Sheffield Visa Section - EEA FAMILY PERMIT

[nufchavq]

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User Biometrics Date Place Not straightforward Decision made Business days
kurasinski_simran 09/03/17 New Delhi ? N 150
byronwilliams1185 24/03/17 Mumbai ? N 139
Nina90 26/03/17 Algeria Y N 138
drasl123 20/03/27 Colombo Y Y 138
Ranjuraj2026 30/03/17 Chennai Y N 135
meakash619 31/03/17 New Delhi ? N 134
Scott_Ind 31/03/17 Mumbai ? N 134
Bollox 03/04/17 Mumbai Y N 133
baig5035 03/04/17 ? ? N 133
Fernandes007 10/04/17 Mumbai ? N 128
Enka2018 11/04/17 New Delhi ? N 127
danny27 13/04/17 Mumbai ? N 125
Alyosha15 18/04/17 Mumbai Y N 124
sidkapure ? ? ? Y 120
Mihai 24/04/17 Manila Y N 120
njoseph 09/05/17 Ireland Y N 110
kurasinski_simran 09/05/17 Mumbai ? N 110
Esperan24 24/05/17 Mumbai Y N 99
Merzit 26/05/17 Madrid Y N 97
Alanakudz 01/06/17 Rostov-on-Don Y N 94
alexns93 08/06/17 Belgrade Y N 89
ishabhuiyan 15/06/17 Bangladesh Y N 84
TP1982 09/06/17 ? ? Y 77
nufchavq 30/06/17 Kiev Y N 73
Alexkowalski87 03/07/17 Istanbul Y N 72
juliet16 07/07/17 Lagos Y N 68
realbrit 11/07/17 ? Y N 66
Olajide1 15/07/17 Abuja Y N 62
dokie 18/07/17 Lagos Y N 61
degtom 11/07/17 Singapore Y Y 58
Attykitty 01/08/17 ? Y N 51
Arek 07/08/17 Manila Y N 47
Willyboy 01/08/17 Madrid Y Y 45
europehelpme 09/08/17 ? Y N 45
calija777 14/08/17 Kiev Y N 42
FaNtKa 22/08/17 Rome Y N 36
TalitaZ 27/07/17 Dusseldorf Y Y 35
yanaveron 23/08/17 Kiev Y N 35
vmahendra 24/08/17 Mumbai Y N 34
MuAl 25/08/17 Rome Y N 33
amarula 26/08/17 St-Petersburg Y N 32
nicoleprdes 17/09/17 Rome Y Y 21
zerofold 18/09/17 USA N Y 1
thelittleprince 23/09/17 USA N Y 1

[agnieszka1509]

vickyp: Mumbai - 24/08/17 Y N 37
Well this is my family's application details. I am currently in the UK. I wanted to know two things if anyone aware of it.
1. Can I change my current job as I got one opportunity. (or it may affect the visa application process ?)
2. Can I contact UKVI on behalf of my spouse ? (Can sponsor contact the UKVI regarding visa application status inquiries ?)

THANKS...

Hello Vicky

Yes you can contact UKVI on behalf of your spouse.

I have no clue about first question.

Regards

Irfan
Mumbai 03/04/17 Y N 135

Thanks Irfan.

Dan is right Agnieszka and I think sponsor cannot change his/her job because in some cases (like when i applied for eea residence doc.) they call employers to confirm our employment, don't know if they do the same when our family member apply for visa.

Hey,
I doubt they call your employer. This is government, they have access to all your data and if you're honest citizen and paying taxes they will know it for sure. They know where you work and how much you earn, they do not need to check it. We live in very dynamic world, people change jobs all the time. When I applied for my residence card I just changed job and did not have single payslip from my employer to prove it and got RC in no time.
Guys to be honest I'm just waiting for my husband FP to arrive and we both live as we did before making application. If I have opportunity to change job I do it. I think it's normal you circumstances may change. Maybe I'm naive but I believe if my marriage is true I will get this permit sooner or later.
It is very frustrating and my mood goes up and down sometimes but I have faith. I try not to overthink each step I make, that would make me go crazy.

