Hi guys, I just want to share my story here as I applied for an EEA2 RC using the self-employed route and I successfully got it today. Here is my timeline: App sent: 26/02/2013 App received: 27/02/2013 COA issued: 19/03/2013 COA received: 23/03/2013 RC issued: 02/05/2013 RC received: 09/05/2013 Proo...

What a wonderful day! What a wonderful life!

I JUST GOT MY RESIDENCE CARD!!!

Here is my timeline:

App sent: 26/02/2013
App received: 27/02/2013
COA issued: 19/03/2013
COA received: 23/03/2013
RC issued: 02/05/2013
RC received: 09/05/2013

Good luck to anyone who is still waiting.

Hi Nanny,

My COA arrived today with right to work. You should be getting yours soon too. Let's hope we will receive RC next. Fingers crossed.

Hi guys,

I sent my EEA2 application on 26/02/2013.
UKBA received it on 27/02/2013 (confirmed by Royal Mail)

But not even a sign of COA untill now... I'm very stressed and worried...

i bet if you call later then different operator will give different suggestion. But as you said that your eea partner was sole trader before commencing current self employed business then be remembered that sole trader is also a kind of self employment. Has he got evidences for it. otherwise better...

how long your eea national partner is in uk. what was he doing before self employment. is he doing any other job even part time one? My husband has been in the uk for 4 years. He was employed for the first 2 years. Then he was a sole trader for about a year before being emloyed again for another 6 ...

@sheraz7 I do not think the self-sufficient option fits us because the only fund we have to maintain our livings atm is from his self-employment (I can hardly find a job myself without a COA confirming the right to work). But it seems since my husband has become self-employed only recently and is st...

@sheraz7 Thank you so much for your advice. The problem is my husband has been self-employed only since Oct 2012, therefore the accountant's letter and 2 months business bank statements are all the evidence we have atm. I do understand that self employment is the most difficult option, that's why I'...

Hi fysicus, Thank you ever so much for your reply. We actually got the letter from my husband's accountant already (for free of charge). And the letter just stated as I mentioned previously: "Dear Mr.... To UK Border Angency - My husband's name - His NI number We confirm that we have acted as y...

Can anyone help me here please? I would be very grateful! Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone I am Vietnamese and married to a Hungarian national. We are about to make an EEA2 application for a RC as my husband is exercising EU treaty rights in the UK by being self-employed. We will include a letter from a chartered accountant on headed paper confirming his self-employment as fol...