EEA2 Application Timelines - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate

imraniqbal2010 · Post by **imraniqbal2010** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:09 pm

Kin5666 wrote:Hi, sent ours on 25/05/2011...

Fingers crossed that it wont take long

I sent mine on 02/06.2011 as well,hope i will get COA by the end of this month

Olsi001 · Post by **Olsi001** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:41 pm

Hello Everyone

EEA2 Application as an unmarried partner of an EEA National (been living together for more then 2 years)

EEA2 sent on 28/02/2011
COA issued 29/03/2011

Still waiting for a response.

Has anyone of you guys applied as an unmarried Partner?

Thank you

harmeetsingh · Post by **harmeetsingh** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:10 am

Hello all.Has anyone recieved Rc recently in June??

Kin5666 · Post by **Kin5666** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:24 am

hi guys,

we applied for EEA2 on the 25th of May...still waiting for COA and of course the RC...Applied as married partner. Im currently working full time as well as my husband...Just wondering, if i quit the job now to move with husband, will this affect the application?

lordgenty · Post by **lordgenty** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:06 pm

vicky_062004 · Post by **vicky_062004** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:18 pm

hi every1, i have applied for fmrs after my 6 months fp visa.i had more 6 monthes visa on my passport now its going to finish next month 31july.so now do i need to fill eea2? and do i just need to send those documents what they ask in eea2 application form?plz help

lordgenty · Post by **lordgenty** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:34 pm

brokenbeat · Post by **brokenbeat** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:38 pm

Hi all,

Very excited to finally have sent off my EEA2 app w/ passports last Friday. It's been a long journey to get to this point!! Here is my current time-line going back to meeting my beautiful wife in 2008. Will update as soon as anything is heard back from the home office!

03/04/08- I meet a beautiful German girl in Central America while on holiday. We travel together 3 weeks and kiss on our last night together
05/06/08- We meet again and travel Europe together 5 weeks
06/08/08- I move to the UK to teach on two year work permit
27/11/08- She moves from Germany and joins me in the UK
03/08/10- After almost two years together, my UK work permit expires & I sadly have to leave her behind in the UK. I move back home to USA, she stays in the UK
16/11/10- We get engaged in Paris
28/01/11- Biometrics appointment. UK Visitor Marriage visa mailed via Priority Service
04/02/11- UK Visitor Marriage visa arrives. Fly to UK
15/02/11- After waiting mandatory 10 days, Intent to Marry appointment at registrar's office
26/03/11- Married!
13/04/11- I fly back to US
15/04/11- Biometrics appointment. EEA Family Permit mailed via Priority Service
21/04/11- EEA Family Permit arrives
08/05/11- I happily move back in London!
10/06/11- Sent EEA2 application with both of our passports
13/06/11- Royal mail confirmation of EEA2 received at Home Office
??/??/??- CoA
??/??/??- EEA2 RC received

Now begins the waiting game and being stuck in the UK for a little while!! Hope to have the RC in hand by September.

All the best everyone. Thoroughly enjoy reading your stories and keeping up with your time-lines.

- JP

johannf · Post by **johannf** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:27 pm

Hi All.

I thought I would come and check here to see how long others have waited for their documents, because I'm a little worried....!!!

Application sent 05 May 2011
Received at HO on 07 May 2011

And that was the last...Its now 5 weeks later and no sign of a COA/letter from them !? Judging by the time almost everyone else had to wait I should have received something from them by now surely.

My biggest worry is that I sent all our passports and certificates etc. If they lose it/have lost it, it will be a BIG loss for us as it was difficult to get them, and cost us alot of money.
The most ridiculous thing to me is the fact that you cant contact anyone about EEA applications at the UKBA, according to their site?! So now what? Do I just phone and hope someone will know what happened to my app? Or are we all just sitting ducks.

Very frustrating.

ghirleeh_lim · Post by **ghirleeh_lim** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:25 pm

What are requirements for applying eea2?

Kin5666 · Post by **Kin5666** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:31 am

from what i have read in this forum, a lot of people got their COA within 1 month. i think there will be a strike at some point and im not sure if the civil servant will get involved or not. If it is, then i presume our applications will be delayed.umm..

aga85 · Post by **aga85** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:03 am

Hi guys, here is my timeline:

EEA2 sent 15 march
HO recived 16 march
COA recieved 6 april
EEA id card return request 9 june
ID card recieved 16 june

Has anybody got any update about aplications sent in march?
Thanks.

Tanic · Post by **Tanic** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:23 pm

Here is my timescales ( non eea married to Irish/British Dual national)

Applied for EEA2: 01/03/11
UKBA Rvd: 8/03/11
COA Rvd: 04/04/11
Requested Passports from UKBA: 14/04/11

Letter rvd today from UKBA, dated 13/6/11, asking for both mine & my wife's Passport back!

Im hoping this is good news & our application has not been effected by the McCarthy Judgement!

Scarlett82 · Post by **Scarlett82** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:29 am

We sent in my husbands EEA2 application on 09/06/11, received by HO 10/06/11.

I'm just wondering if everyone will receive a COA? I think I read somewhere that HO don't always seem to be issuing these for EEA applications... Not that we are expecting to receive a COA for another few weeks or so. Seems like the waiting time for these are at least a month.