Good luck all, I know we are closer then we were weeks ago

Agnieszka

[agnieszka1509]

Agnieszka 15/06/17 Rabat/Morocco Y N 87days

[dan1988uk]

vickyp: Mumbai - 24/08/17 Y N 37
Well this is my family's application details. I am currently in the UK. I wanted to know two things if anyone aware of it.
1. Can I change my current job as I got one opportunity. (or it may affect the visa application process ?)
2. Can I contact UKVI on behalf of my spouse ? (Can sponsor contact the UKVI regarding visa application status inquiries ?)

THANKS...

Hello Vicky

Yes you can contact UKVI on behalf of your spouse.

I have no clue about first question.

Regards

Irfan
Mumbai 03/04/17 Y N 135

Thanks Irfan.

Dan is right Agnieszka and I think sponsor cannot change his/her job because in some cases (like when i applied for eea residence doc.) they call employers to confirm our employment, don't know if they do the same when our family member apply for visa.

Hey,
I doubt they call your employer. This is government, they have access to all your data and if you're honest citizen and paying taxes they will know it for sure. They know where you work and how much you earn, they do not need to check it. We live in very dynamic world, people change jobs all the time. When I applied for my residence card I just changed job and did not have single payslip from my employer to prove it and got RC in no time.
Guys to be honest I'm just waiting for my husband FP to arrive and we both live as we did before making application. If I have opportunity to change job I do it. I think it's normal you circumstances may change. Maybe I'm naive but I believe if my marriage is true I will get this permit sooner or later.
It is very frustrating and my mood goes up and down sometimes but I have faith. I try not to overthink each step I make, that would make me go crazy.

Good luck all, I know we are closer then we were weeks ago

Agnieszka

You are allowed to change job during your application, but you should inform the HO.

[elemak]

Updated - more readable version here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx8JK ... 2NGamExR1E

User Biometrics Date Place Not straightforward Decision made Business days
kurasinski_simran 09/03/17 New Delhi ? N 150
byronwilliams1185 24/03/17 Mumbai ? N 139
Nina90 26/03/17 Algeria Y N 138
drasl123 20/03/27 Colombo Y Y 138
Ranjuraj2026 30/03/17 Chennai Y N 135
meakash619 31/03/17 New Delhi ? N 134
Scott_Ind 31/03/17 Mumbai ? N 134
Bollox 03/04/17 Mumbai Y N 133
baig5035 03/04/17 ? ? N 133
Fernandes007 10/04/17 Mumbai ? N 128
Enka2018 11/04/17 New Delhi ? N 127
danny27 13/04/17 Mumbai ? N 125
Alyosha15 18/04/17 Mumbai Y N 124
sidkapure ? ? ? Y 120
Mihai 24/04/17 Manila Y N 120
njoseph 09/05/17 Ireland Y N 110
kurasinski_simran 09/05/17 Mumbai ? N 110
Esperan24 24/05/17 Mumbai Y N 99
Merzit 26/05/17 Madrid Y N 97
Alanakudz 01/06/17 Rostov-on-Don Y N 94
alexns93 08/06/17 Belgrade Y N 89
ishabhuiyan 15/06/17 Bangladesh Y N 84
TP1982 09/06/17 ? ? Y 77
nufchavq 30/06/17 Kiev Y N 73
Alexkowalski87 03/07/17 Istanbul Y N 72
juliet16 07/07/17 Lagos Y N 68
realbrit 11/07/17 ? Y N 66
Olajide1 15/07/17 Abuja Y N 62
dokie 18/07/17 Lagos Y N 61
degtom 11/07/17 Singapore Y Y 58
Attykitty 01/08/17 ? Y N 51
Arek 07/08/17 Manila Y N 47
Willyboy 01/08/17 Madrid Y Y 45
europehelpme 09/08/17 ? Y N 45
calija777 14/08/17 Kiev Y N 42
FaNtKa 22/08/17 Rome Y N 36
TalitaZ 27/07/17 Dusseldorf Y Y 35
yanaveron 23/08/17 Kiev Y N 35
vmahendra 24/08/17 Mumbai Y N 34
MuAl 25/08/17 Rome Y N 33
amarula 26/08/17 St-Petersburg Y N 32
nicoleprdes 17/09/17 Rome Y Y 21
zerofold 18/09/17 USA N Y 1
thelittleprince 23/09/17 USA N Y 1

