sosa7 wrote:Thanks Guys for your swift response ..i have a valid EEA Family permit to expiry in december 20th
Dear Sosa7,
As said in Extended Family Members of EEA Nationals document of Home Office which I provided link on early post.
The question is
Have you submit required documents?
If Yes, You must request a new COA with RIGHT TO WORK as Casework made a mistake.
If No, You can not request a new COA with RIGHT TO WORK unless you withdraw application and reapply again with required documents.
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Rights of an extended family member
Extended family members do not have automatic rights to enter and reside in the UK. Under regulation 7(3) of the regulations,
an extended family member has the same rights as a direct family member, providing they continue to satisfy the conditions of regulation 8 and
they have been issued with:
an EEA family permit
a registration certificate, or
a residence card.
The above documents must remain valid and not have been revoked.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... s_v3_0.pdf
Link above is Processes and Procedures for EEA documents
Certificates of application: timescales
Residence cards
In line with regulation 17(3) of the regulations, on receipt of an application for a residence card and the documents that that are required to accompany that application, a COA must be issued ‘immediately’.
Certificates of application: direct family members
Applications for a residence card
To be issued with a ‘long’ COA confirming a right to take employment while their application is under consideration, the applicant must have submitted:
a valid passport
a valid EEA identity (ID) card or EEA passport for the EEA national
evidence of relationship to their EEA national (for example, marriage or birth
certificates) and either:
o evidence the EEA national has exercised free movement rights in the UK as a
jobseeker, worker, self-employed person, self-sufficient person or student o evidence the EEA national has permanent residence in the UK
If they have not submitted all of the evidence listed above, you must issue a ‘short’ COA, which does not confirm a right to take employment.
Anyone issued with a ‘short’ COA due to their failure to submit the required evidence cannot later be issued with a ‘long’ COA if they submit this evidence.[/i]
Certificates of application: extended family members
Extended family members, including durable partners, of EEA nationals do not enjoy an automatic right of residence in the UK until they have been issued with a document by the Home Office confirming such a right.
You must issue a ‘short’ COA to extended family members who have submitted an application for a residence card regardless of the level of evidence submitted with their application.
For further information on extended family members, see related links: Extended family members of EEA nationals.
Extended family member in this section does not have Family Permit.
When Extended family member has Family Permit and must has the same right with Direct family.
Hope it help.
i am beginning to get nervous and impatient now.why this long wait.i think home office are deprived of staffs for that matter few caseworkers handling our applications. They are just traumatizing us.