Sheffield Visa Section - EEA FAMILY PERMIT

[kurasinski_simran]

Hi All,

Im from New Delhi, India - Applied on 9th May 2017 - still awaiting a decision. Anyone in the same situation from the same city? Does escalation really help? I have requested for one today. How long does it take for them to respond?

Thanks
Simran

[Bollox]

Hi All,

Im from New Delhi, India - Applied on 9th May 2017 - still awaiting a decision. Anyone in the same situation from the same city? Does escalation really help? I have requested for one today. How long does it take for them to respond?

Thanks
Simran

Hello Simran

Frankly, escalation doesn’t really help. I have applied on 03/04/17 from Mumbai. Still awaiting decision. It’s been more than 130 working days. Escalated 3 times, not a single word from ukvi yet.
Complained to UKVI. Raised issue with SOLVIT. contacted local MP. All without any success.

Good luck

Irfan

[europehelpme]

Hi guys, I am writing to my MP now. What did you include?

I suggest we all contact the bbc and push them to push Dianne Abbot further to address this problem.

[kurasinski_simran]

Hello Irfan,

Thank you for the information above. I am sorry to hear about your situation. Its honestly ridiculous to make someone wait this long for an answer. I will complete 120 days in the first week of november. Looking from what you said, 120 days dosent really matter so im not expecting much :/

All the best.
Thanks again

Simran

[juliet16]

Did anybody receive this email after 67 days of applying? .The waiting game continues


Thank you for your enquiry

As the processing of your application has not been straightforward we are continuing to work on your application and will make a decision as soon as we are able to. At present we cannot give a time scale for when a decision will be made. We will write to you again if there is any change to this.

Please do not attend the Visa Application Centre until you have been advised that your application has been decided and that your passport is ready for collection.

Kind Regards

UKVI Contact Centre Service – UK Decision Making Centre

[jacobj0912]

Hi all,

While waiting for Family permit decision, is the passport held with the local application center or is with Sheffield visa section?

[danny27]

The passport is held at Delhi. I applied thru Mumbai.
VFS mumbai told me so. Once they get an ok from Shiefield the passport will be stamped and returned to Mumbai.

[danny27]

Question is how do we contact BBC. Does anyone have a source to escalate it.
As we are all goin around in circles. Calling and emails is leading us nowhere. Same response to all.
Not so straightforward is a nice way of putting off everyone.
Nor do we see any action from them to know that they are doing some checks etc etc

[Mihai]

Sorry for my comment from earlier, i was just so upset...
Now for your question i have the answer. In fact i know how you can contact all bbc reporters with one e-mail. They give it to me since i use to send news and editorial pictures to them.But i guess many people have to write them to consider this as a news. Anyway good luck guys. This is the e-mail to contact all team of journalists from BBC. :
ugchub@bbc.co.uk

[europehelpme]

Thanks, can we please all email them and get this movement going and hope media pressure does something.

[jacobj0912]

Hi all,

While waiting for Family permit decision, is the passport held with the local application center or is with Sheffield visa section? This is incase we have to travel due to any urgency

[Mdf74813]

My lawyer has sent a pre action protocol asking Home Office to issue visa in 14 days. If not, judicial review will be lodged against this nonsense delay.

[kurasinski_simran]

Hi All,

I received a reply from the immigration department after requesting for an escalation. This is their reply -


Dear Simran,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 10/10/2017.

In regards to your query We escalated your case to the relevant department. You should be contacted regarding your case within 20 working days from the date of escalation.

Please allow the 20 working days to pass before contacting UK Visas & Immigration International Contact Center again should you not receive any further correspondence.

Does it really take them 20 working days to reply to an email which was charged for? Has anyone received a reply sooner than 20 days?

[Alexkowalski87]

Dear applicant,

Regarding Visa Application: GWF04*****
For MICHELLE R******

Thank you for your enquiry

As we have previously advised, the processing of this application has not been straightforward. We are continuing to work on the application and will make a decision as soon as we are able to. We cannot give a time scale for when a decision will be made, however I have escalated this to the appropriate Entry Clearance team so that it can be progressed as quickly as possible.

If you have any further enquiries, please visit our website at www.GOV.UK

Kind Regards
AD
UKVI Contact Centre Service - UK Decision Making Centre
www.GOV.UK

Guess this was the answer after 20 days of the second escalation .... Tomorrow will be 120 working days . Was easier probably to get my wife as a refugee in the country . Hate this stupid country ,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Moderator Edit: remark inciting terrorism removed. Any further comments in this vein will result in an immediate ban.

What an idiot you are!

[Alexkowalski87]

My lawyer has sent a pre action protocol asking Home Office to issue visa in 14 days. If not, judicial review will be lodged against this nonsense delay.

Could you update us on the result?

[Alexkowalski87]

Folks, before posting any "standard" email which you have received from the UKVI, please make sure that such email has not already been posted by someone in this forum.

At least, do not be lazy and go through all the pages, you will find some useful info.