Hello,
elemak 20/06/17 Madrid Y N 83

[Merzit]

Hello,
elemak 20/06/17 Madrid Y N 83

Hi Elemak, I applied from Madrid too, today 100 working days waiting

[Ranjuraj2026]

Guys... is there anyway to push them to process the application faster.. its now 137 workin days and really no idea how mny more days they r gonna take.. tis wait s givin an unbearable stress to me n my husband.. he left us when our baby is born and now he is 1yr 2months.. he is also waiting to play with his dad...

[ishabhuiyan]

Hello, Laddies and Gents on this forum!
Today I'm going to share with you all the final outcome of this heavily traumatic journey I had been through for exactly 120 days today. Yes I got the FP delivered right today and thank God!

here is the timeline:
app submitted from Bangladesh:
application sub: 15th June 17
biometric : 15th June 17
FP issued on : 12 October 17
Got delivered : 16th October 17 exactly 120 calendar days today.
Yes received not straightforward mail as others on the forum.

made complaint to Home Office and received the so-called unable to uphold mail.

made 3 escalations within the last 2 months.
turned to SOLVIT 2 months ago and they for sure have made contact with UK based SOLVIT and then I don't know whether or not had liaised with visa section.
on the 10th of October, I emailed the contract centre lamenting and requesting for a decision made soon or returs the passport as urgently as they possible could to. same day early in the morning UK time at 06.13 received a confirmation saying they have urgently forwarded the mail to the appropriate department of the visa section.
on the 12th October early in the morning UK time at 08.05 received an email saying that they couldn't return the passport because a decision was being made and if I needed the passport that urgently I may had to withdraw the application and sent the email into a different mail address was mentioned in the email.
yesterday my wife receives a text onto her mobile phone at night Bangladesh time from the VSF Dhaka in Bangladesh informing to get her passport delivered. Early hours of this morning she got to the VFS and collected her passport with the FP issued in it on the 12th October the same day I received the answer from Sheffield Visa Section.

sooner or later all of us here on the forum and those out of this forum will get this good news because we deserve it. it's our right. I can feel the pain cause I too have been through this ling process. I really pray for all of you an FP issued sooooon! God bless!

[patrasatya]

Put me in your list, Applied in VFS hyderabad on 29th Jun.

No luck so far.

[vickyp]

Hello, Laddies and Gents on this forum!
Today I'm going to share with you all the final outcome of this heavily traumatic journey I had been through for exactly 120 days today. Yes I got the FP delivered right today and thank God!

here is the timeline:
app submitted from Bangladesh:
application sub: 15th June 17
biometric : 15th June 17
FP issued on : 12 October 17
Got delivered : 16th October 17 exactly 120 calendar days today.
Yes received not straightforward mail as others on the forum.

made complaint to Home Office and received the so-called unable to uphold mail.

