Applied: July 2nd 2012 Received: July 3rd 2012 COA: never! Passport return: Aug 18th (after a lot of controversy) RC: processing halted - lack of documentation They claim, I did not provide passports, proof of residence and proof of employment. In the returned docs, i could not see the bank stateme...
I had asked for our passports back (EEA2) and they returned them with much back and forth ater about 6-7 weeks. Today I received a letter that the application was not processed because (among other things) I did not supply passports. So, it seems that if your application has not started being proces...
So, we did get our passports back a day after my last post, which was just under a week before my wife was due to fly home. We did not get a COA. Today I received all our documents back stating that they "will not be giving any further consideration to your case". This was the first commun...
is there a posibility to pick the passports up in person at Liverpool? I thought about that too. However, if it's like any other government agency, you don't get through the front door without an appointment. We only have 7 days until my wife is due to fly. At this point, I think out best bet is to...
You did talk to an operator, right? Maybe you should try it again. If you have time, you could contact your MP. We did. Yes, we did and they told us that a request had been put in to return our passports within 5 working days. That was on August 3rd. On August 13th we called again, not having recei...
Thanks Nimitta, but I just realized your number is the same we've been calling (on August 3rd, as well, ironically) without any positive response. It is the general enquiry number of the UKBA.
The number was +44 8450 105 200 but it might take a while to get to the operator. I spent about 20 minutes holding on the phone. Thanks, maybe I'll try that! My wife and I have been contacting our respective embassies and they have offered to provide us with temporary passports. However, they need ...
I cannot help with info re taking the UKBA to court but you would have been able to request the return of your passports without affecting the application (the UKBA website has this information). You did not need to be grounded in the UK if you had travel plans in the last 6 months. That is correct...
Jambo, you're probably right. The notion of getting a residency permit in Germany which has any validity in the UK, is most likely silly of me. Nimitta, to be clear, if my rant suggested that either myself or my wife had ever raised our voice, insulted or treated the agents with anything but politen...
We applied almost at the same time and have not heard back, either. There is nothing you can do. We tried, mailing, faxing and calling them and were not given any information.
As per the advice here, we had called on Aug 3rd and were told it would take 5 days. We called again yesterday (10days later). The agent, Ms Meyers, told us, it looked like they hadn't been sent, and we could put in another request, which again would take 5 days. My wife called again this morning an...
My wife got through and they will send her passport within 5 days. Unfortunately, even though I had sent the application including a document with my personal request to send the passports back and I had sent an email a week ago asking for the same, she could not get my passport back. So, I had to g...
orionite Did you receive your passport back in time? I am in a similar situation, but budgeted less time (4 weeks)... also have a family wedding to attend. Curious to know how long it finally took you? I have not received our passports back, nor a reply to the email. We've tried calling the UKBA an...
you will need to call them to action a return of passports, usually takes 5-10 days to return, but generally they will not return passports until after the COA is issued The COA takes 4-6 weeks usually So planning travel so soon after application is not advised, but if you are lucky you will have p...
Hi, My wife is American, I am German. We have entered the country in March with my wife having been issued a 6 month visa. (This took less than a week in the USA!). Now we have applied for an EEA2 for her on July 2nd. I have not received a comfirmation of acceptance or any other communication from t...