[danny27]

My lawyer too sent a PAP they call it pre action protocol.

The response was application not straightforward so they need time.
Nothing seems to work mate
This is all waste of the time. I guess pushing BBC will be an option that am gonna do on the email id sent

[Merzit]

Hello Irfan,

Thank you for the information above. I am sorry to hear about your situation. Its honestly ridiculous to make someone wait this long for an answer. I will complete 120 days in the first week of november. Looking from what you said, 120 days dosent really matter so im not expecting much :/

All the best.
Thanks again

Simran

Hello Kura

That's impossible.
Your meet 120 days the day on October 25. I applied my Visa on 26 May and the first week of November is when they give me the answer.

[MuAl]

Sorry for my comment from earlier, i was just so upset...
Now for your question i have the answer. In fact i know how you can contact all bbc reporters with one e-mail. They give it to me since i use to send news and editorial pictures to them.But i guess many people have to write them to consider this as a news. Anyway good luck guys. This is the e-mail to contact all team of journalists from BBC. :
ugchub@bbc.co.uk

Hello every body
I have share my story and my time scale I have spoke about my self and who still waiting "my problem and the the problem of the other that still waiting "with BBC email that you shared the address for
The turn now is for the others that still waiting to contacting them and share your problem to arrive our sound to them and the HO decision make center, and not only to the advice call center like what we have tried .....
Thank you
All best from me to all

[nufchavq]

Just wandering around on various forums. Became my daily routine
This one notably [LINK REMOVED], re the avalanche of decisions.
The "Oct 31st" email was sent primarily to those who had biometrics before July.

Hi everyone,

My wife applied in Kiev on the 14th of August.

I have escalated application 2 times:

- on the 5th of September (after 15 working days);
- on the 3rd of October (after 20 working days from previous escalation).

All escalations I did via telephone calls. Never received any emails after.

Dear nufchavq, what is your situation and did you receive any emails?

I am wondering if they saved wrong email address.

70th day today, still waiting. To answer your question - no, no confirmation of escalation if you escalate by phone. However, they must give you a case number. Otherwise it means your case hasn't been escalated (I faced this situation once). In case you ask for escalation by email, you automatically get a confirmation email with the case number.

[nufchavq]

To summarise, that's what we got so far, ordered by biometrics date and I went back a couple of weeks in this thread. Please post your timelines (for EEA Family Permit only, please!) and I'll happily keep that list updated.

(User) - (Biometrics date/Place) - (Non-straightforward Y/N) - (Decision made Y/N) - (Business days)
byronwilliams1185 - ?/? - ? - N - 138
Bollox - 3.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 132
baig5035 - 3.4.17/? - ? - N - 132
Enka2018 - ?/? - ? - N - 130
Fernandes007 - ?/? - ? - N - 128
sidkapure - ?/? - ? - Y - 120
njoseph - 9.5.17/Ireland - Y - N - 109
kurasinski_simran - 5 months ago/? - ? - N - 108
Esperan24 - 24.5.17/Mumbai - Y - N - 97
alexns93 - 8.6.17/Belgrade - Y - N - 87
TP1982 - 9.6.17/? - ? - Y - 77
nufchavq - 30.6.17/Kiev - Y - N - 71
Alexkowalski87 - 3.7.2017/? - Y - N - 70
realbrit - 11.7.17/? - Y - N - 64
dokie - 18.7.17/Lagos - Y - N - 59
TalitaZ - 27.6.17/Dusseldorf - Y - Y - 35
yanaveron - 23.8.17/Kiev - Y - N - 33

update in progress..

[juliet16]

To summarise, that's what we got so far, ordered by biometrics date and I went back a couple of weeks in this thread. Please post your timelines (for EEA Family Permit only, please!) and I'll happily keep that list updated.

(User) - (Biometrics date/Place) - (Non-straightforward Y/N) - (Decision made Y/N) - (Business days)
byronwilliams1185 - ?/? - ? - N - 138
Bollox - 3.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 132
baig5035 - 3.4.17/? - ? - N - 132
Enka2018 - ?/? - ? - N - 130
Fernandes007 - ?/? - ? - N - 128
sidkapure - ?/? - ? - Y - 120
njoseph - 9.5.17/Ireland - Y - N - 109
kurasinski_simran - 5 months ago/? - ? - N - 108
Esperan24 - 24.5.17/Mumbai - Y - N - 97
alexns93 - 8.6.17/Belgrade - Y - N - 87
TP1982 - 9.6.17/? - ? - Y - 77
nufchavq - 30.6.17/Kiev - Y - N - 71
Alexkowalski87 - 3.7.2017/? - Y - N - 70
realbrit - 11.7.17/? - Y - N - 64
dokie - 18.7.17/Lagos - Y - N - 59
TalitaZ - 27.6.17/Dusseldorf - Y - Y - 35
yanaveron - 23.8.17/Kiev - Y - N - 33

update in progress..

