Pipinka wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:21 am
Hi everyone I'm a family member (Trinidadian )of an EEA national (Slovakian national)
We applied online and used the passport return service .We applied as a family, two adults and a child.
Online Application Sent: 09/07/2017
submitted via passport return service : 12/07/2017
Application Received:13/07/2017
Payment taken: 10/07/2017
Passports requested back: N/A
Passports received: N/A
PR Date:
PR Received:
Confirmation email by HO for my husband and daughter only 01/08/2017
Phoned Euro contact on 16/08/2017 to request my confirmation email ut was told i have to wait for the Biometrics letter that could take up to 8 weeks . Called again on the 21/08/2017 ,and send an emailed them on 22/08/2017 was told i should get it soon .
Confirmation of application email for me : 22/08/2017 sent to my husband's email
Biometrics letter received on 25/08/2017 dated 19/08/2017 done it on the 26/08/2017.
During this time my work have been asking me about my status and said i would be out of a job if i do not have a letter to prove i can work while my application is being decided.
I phoned them on the 04/09/2017 and again on the 06/09/2017 as my employer check on the website they provided said i was not able to work,I mentioned to them that this was incorrect as i get the same rights as my EEA family member while my application is being decided,i was put on hold and given an email address to email someone,I did and had an automated response that said someone will get back to me within the next 21days .
Today home office emailed my employer saying i can work while my application is being decided and I have no restrictions .I know this is God as i have been praying the whole time ,my employer gave me a copy of the email they got from the home office ,i have yet to receive a letter from them directly.
My last EEA residence took 3weeks as i applied outside the uk , now i wait while my application is being decided , lucky for me i have my passport and being a Trinidadian i can still travel to European countries without a visa .
Hope this help someone ,now the waiting begin .Strangely enough I'm not worried .