Hello My Friends, We applied for my wife's EEA2 Residence Permit in January 2009 and just received our passports back today, January 20, 2010! My wife was approved (no doubts there, as she is Canadian born and working full-time as am I) and now our lives can finally go forward :) Just a few tips for...

Still waiting...it has been 11 months now...sent in a complaint. So tired of this!

Waiting for 11 months now.

Well guys, We still have not heard anything from UKBA. Sent in a complaint today with the entire story. Here's what it said: We have applied for an EEA2 with the UK Border Agency to receive a Residence Permit. The application was sent in January 2009 with a cover letter stating we will not issue the...

Dear All, Please view the following information for our EEA2 Application Process : Application: Non-EEA Residence Permit Nationality: Canadian Applied: January 2009 Received COA: February 2009 Received H.O. Reference Number: November 2009 Received H.O. Letter requesting Passports: November 2009 Cal...

Thank you for your help.

My husband and I applied for the EEA2 - Non-EEA National, in January 2009 (I'm Canadian, husband is from Spain) and have submitted all the required paperwork apart from our passports. Along with the application, we sent photocopies of the passports and a cover letter informing UKBA to contact us onc...

Hello Everyone, My wife received her COA today. You won't believe our story: of course, it was a pretty rough ride! So, we sent the application back in Jan, and didn't hear from anyone at UKBA regarding the COA. We thought to wait for a month and then contact them and ask. We had sent the applicatio...

I've been reading cases of ppl for whom the CoA has taken over 2 months....can anyone suggest how to get it asap? My wife can't work without it....

Much appreciated, once again!

Thank you for your helpful reply!

Do you know how long it would take to receive the COA?

Thanks again!

Hi there guys, Thank you again for being here! Thanks for bearing with us! I have a few questions about our possibilities but I need to give you a bit of info about what's been happening since I last wrote on this topic. First reminder: I'm the EU (Spain) citizen and my wife is Canadian. Around the ...

Thank you so much for your replies. It really has helped us a great deal! As for the time period of receiving the COA, I see that it is a case by case basis. In most cases, people have received it within 1 - 2 weeks no problem. I hope we fall into that category!

Thank you for your helpful reply! I just wanted to confirm how long it's been taking lately for the CoA to arrive? And should we include a cover letter explaining the reason for leaving the Employment section blank? (i.e. not having a job yet). The application also states that we can send in another...

My wife is an Non-EEA National, applying for the EEA2, Residence Card. Currently, I am unemployed and seeking employment. My wife is also having a hard time getting hired because companies are asking her for the COA before they are willing to hire her. So, now we are filling in the EEA2 forms and we...

Looks like the application form has been updated and both the EEA1 and EEA2 are sent to the same office in Liverpool.

Thank you for your help!

Upon reading the facts on the UK Border Agency site, we've found that is not necessary to apply for the EEA1...it is completely voluntary. Is this information correct? We were a little confused as we are in the process for applying for the EEA2 and based on several cases on this site, many of you ar...

However like the previous poster said, get the phone number or email bia to confirm the situation I'm sorry, I need a little clarification...I'm not sure what phone number or email you are referring to...could you please specify? Thank You =) I've found this on the bia site: 'You can contact the em...

However like the previous poster said, get the phone number or email bia to confirm the situation

I'm sorry, I need a little clarification...I'm not sure what phone number or email you are referring to...could you please specify?

Thank You =)

sorry, I said "this job board" in the stress of everything and actually meant to say that this immigration forum has really helped us a lot. Thank you all again! I don't know what we would do without all of your replies!

Thanks to all of you for your immediate replies...this job board has really helped us in the last months! My wife and I are in the process of applying for the residence card and will be submitting it by the end of this week. I am aware that we receive a COA letter within 2-3 weeks after submission o...

Please help us! My wife and I are now in the UK. I am an EU National from Spain and am currently employed in the UK. My wife (Canadian) who is experienced in the banking industry, had an interview today with Barclays and was sent home prior to the interview due to the fact that her spousal visa is v...

Hi there,

We applied first online, then went in Person to the British Consulate in Madrid to give Biometrics and Docs, and got the passport back 4 hours later with FP approved!!!

Best of luck!!!!

Hey there, We applied from a third country for a EEA FP, without a job in the UK and without having provided an address in the UK......and it was GRANTED!!!! We showed that we were going to go into the UK with about GB3000 (some of it cash and some of it was not going to be available until next week...

Thank you for your help. We were told by the embassy that she will not legally be entitled to work in Spain for approx 8 months, which is the time it takes for the application to be processed. It´s too long a period for us to wait, and in that case we would have been better off staying in Canada wh...

Yes, we´re aware that she can legally stay in the UK, but will she be able to work? I mean, she doesn´t want to just sit at home, and we really don´t want to take the risk and go to the UK to find that she can´t work for a certain length of time because she doesn´t have the paperwork proving th...