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by Yournamehere » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:25 pm
Dear all,
I have been one of those quiet applicants, reading this forum on a regular basis for months on end; now that I have received my papers after seven excruciating months of wait, my timeline below.
A couple suggestions:
- Add a short cover letter if you have particular circumstances that require a bit of explaning, don't assume they will go through every document in detail.
- add an index of all the documents you are sending (will also help you make sure you are sending everything you need to).
Also, I wasn't clear exactly what documents I would receive and how, I received the documents in three packets:
- non-EEA PR card, addressed to non-EEA
- all documents returned + non-EEA passport + letter, addressed to non-EEA
- EEA passport + DCPR + letter, adressed to EEA
Timeline (EU national + non-EEA relative):
Application sent: 27 Sep
Application received: 28 Sep
Payment taken: 29 Sep
Confirmation e-mail: 12 Oct
Biometrics letter dated: 11 Oct
Biometrics letter received: 14 Oct
Biometrics completed: 15 Oct
COA for non-EEA dated: 11 Oct
COA for non-EEA received: 14 Oct
PR card dated: 27 Mar
PR card received: 29 Mar
returned documents received: 30 Mar
completed return passport form: 12 Apr
DCPR dated: 27 Mar
DCPR received: 20 Apr
As you can see, there was a three weeks delay between us receiving the PR and the DCPR (both dated six months after our application, to the day) , so I called the HO a couple times, I found them friendly but not very helpful. In the end, I got the DCPR after completing the return documents form.
Best of luck to you all!