EEA FAMILY PERMIT VISA APPLICATION PROCEDURE

[wsg9]

Hi,

I wanted to know if it is possible to submit the EEA family permit visa application with relevelant documents before getting the marriage certificate? After the certificate has been achieved, can it then be put in the application file?

wsg9

[Obie]

Under EU law, the marriage certificate (Evidence of relationship) and the passport or ID card of EU national (Evidence of EU Citizenship) are the two most important documentation required for your permit to be processed.

I suspect your application will not be accepted without your marriage certificate.

[charles4u]

Under EU law, the marriage certificate (Evidence of relationship) and the passport or ID card of EU national (Evidence of EU Citizenship) are the two most important documentation required form your permit to be processed.

I suspect your application will not be accepted without your marriage certificate.

Its not even a suspect, expecially the UK. They will refuse the visa without a marriage certificate.

[wsg9]

Under EU law, the marriage certificate (Evidence of relationship) and the passport or ID card of EU national (Evidence of EU Citizenship) are the two most important documentation required form your permit to be processed.

I suspect your application will not be accepted without your marriage certificate.

Its not even a suspect, expecially the UK. They will refuse the visa without a marriage certificate.

I know that the application will not be processed until I give the marriage certificate but since the application procedure (as I heard) takes too much time (3 to 6 months). So, if the other documents are with them, the file may come clos to them by the time I present the certificate.

I have no problem whatsoever in presenting the certificate and other documents in one go. Only what I want to know if there is a possibility of giving a document after a certain period of time for faster processing.

wsg9

[Obie]

EEA permit doesn't take that long to process. It is given the utmost priority in comparison to other Entry clearance category. You probably mean 3-6 weeks to process. If they take longer than that, the matter should be reported to solvit as it is illegal under EU law.

OP, you need to submit the marriage certificate or your application will not even be accepted,never mind being rejected.

[wsg9]

EEA permit doesn't take that long to process. It is given the utmost priority in comparison to other Entry clearance category. You probably mean 3-6 weeks to process. If they take longer than that, the matter should be reported to solvit as it is illegal under EU law.

OP, you need to submit the marriage certificate or your application will not even be accepted,never mind being rejected.

Many thanks Obie.

[MAKUSA]

EEA permit doesn't take that long to process. It is given the utmost priority in comparison to other Entry clearance category. You probably mean 3-6 weeks to process. If they take longer than that, the matter should be reported to solvit as it is illegal under EU law.

OP, you need to submit the marriage certificate or your application will not even be accepted,never mind being rejected.

Obie did you say that it takes 3-6 weeks to get an EEA Family permit?

[Obie]

That would or should be a reasonable expectation.

However i am unsure where the OP is applying from, and how efficient they are, but in Ireland, where i live, they have a 100% processing completion within 15 days for that category of Entry clearance.

I have to be on the err of caution, and say it might take considerably longer in high demand countries, however, 6 months would definitely be deem to be extremely excessive, wouldn't you agree?

[MAKUSA]

That would or should be a reasonable expectation.

However i am unsure where the OP is applying from, and how efficient they are, but in Ireland, where i live, they have a 100% processing completion within 15 days for that category of Entry clearance.

I have to be on the err of caution, and say it might take considerably longer in high demand countries, however, 6 months would definitely be deem to be extremely excessive, wouldn't you agree?

I really dont know how long it should take because a mate of mine applied in Dublin on the 11th of August and he hasnt gotten a reply to date.

[Obie]

He should definitely follow it up. Article 5 of the directive states that such visa (EEA family Permit) should be processed as part of an accelerated process. The British say they acknowledge this. However they don't always seem to be showing that in practice. If he doesn't hear anything by the end of this week, i will suggest he get in contact with them and see what's happening.

What country is your friend applying from ?

[MAKUSA]

He should definitely follow it up. Article 5 of the directive states that such visa (EEA family Permit) should be processed as part of an accelerated process. The British say they acknowledge this. However they don't always seem to be showing that in practice. If he doesn't hear anything by the end of this week, i will suggest he get in contact with them and see what's happening.

What country is your friend applying from ?

Dublin UK embassy

[Obie]

It should be a maximum 15 working days then, as i stated earlier.

In July, they said 100% of EEA family permit applications were processed within 15 working days, which means, for a friend of yours who applied on the 11 of August, processing should or would be near completion.

[MAKUSA]

It should be a maximum 15 working days then, as i stated earlier.

In July, they said 100% of EEA family permit applications were processed within 15 working days, which means, for a friend of yours who applied on the 11 of August, processing should or would be near completion.

Thanks for that info, i think its just down to an incompetent British system

[wsg9]

I want to know one more thing.
What is the minimum required period of stay of mine in the country after marriage.

wsg9