09/17 USA N Y 1

Nina90, Have you received your permit yet?

[Enka2018]

Hi everyone

Received email from application centre that they received passport. Will collect on Monday. Worried after seing few refusals.

Hi enka... u got the email today?

Hi ranjuraj.
Yes it's Saturday but received email today that processed visa application received on 2/11/2017
I have received automatic email from shefield on 30/10/2017 that application is not straightforward and today this one.

[Ranjuraj2026]

Hi everyone

Received email from application centre that they received passport. Will collect on Monday. Worried after seing few refusals.

Hi enka... u got the email today?

Hi ranjuraj.
Yes it's Saturday but received email today that processed visa application received on 2/11/2017
I have received automatic email from shefield on 30/10/2017 that application is not straightforward and today this one.

Hope u get a good result... keepin my fingers crossed...

[Enka2018]

Thanks. Let's see no1 knows about this home office.

[yanaveron]

Hi everyone

Received email from application centre that they received passport. Will collect on Monday. Worried after seing few refusals.

Wish you luck!!!

[agnieszka1509]

Hi Enka2018,

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
My husband got similar email on 30/10/17 that his application is not straightforward, but haven't heard from them since then.
I'm just wondering can you just go and collect your passport after the decision is made? Just like that without any appointment ?

Agnieszka

[Enka2018]

Hi Enka2018,

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
My husband got similar email on 30/10/17 that his application is not straightforward, but haven't heard from them since then.
I'm just wondering can you just go and collect your passport after the decision is made? Just like that without any appointment ?

Agnieszka

Thanks everyone.
All we can do is pray for poistive outcome.
Yea I also received on 30/10/17. A lot of people got decision within 2-3 days after this email. So hope u get it too. No you don't need any appointment to collect passport. Can visit application centre with the receipt you got on biometric day with any ID.

[Enka2018]

Hi everyone

Received email from application centre that they received passport. Will collect on Monday. Worried after seing few refusals.

Wish you luck!!!

Thanks Yanaveron

[Merzit]

Today 115 working days still waiting, applied from Madrid, Spain (26 May 2017)

[Esperan24]

Dear All,

Happy to share the good news..finally I got my passport today with an EEA family permit.

All my stressed is gone away when I saw my EEA family permit.

Good luck to all and I will keep all you guys in my prayers....will be travelling soon to UK.. Can't wait to see my hubby.

Thank you for all ur support and and updating information..its really helpful.

[kmazyar]

Hi all,

Congratulations to those who received their FP after all this stressful period of waiting.

I am in the same boat as many of you, following this thread for a while now.

Just to share my case:

16/8/17 - Applied for FP from Tel Aviv, Israel
4/9/17 - Received email not straightforward
3/10/17 - Escalated the case by email, confirmation received
19/10/17 - Second not straightforward email received
30/10/17 - Re-escalated after 20 working days

It's been 57 working days, while UKVI site stated it's 100% decision made in 15 working days for my region.
Got my FP in the past in 3 weeks. Last time in June 2017 got a refusal after two weeks of waiting.

Very frustrated right now, since my husband is in the UK for three months, and we haven't seen each other for too long. My son missed the beginning of the school year in UK, not only his father. It's a very difficult period for us.

Fingers crossed for everyone here, it should be any day now.

[Enka2018]

Dear All,

Happy to share the good news..finally I got my passport today with an EEA family permit.

All my stressed is gone away when I saw my EEA family permit.

Good luck to all and I will keep all you guys in my prayers....will be travelling soon to UK.. Can't wait to see my hubby.

Thank you for all ur support and and updating information..its really helpful.

Congratulations . Please pray for all of us.best of luck for ur future.

[yanaveron]

Dear All,

Happy to share the good news..finally I got my passport today with an EEA family permit.

All my stressed is gone away when I saw my EEA family permit.

Good luck to all and I will keep all you guys in my prayers....will be travelling soon to UK.. Can't wait to see my hubby.

Thank you for all ur support and and updating information..its really helpful.

Congratulations!!! Very happy for you!
And good luck with your further applications in UK.

[Alyosha15]

Dear All,

Happy to share the good news..finally I got my passport today with an EEA family permit.

All my stressed is gone away when I saw my EEA family permit.

Good luck to all and I will keep all you guys in my prayers....will be travelling soon to UK.. Can't wait to see my hubby.

Thank you for all ur support and and updating information..its really helpful.

Congratulations and Praise God... He has blessed u with the visa.... May all others in this forum too be blessed like you....

[Merzit]

Dear All,

Happy to share the good news..finally I got my passport today with an EEA family permit.

All my stressed is gone away when I saw my EEA family permit.

Good luck to all and I will keep all you guys in my prayers....will be travelling soon to UK.. Can't wait to see my hubby.

Thank you for all ur support and and updating information..its really helpful.

OMG ESPERAN CONGRATZ!! Im so soooo happy for you!!!! Ishala mine is coming too, I need just one week more for finish 120 days!.,
Hope u enjoy in Uk!!

[europehelpme]

Hi all,

I see a lot of you refer to complaining to UK Solvit. Is this something the mp does on your behalf or do you do it yourself?

I have raised my issue with my MP. Should I also contact UK Solvit?

Can someone please let me know the process involved with UK Solvit?

Is this something that the mp does on your behalf or can I message them separately aswell?