Scarlett82 · Post by **Scarlett82** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:32 am

johannf wrote:Hi All.

I thought I would come and check here to see how long others have waited for their documents, because I'm a little worried....!!!

Application sent 05 May 2011
Received at HO on 07 May 2011

And that was the last...Its now 5 weeks later and no sign of a COA/letter from them !? Judging by the time almost everyone else had to wait I should have received something from them by now surely.

My biggest worry is that I sent all our passports and certificates etc. If they lose it/have lost it, it will be a BIG loss for us as it was difficult to get them, and cost us alot of money.
The most ridiculous thing to me is the fact that you cant contact anyone about EEA applications at the UKBA, according to their site?! So now what? Do I just phone and hope someone will know what happened to my app? Or are we all just sitting ducks.

Very frustrating.

Hi johannf,

Did you receive a COA? Or did you end up getting in touch with the UKBA about it?

brokenbeat · Post by **brokenbeat** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:16 pm

It seems the current wait is 3-5 weeks for CoA (usually just about 1 month exactly) and 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 months for RC.

One question though for those who included a pre-paid special return delivery envelope with their package (like me), how long did it take for everything to arrive at your home after the RC was issued? In some of these cases I've read about, it has taken up to a month to arrive after the RC was issued. But why such the long wait to arrive after being issued?? It shouldn't take more than 2-3 days (tops) to arrive once put in the mail, right? That unless they issue it (print RC) but it sits around a couple more weeks at the home office before being mailed? Strange.

Anyway, the best thing for those of us waiting to do is do our best to remain patient and keep our fingers crossed that everything goes without any hitches. We can consider ourselves lucky. A year or two back people had to wait up to a year to have their EEA2 RC processed! So surely, 4 months can't be that bad.. (I say this now one week in, ha ha)

aga85 · Post by **aga85** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:46 am

Hi guys, finally got my RC today!!! here is my timeline:

EEA2 sent 15 march
HO recived 16 march
COA recieved 6 april
EEA id card return request 9 june
ID card recieved 16 june
RC recieved 18 june dated 13 june

Less than 3 months!!

Apllied as an unmarried partner with 8 months old baby.
Good Luck to everyone!

rachellynn1972 · Post by **rachellynn1972** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:21 pm

Does it mean everyone that requested the eea passport back make home office grant the visa bcus every success stories here all requested the eea passport back. Will love to know if it make the case faster?

aga85 · Post by **aga85** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:52 pm

rachellynn1972 wrote:Does it mean everyone that requested the eea passport back make home office grant the visa bcus every success stories here all requested the eea passport back. Will love to know if it make the case faster?

It looks like it speeded our application

berber · Post by **berber** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:12 pm

Hi eveyone.

i am not well at all since i started waiting.
i have sent my application 2 weeks after it came back because of my passport expired.

i sent new application form with valid passport since:

posted: 1 June 2011
arrive in H o : 2 June

since i haven't heard anything. the question do anyone knows how long it take then to send me my CoA? do i have to contact them?

Thank anf good luck all those on the Club

Tanic · Post by **Tanic** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:45 pm

berber wrote:Hi eveyone.

i am not well at all since i started waiting.
i have sent my application 2 weeks after it came back because of my passport expired.

i sent new application form with valid passport since:

posted: 1 June 2011
arrive in H o : 2 June

since i haven't heard anything. the question do anyone knows how long it take then to send me my CoA? do i have to contact them?

Thank anf good luck all those on the Club

Hi Berber,

It usually takes about 4/5 weeks for COA to come through - you dont have to contact them

They do have 6 mths to process RC but looks like it is a lot quicker - 3/4 mths!

Good luck

berber · Post by **berber** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:18 pm

Thanks Tanic.

i should just learn how to relax and wait then!!

thank you and good luck eveyone on the same boat.

brokenbeat · Post by **brokenbeat** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:12 am

On average, CoA's take about 3-5 weeks to arrive. Lately most people have been receiving them about 30 days after their applications arrived at the home office. Be patient, all will be fine!

berber wrote:Hi eveyone.

i am not well at all since i started waiting.
i have sent my application 2 weeks after it came back because of my passport expired.

i sent new application form with valid passport since:

posted: 1 June 2011
arrive in H o : 2 June

since i haven't heard anything. the question do anyone knows how long it take then to send me my CoA? do i have to contact them?

Thank anf good luck all those on the Club

Olsi001 · Post by **Olsi001** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:51 am

Hi guys

I received my RC for 5 years a few days ago.
We applied as an unmarried couple been living together more then 2 years.

I'd like to thank everyone who posted.

RC Issued the 10/06/2011
Application sent 28/02/2011
COA Issue date 29/03/2001

Overall waiting about 3 months & a few days.

Good luck to everyone who is waiting!!

CAPTAIN · Post by **CAPTAIN** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:52 pm

Hi guys got send my EEA2 APPLICATION as follows

Application sent: 17/05/2011
recieved by HO 18/05/2011
COA recieved 16/06/2011 dated 09/06/2011.

Its very short just one page stating i can work and also mentioned they will make decision as soon as they can and at any event within SIX months.

Is that normal? bcos my previously ones for FMRS are about three pages.

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