Timeline 07/07/17-lagos -Y-N-66

[nufchavq]

It seems I edited the previous post too many times, so can't edit it anymore
Latest version below!

To summarise, that's what we got so far, ordered by biometrics date and I went back a couple of weeks in this thread. Please post your timelines (for EEA Family Permit only, please!) and I'll happily keep that list updated.

(User) - (Biometrics date/Place) - (Non-straightforward Y/N) - (Decision made Y/N) - (Business days)
byronwilliams1185 - 24.3.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 138
Ranjuraj2026 - 30.3.17/? - ? - N - 134
Bollox - 3.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 132
baig5035 - 3.4.17/? - ? - N - 132
Ranjuraj2026 - ?/? - ? - N - >130
Enka2018 - 11.4.17/New Delhi - ? - N - 130
Fernandes007 - 10.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 126
danny27 - 13.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 124
sidkapure - ?/? - ? - Y - 120
Mihai - 24.4.17/Manila - Y - N - 119
njoseph - 9.5.17/Ireland - Y - N - 109
kurasinski_simran - 9.5.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 109
Esperan24 - 24.5.17/Mumbai - Y - N - 97
Merzit - 26.5.17/Madrid - ? - N - 96
alexns93 - 8.6.17/Belgrade - Y - N - 87
TP1982 - 9.6.17/? - ? - Y - 77
ishabhuiyan - 15.6.17/Bangladesh - Y - N - 83
nufchavq - 30.6.17/Kiev - Y - N - 71
Alexkowalski87 - 3.7.2017/? - Y - N - 70
juliet16 - 7.7.17/Lagos - Y - N - 67
realbrit - 11.7.17/? - Y - N - 64
degtom - 11.7.17/Singapore - Y - Y - 58
dokie - 18.7.17/Lagos - Y - N - 59
TalitaZ - 27.6.17/Dusseldorf - Y - Y - 35
Attykitty - 1.8.18/? - Y - N - 50
Willyboy - 1.8.18/Madrid - Y - Y - 45
calija777 - 14.8.17/Kiev - ? - N - 41
FaNtKa - 22.8.17/Rome - Y - N - 34
yanaveron - 23.8.17/Kiev - Y - N - 33
MuAl - 25.8.17/Rome - Y - N - 32
nicoleprdes - 17.7.17/Rome - Y - Y - 21
zerofold - 18.9.17/USA - N - Y - 1
thelittleprince - 23.9.17/USA - N - Y - 1

[Merzit]

It seems I edited the previous post too many times, so can't edit it anymore
Latest version below!

To summarise, that's what we got so far, ordered by biometrics date and I went back a couple of weeks in this thread. Please post your timelines (for EEA Family Permit only, please!) and I'll happily keep that list updated.

(User) - (Biometrics date/Place) - (Non-straightforward Y/N) - (Decision made Y/N) - (Business days)
byronwilliams1185 - 24.3.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 138
Ranjuraj2026 - 30.3.17/? - ? - N - 134
Bollox - 3.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 132
baig5035 - 3.4.17/? - ? - N - 132
Ranjuraj2026 - ?/? - ? - N - >130
Enka2018 - 11.4.17/New Delhi - ? - N - 130
Fernandes007 - 10.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 126
danny27 - 13.4.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 124
sidkapure - ?/? - ? - Y - 120
Mihai - 24.4.17/Manila - Y - N - 119
njoseph - 9.5.17/Ireland - Y - N - 109
kurasinski_simran - 9.5.17/Mumbai - ? - N - 109
Esperan24 - 24.5.17/Mumbai - Y - N - 97
Merzit - 26.5.17/Madrid - ? - N - 96
alexns93 - 8.6.17/Belgrade - Y - N - 87
TP1982 - 9.6.17/? - ? - Y - 77
ishabhuiyan - 15.6.17/Bangladesh - Y - N - 83
nufchavq - 30.6.17/Kiev - Y - N - 71
Alexkowalski87 - 3.7.2017/? - Y - N - 70
juliet16 - 7.7.17/Lagos - Y - N - 67
realbrit - 11.7.17/? - Y - N - 64
degtom - 11.7.17/Singapore - Y - Y - 58
dokie - 18.7.17/Lagos - Y - N - 59
TalitaZ - 27.6.17/Dusseldorf - Y - Y - 35
Attykitty - 1.8.18/? - Y - N - 50
Willyboy - 1.8.18/Madrid - Y - Y - 45
calija777 - 14.8.17/Kiev - ? - N - 41
FaNtKa - 22.8.17/Rome - Y - N - 34
yanaveron - 23.8.17/Kiev - Y - N - 33
MuAl - 25.8.17/Rome - Y - N - 32
nicoleprdes - 17.7.17/Rome - Y - Y - 21
zerofold - 18.9.17/USA - N - Y - 1
thelittleprince - 23.9.17/USA - N - Y - 1

Timeline 26.5.2017 (Spain) ~ Y-N-96

[Amarula]

26.08.17/Saint-Petersburg Y - N - 30