Aussie girl, Could you please send me a copy of the letter models you used? I am very interested in them as you got a positive feedback and I am sure you will have your passport back within days, since they already requested further docs and allocated the case to the caseworker. My email is glaucool...
Even that I am about to apply for EEA4 in one year from now, I prefer not to sign this petition because I think this petition should be for all European applications and not specially for EEA4 (even that the other are a bit mentioned, but the approach doesn't seem to be alright).
JK2007, and what about people who get permanent residence under EEA law? When can they naturalize british? As there will be no probationary citizenship for them.
Hi Elena, I had an expired passport with valid visa in my pocket. I didn't show in the first place to check in desk as I thought that they didn't need to see my residence permit before. If you are coming back without a visa, just please make sure you have printed the Home Office page regarding the E...
I just said about the airlines because I am a non-visa national. And sometimes when coming back from my country the airlines ask to see the visa as I have only the leg going to the UK. The airlines are instructed nowadays to not let people from outside EU to board as a tourist with one way ticket! M...
So after 5 years to PR, you may still have to wait another 6-8 years for citizenship. So do you mean that someone under EEA rules, will have to live 5 years in the UK and then will get permanent residence, and then wait more 6-8 years to get citizenship? So it gives a total of 11 to 13 years for a ...
Non-EU family members get Permanent Residence status after 5 years too, however the card itself is renewable automatically every 10 years, so they place a 10 year endorsement, but it's still a permanent residence status.
So what happens to dependent of EU citizens? They get Permanent Residence in 5 years. So that means that in the EU law they have advantage and get to the end of the journey faster? I am wondering if the new citizenship law will say that people can apply for citizenship at any time after getting Perm...
My passport was going to expiry on the 2nd of October and in the end of August (August Bank holiday) I went to Germany and came back to the UK with no problems. They didn´t even ask about it! I am Brazilian and have a residence card. I just made a new passport. And this week I came back from Brazil...
I think that consulates are funded more for the appaling visa fees than for fees for people who lost passports abroad.
Let's say any embassy/consulate around the world - how many people go there to apply for a visa in a day and how many go telling they lost the passport?
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the help. To summary everything: 08/01/07 - Sent my EEA2 application. Partner already has residence permit (EEA1). 09/07/07 - After 6 months and 1 day - I wrote a letter to the complaints unit (yes, Complaints Unit, and not to the European Directorate). In the complaint I...
After I complained to Home Office they processed my application. I sent a pre-paid special delivery envelope and today it should arrive. It didn't arrive and the homepage from Royal Mail shows that the item has been delivered!!!!!!!!!!!!! Does anyone know what can I do now? Tomorrow morning I will g...
I posted my application on 8th January 2007 and I am still waiting the reply! It's a EEA2 application. I have been in the country with a dependent visa of EEA citizen already, and I was applying for extension and it's taking more than 6 months. It's a VERY straightforward application! I wrote a lett...
Hi Dean,
They do not check your credit history at all. You don't need to have money saved in order to apply. The most important would be to show that you have regular income.
They only say "under consideration", no matter what. It was even funny one time I called them. I received my passport with visa and called them just for a test and they still said: "under consideration", even if I had got the passport with the visa already! I called the day I rec...
Brunel, I am quite sure they will send your passport back after a few days. If you don't get your passport back, then you can call the Home Office and request it back at any time. They take normally 10 working days to send. So let's say, you send your passport to them and if you don't get anything t...
Brunel, As you posted both EEA1 and 2 together, and your trip is planned for 24/06, just send the passport to them as soon as possible. If you post now they will send the residence card to you. Send it now, as it will make it easier to come to the UK after the trip to Brazil. When posting together, ...
