Once you receive you COA you can request the passports back I requested ours a week after having done the biometrics, and we received COA and Passports back at the same time. Thanks for that. Was this an extended family member application? And if so, did the non-EEA person have a valid family permi...

Hi all, I hope someone can help. I'm the EEA sponsor of an unmarried non-EEA partner who has applied for a residence card EEA(EFM). My partner holds a valid EEA family permit until 10 Dec 2017. Today, after calling UKVI I was told that my partner cannot request his passport back until a decision has...

For those lurkers who are trawling these forums in search of recent practical guidance for non-EEA applicants, here are a few things I learned during the application process. I applied for a residence card as an extended family member (unmarried partner) of an EEA national having cohabited for many...