Hi all! Just thought i would come on here and catch up and see whats news., Hows the move gone SP? are you here in the UK now.. The 91 page doc for the 5 year card isn't really 91 pages... we got ours down to 25 i think it was! So if you prefer and don't want to kill a few trees and use all your ink...

Wow Lisa! it definitely sounds like you have had an interesting time since getting there. I thought you were staying with family (or friends maybe?) for the first little while, to help you get settled? It is never easy moving country - especially if you don't have a support network there as a base ...

Hi all, Yay Sp, so great that you got it in such a short time :) I'm sure things will go smoothly now for you guys, Its been a bit of a struggling for us here in the UK. But hoping things get going.... We have been second guessing the whole way through! haha.. rental houses falling through, no real ...

Thank you Lisa !!! Going to look into the family permit later today. Hoping someone can answer me these 2 questions though ... (1) - I know that I have to give an intended date of travel to the UK. This is the date that my family permit will be valid from. I do not have an exact date yet - but I ju...

Yay!! Congrats sp, and so great that you got it within 3 months! As you say... the time line is crazy. But it's just great that you got it. The guy at the office in SA just took a copy of all our documents, photos and then my husband did his biometrics. Thanks for the info about the CSI, that was he...

Hi All! Hope you are all well. Thought I would just check in and see how everyone is doing. We have been in the UK for 3 weeks now. Wow.. So nice, but also still so stressful, as we have had the run around trying to get a place to rent, reference checks and also Easter Weekend, which makes things di...

Hi all this might seem like a stupid question. See on the renunciation form where it asks was born on (date of birth) at ( place and country of birth) for country do i put UK or Northern ireland or Ireland?? What all did people send with their renunciation? Still not recieved my irish passport card...

Yes, that was about right, it was just about 5 months (the date stamped on the letter) and then just a week shy of 6 months and then I received it! At least it was through a registered mail. Otherwise I think i would still be waiting! It is a very stressful situation! the saving grace is that the f...

Sp84 I feel the waiting time now feels even more stressful with the current situation. I just can't see why it takes them so long. I almost feel like getting a flight to Liverpool and walking in with the paper asking them to sign and stamp it there and then lol if only that would work. Do you know ...

Hi all! Well, our news, we got our EEA family permit in 4 working days! we were shocked... haha.. but very happy! So we are flying to the UK in March 2016,. All scary now that it's finally happening, but happy we are able to go over before any "changes" take place. Happy to hear everyones...

Hi all! Well, our news, we got our EEA family permit in 4 working days! we were shocked... haha.. but very happy! So we are flying to the UK in March 2016,. All scary now that it's finally happening, but happy we are able to go over before any "changes" take place. Happy to hear everyones ...

Oh yes Sp, I remember you mentioning going to NI before in one of your posts. We had a look at this option as we have a few family members (my grans brother and sister and their family) in Belfast, however it didn't seem feasible for us.. So we just decided to wait a bit longer and go to the UK. The...

Hey, Well I hope you find a closer office. The original one was a 3hr plane ride and also not so cheap! So we are so happy that they did things this way with the applications. It makes things a lot easier. Maybe some Googling will help. Otherwise i remember a portion on the gov.uk website that you c...

Hi all! I also don't always get emails telling me when there has been posts sp! I check periodically... Aaaanyway, we sent in the EEA family permit application. Praying all goes well, I sent past plane tickets, about 30 photos (it helps that we had a baby in 2014) my husbands tax certificate with a...

Hi all! I also don't always get emails telling me when there has been posts sp! I check periodically... Aaaanyway, we sent in the EEA family permit application. Praying all goes well, I sent past plane tickets, about 30 photos (it helps that we had a baby in 2014) my husbands tax certificate with al...

Hi again!! I figured out what to do and how to get to the EEA family permit application.. You chose "Other". I am applying online, I'm not sure what you do from the UK side... One question though, it asks for this - "What is the EEA National Registration Certificate number for the EEA...

Hey all, So... I'm trying to apply for the family permit... already stuck at the first step! haha When you do the online application, and need to enter details, it then asks you what kind of Visa you need, do you chose settlement? then settlement again? then the sub-category do you chose marriage? O...

Thank you Lisa!! Nice to hear from you! So sorry to hear about the issues you are having in South Africa :( that is the last thing you need - on top of all the RN, EEA worry. I am hoping that if they process mine after 4.5 months, that the US postal service doesn't take 6 weeks to get it to me! Jus...

Wow tigeraam! That's ridiculous! Maybe photographs etc might help - showing that you have been "together" for a lot longer than the date that is on your marriage certificate. I know that when I was applying for my green card here in the USA, I had to provide proof that we were in a legiti...

That is strange Lisa, my wife has had no trouble registering in Hong Kong. Maybe it is linked to isp address, which of course can be covered over? Post the link to the website you have and I'll see if I can log in with our account (of which we can't complete yet!) Well, I rang that number yesterday...

Hey all, The number above is not the border agency. It is 03001232253. That number is a private number. I have literally just returned from Hong Kong (cream crackered but happily married, yay! ) to find no letter from the Home Office :( The office is closed today it seems. I will try tomorrow; hope...

Hey again, Well from what I understand there would be a good period of time before any laws could be changed. From what I hear it is not just a one day this another day that scenario. Like you said! There are a lot of things that would need to take place, countries and scenarios that would need to ...

Hey again, Well from what I understand there would be a good period of time before any laws could be changed. From what I hear it is not just a one day this another day that scenario. Like you said! There are a lot of things that would need to take place, countries and scenarios that would need to b...

Hi Sp, No problem! just delete what you don't want to include when replying :) Sorry for the late response. Been sick this side. Did you go ahead and send through an Envelope at all? My 6 month date is coming soon, so I may just phone again soon and see if they will help! It's costly to send the env...

Hey again folks - I did not check the thread for a few weeks and was surprised to see so many responses! I am glad those people that renounced a few months ago, are finally getting their responses! I sent my RN form off at the end of November. On Dec 1st 2015 I got a reply via email - stating that ...