Mrsdoc wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:50 pm
Thank you
Good news! Today my mum received her EUSS FP!
Timeline:
Biometrics: 19/01/2021 TLS
“Not-straightforward appl” email: 26/01/2021
UKVI requested my EU passport: 05/02/2021
EU passport delivered to UKVI: 08/02/2021
Contacted my MP: 08/03/2021
Reply Home Office to MP: 30/03/2021 (Covid, checks and crisis worldwide)
Complained to HO about delay and EU passport return: 20/03/21
EU passport returned: 07/04/2021
HO replied to complaint (not upheld): 09/04/2021
Email from TLS decision has been made and passport couriered: 14/04/2021
Passport with visa received: 15/04/2021
Visa issue date: 09/04/2021
It’s been a looooong wait. I also chased via UKVI sometime in Feb and March but I got a feeling that it made no difference whatsoever.
I’m glad that it worked out but also frustrated that this is only a waiting game because UKVI provide no details about the process tracking whatsoever.