made 3 escalations within the last 2 months.
turned to SOLVIT 2 months ago and they for sure have made contact with UK based SOLVIT and then I don't know whether or not had liaised with visa section.
on the 10th of October, I emailed the contract centre lamenting and requesting for a decision made soon or returs the passport as urgently as they possible could to. same day early in the morning UK time at 06.13 received a confirmation saying they have urgently forwarded the mail to the appropriate department of the visa section.
on the 12th October early in the morning UK time at 08.05 received an email saying that they couldn't return the passport because a decision was being made and if I needed the passport that urgently I may had to withdraw the application and sent the email into a different mail address was mentioned in the email.
yesterday my wife receives a text onto her mobile phone at night Bangladesh time from the VSF Dhaka in Bangladesh informing to get her passport delivered. Early hours of this morning she got to the VFS and collected her passport with the FP issued in it on the 12th October the same day I received the answer from Sheffield Visa Section.

sooner or later all of us here on the forum and those out of this forum will get this good news because we deserve it. it's our right. I can feel the pain cause I too have been through this ling process. I really pray for all of you an FP issued sooooon! God bless!

Congratulations, glad to hear that she got the visa after waiting that long.

Can you tell me the process to escalate through email and the wording which we can use in it? And Can I write my personal circumstances as well?

Regards

Vicky

[Miss Didi]

Hello all,

Just want to share my timeline and to give hope to all of you who are still waiting, as I got my visa after 3 stressful months …

Applied from Belgrade 11 July (official processing time for Serbia is 15 days)
Not straightforward email: 27 July
Escalated: 29 September – lady from call center informed us that application has been decided and she was confused why we did not get feedback yet, so she said that she will escalate the case
Decision made email: 4 October (exactly 60 working days from application date)

We did not escalate before end of September, as in ‘’not straightforward email’’ was stated that UKVI aim to process non settlement applications in 15 working days and settlement applications within 60 working days, so we assumed that there is no point of escalating before 60 days pass…

Good luck to all, wish you all get good news soon!

[TalitaZ]

Hello all,

Just want to share my timeline and to give hope to all of you who are still waiting, as I got my visa after 3 stressful months …

Applied from Belgrade 11 July (official processing time for Serbia is 15 days)
Not straightforward email: 27 July
Escalated: 29 September – lady from call center informed us that application has been decided and she was confused why we did not get feedback yet, so she said that she will escalate the case
Decision made email: 4 October (exactly 60 working days from application date)

We did not escalate before end of September, as in ‘’not straightforward email’’ was stated that UKVI aim to process non settlement applications in 15 working days and settlement applications within 60 working days, so we assumed that there is no point of escalating before 60 days pass…

Good luck to all, wish you all get good news soon!

Hi Didi,
Glad you got good news! Did you apply for an EEA Family permit? This is in fact a 'non-settlement' application.

Best
Talita

[baigbaig]

hi everyone,

apply from lahore pakistan
in March 2017
137 working days today still waiting escalate but nothing happen

nice to hear one of our friend successful get visa AFTER exactly 120 working days

my wife have accident been in hospital have stitches on hand i contact ukvi explain situation let see hope she will survive, pray fro everyone

[Enka2018]

Hi everyone.

130 working days. I emailed them to ask for status of my application and they have replied to me this.

Dear Pradeep Singh,

Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre.

With regards to your enquiry about the return of your documents, please accept our apologies concerned any delays during this process.

I can confirm to you that we have further re-escalated your case on 13/10/2017 , we will e-mail you as soon as we have an update.
.


I didn'nt ask them for documents back then what did they think it. Do u think Mayb the decsion is made and they thought we asked for Passport?

[Bollox]

Hi everyone.

130 working days. I emailed them to ask for status of my application and they have replied to me this.

Dear Pradeep Singh,

Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre.

With regards to your enquiry about the return of your documents, please accept our apologies concerned any delays during this process.

I can confirm to you that we have further re-escalated your case on 13/10/2017 , we will e-mail you as soon as we have an update.
.


I didn'nt ask them for documents back then what did they think it. Do u think Mayb the decsion is made and they thought we asked for Passport?

Best thing is to email them back and ask for clarification.

Regards

[Enka2018]

Thnx irfan. I did that but no reply let's see tommrow. But happend to some people on the forum that they received passport after 1 month of approval so m worried.

[Mdf74813]

Reply to my pre action protocol

"Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your letter before claim regarding the application for your client. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in assessing this application and the inconvenience caused.

Unfortunately the assessment of the application is not straightforward and we are unable to make a decision within the agreed customer service targets. This may mean that we hold the application for longer than normal, but in some cases it is essential that we do so. Please note that due to your allowed appeal I have escalated this to the operational team manager assessing your application and you will receive further information regarding the assessment of your application shortly.

I am satisfied this now concludes the pre-action protocol litigation"

[Ranjuraj2026]

Reply to my pre action protocol

"Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your letter before claim regarding the application for your client. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in assessing this application and the inconvenience caused.

Unfortunately the assessment of the application is not straightforward and we are unable to make a decision within the agreed customer service targets. This may mean that we hold the application for longer than normal, but in some cases it is essential that we do so. Please note that due to your allowed appeal I have escalated this to the operational team manager assessing your application and you will receive further information regarding the assessment of your application shortly.

I am satisfied this now concludes the pre-action protocol litigation"

Hello Mr.Mdf..
Could u pls tell me what is that pre action protocol.. how to do that..

[danny27]

I called the office to escalate the matter the 4th tume.
The person said we are trying but suggested i google gov.uk and in the complaints for immigration you will find a complaints email id and to write to them with all details and escalations done so far. This would be a better way to fasten the process as they are helpless inspite of the many escalations done.
Have anyone written on this complaints email id

Need your suggestions.

[Pmrivera]

Hello everyone, i have been following and reading this thread for a long time already. I would like to shed a ray of hope to everyone. I guess the processing time really depends on each country.
Here is my timeline:
Submitted at VFS BANGKOK
Date of Submission: Sept 18 2017
Biometrics : Sept 18 (same day)
Forwarded to UKVI : Sept 18 (same day)
Received at UK Decision Making Center: Sept 19
Not straight forward email: Oct 05
Collection of passport: Oct 12
But stamped on my passport: Oct 05

Got my family permit
im praying for everyones permit to be granted as soon as possible especially for those who have been waiting for a long time already.

[Ron_M]

Hello. I would like to know if anyone got the EEA Family Permit for a spouse where both the spouse and EEA citizen are outside the UK, ie the EEA citizen is not yet in the UK and the spouse is travelling together with the EEA citizen to the UK. What was the timeline like from Sheffield?

[Miss Didi]

Hello all,

Just want to share my timeline and to give hope to all of you who are still waiting, as I got my visa after 3 stressful months …

Applied from Belgrade 11 July (official processing time for Serbia is 15 days)
Not straightforward email: 27 July
Escalated: 29 September – lady from call center informed us that application has been decided and she was confused why we did not get feedback yet, so she said that she will escalate the case
Decision made email: 4 October (exactly 60 working days from application date)

We did not escalate before end of September, as in ‘’not straightforward email’’ was stated that UKVI aim to process non settlement applications in 15 working days and settlement applications within 60 working days, so we assumed that there is no point of escalating before 60 days pass…

Good luck to all, wish you all get good news soon!

Hi Didi,
Glad you got good news! Did you apply for an EEA Family permit? This is in fact a 'non-settlement' application.

Best
Talita

Hi Talita,

Yes, I applied for an EEA Family permit. We just took 60 working days as some kind of deadline, because after 15 days I did not get visa (as I should have according to processing time on uk.gov site) and 60 days was mentioned in the email. It was our hope that after 60 working days Ill get visa, nothing else...
Somehow it happened that I got visa on that 60th working day,but think it was coincidence.

Best of luck

[Enka2018]

Hello all,

Just want to share my timeline and to give hope to all of you who are still waiting, as I got my visa after 3 stressful months …

Applied from Belgrade 11 July (official processing time for Serbia is 15 days)
Not straightforward email: 27 July
Escalated: 29 September – lady from call center informed us that application has been decided and she was confused why we did not get feedback yet, so she said that she will escalate the case
Decision made email: 4 October (exactly 60 working days from application date)

We did not escalate before end of September, as in ‘’not straightforward email’’ was stated that UKVI aim to process non settlement applications in 15 working days and settlement applications within 60 working days, so we assumed that there is no point of escalating before 60 days pass…

Good luck to all, wish you all get good news soon!

Hi Didi,
Glad you got good news! Did you apply for an EEA Family permit? This is in fact a 'non-settlement' application.

Best
Talita

Hi Talita,

Yes, I applied for an EEA Family permit. We just took 60 working days as some kind of deadline, because after 15 days I did not get visa (as I should have according to processing time on uk.gov site) and 60 days was mentioned in the email. It was our hope that after 60 working days Ill get visa, nothing else...
Somehow it happened that I got visa on that 60th working day,but think it was coincidence.

Best of luck

Hi
Could you please tell when did u receive passport and when the decsion made and stamped on passpport?

[Miss Didi]

Hello all,

Just want to share my timeline and to give hope to all of you who are still waiting, as I got my visa after 3 stressful months …

Applied from Belgrade 11 July (official processing time for Serbia is 15 days)
Not straightforward email: 27 July
Escalated: 29 September – lady from call center informed us that application has been decided and she was confused why we did not get feedback yet, so she said that she will escalate the case
Decision made email: 4 October (exactly 60 working days from application date)

We did not escalate before end of September, as in ‘’not straightforward email’’ was stated that UKVI aim to process non settlement applications in 15 working days and settlement applications within 60 working days, so we assumed that there is no point of escalating before 60 days pass…

Good luck to all, wish you all get good news soon!

Hi Didi,
Glad you got good news! Did you apply for an EEA Family permit? This is in fact a 'non-settlement' application.

Best
Talita

Hi Talita,

Yes, I applied for an EEA Family permit. We just took 60 working days as some kind of deadline, because after 15 days I did not get visa (as I should have according to processing time on uk.gov site) and 60 days was mentioned in the email. It was our hope that after 60 working days Ill get visa, nothing else...
Somehow it happened that I got visa on that 60th working day,but think it was coincidence.

Best of luck

Hi
Could you please tell when did u receive passport and when the decsion made and stamped on passpport?

Hi,

I picked up my passport the next day as I got email that is ready for collection ( 5th of October). Visa validity is from 4th of September. The big question is why I got my passport after one month,but after all these months of waiting do not want to think about this, no point.

[Olajide1]

Hello all,

Just want to share my timeline and to give hope to all of you who are still waiting, as I got my visa after 3 stressful months …

Applied from Belgrade 11 July (official processing time for Serbia is 15 days)
Not straightforward email: 27 July
Escalated: 29 September – lady from call center informed us that application has been decided and she was confused why we did not get feedback yet, so she said that she will escalate the case
Decision made email: 4 October (exactly 60 working days from application date)

We did not escalate before end of September, as in ‘’not straightforward email’’ was stated that UKVI aim to process non settlement applications in 15 working days and settlement applications within 60 working days, so we assumed that there is no point of escalating before 60 days pass…

Good luck to all, wish you all get good news soon!

Hi Didi,
Glad you got good news! Did you apply for an EEA Family permit? This is in fact a 'non-settlement' application.

Best
Talita

Hi Talita,

Yes, I applied for an EEA Family permit. We just took 60 working days as some kind of deadline, because after 15 days I did not get visa (as I should have according to processing time on uk.gov site) and 60 days was mentioned in the email. It was our hope that after 60 working days Ill get visa, nothing else...
Somehow it happened that I got visa on that 60th working day,but think it was coincidence.

Best of luck

Congratulations, I wish you the best of luck.
For the rest of us still waiting just keep the faith and never stop believing.