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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by s_safdar » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:55 am

I called HO today and the person on the other end advised me to send a letter to Liverpool address ask regarding the application status.

Do you have any format related to this please?

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by s_safdar » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:03 pm

Thanks Irfan.

I will speak with my local MP.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by s_safdar » Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:00 pm

I got a call from my neighbour that Home Office visited my address this morning.

Does anyone knows if they will come back again?

I spoke with my neighbour and he told me that they were asking about me by showing my picture to him.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by iffi » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:28 am

s_safdar wrote:I got a call from my neighbour that Home Office visited my address this morning.

Does anyone knows if they will come back again?

I spoke with my neighbour and he told me that they were asking about me by showing my picture to him.
I don't know why they visited :o
its all depends,
If you are still with your wife or divorced ?

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by kashifch » Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:46 am

s_safdar wrote:I got a call from my neighbour that Home Office visited my address this morning.

Does anyone knows if they will come back again?

I spoke with my neighbour and he told me that they were asking about me by showing my picture to him.

Depends what your neighbour told them.
Most probably, their decision will come now.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by s_safdar » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:35 am

@Irfan: I am happy married :)

@Kashif: They just asked from him by showing my picture that, does this person lives here and he confirmed that. They also took my neighbour's details as well.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by Respecteu » Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:32 pm

HI All Happy new year

Just want to to give news we got our EEA3 EEA4 today. I can not explain how much happy we are so finally there is hope.

We send application on 7th Nov 2013 which mean 2 months (with holidays)..wow wow

Whould like to thank all seniors for help and God Bless Them


yeaaaaaaaaa

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Post by iffi » Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:18 pm

iffi wrote:
iffi wrote:update about my passport;

I have been chasing UKBA for my passport return via MP and phone calls, Yesterday i spoke to UKBA again and the confirmed that my passport will be dispatched tomorrow so i can travel.

But decision on application is not made yet, its already 6 months and 3 weeks now since i submitted my EEA4 Application.

The person i spoke yesterday told me that it will take upto 2 weeks more for my application to be decided. which means they are taking more than 7 months for my application
Hello again Guys,

Update about my passport,

I have received my passport yesterday as i requested it back for travel purpose on 7th of November.

Here is my history again;

July 2006 Came to the UK as a student
June 2008 married to EEA National
June 2008 Applied for EEA2
It took so long to receive my EEA2 Card;
January 2010 Received EEA2
August 2011 Separated and Divorced December 2011
December 2011 applied for Retention of Right
March 2012 Received it
16 May 2013 applied for EEA4 (After 5 yrs of marriage)
7 November Request the passport back for travel purpose
Called home office 4-5 times
Involved Local MP
Received my passport on 12th December without PR

Still waiting for PR, it is almost 7 Months now


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Hello Again,
I called to UKBA again today,
It has been 7 months and three weeks now.
The person i spoke said that they doing some fresh checks on my application. I spoke to my employer they said they haven't received any requst from UKBA. I am wandering what kind of checks they do on EEA 4 Application or they do any special checks on particular applications ?
Does anyone knows ?
Thanks

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by aad682 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:08 pm

apply 07/12/2013 FOR EEA4 ONLY . COA RECEIVED 21/12/2013. WAITING PR....?

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by ezncool » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:03 am

Got EEA4 in 2.5 months. Applied on 01/11/2013. COA received after about a month and now the PR. Good luck to everyone

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by linadk » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:52 pm

Anyone who has experience with EEA3 in 2014:

07/01/14 - applied for EEA3
10/01/14 - COA received

However, debit fees until now has still not been taken from my account? Why is this? Has anyone gone through this?

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by aad682 » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:40 pm

have any body apply in december foreea4 has received his pr ?????

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by aad682 » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:41 pm

have any body apply in december 2013 for eea4 has received his pr ?????

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by aad682 » Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:54 pm

today i received my pr . timline is, applied 4/12/2013 for only eea4 , received coa on 23/12/2013. and today received my pr on 14/02/2014, total time after coa is one month 20 days

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by Hubba » Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:57 pm

aad682 wrote:today i received my pr . timline is, applied 4/12/2013 for only eea4 , received coa on 23/12/2013. and today received my pr on 14/02/2014, total time after coa is one month 20 days
Hi aad682,

Could you please give us a quick overview of the documentation you've sent and in what basis have you applied (EEA exercising Treaty Rights as worker, self-sufficient, etc.)?

Cheers.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by aad682 » Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:07 pm

for employment ,(1) pay slipes. (2) p60 and p45(3)letter from employer , FOR SELF EMPLOYED(1)tax return form (2)se302 form requested to tax office (ltax history and n.i history)(3)letter from customers. (4) invoices(5)N.I class2 paid recipetes. (5)accountantes letteres . FOR STUDENT.(1)college diplom. (2)froof of fundes like bank statement. (3)letter from college. (no comprehensive sickness insurance required for student if registered before june 2012)/, EXERCISEING TREATY RIGHTES FROM 2008 T0 2010 two year student . FROM 2010 TO 2011one year self employed AND 2010 T0 2013 two years employment. wishes u good luck

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by Hubba » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:14 am

aad682 wrote:for employment ,(1) pay slipes. (2) p60 and p45(3)letter from employer , FOR SELF EMPLOYED(1)tax return form (2)se302 form requested to tax office (ltax history and n.i history)(3)letter from customers. (4) invoices(5)N.I class2 paid recipetes. (5)accountantes letteres . FOR STUDENT.(1)college diplom. (2)froof of fundes like bank statement. (3)letter from college. (no comprehensive sickness insurance required for student if registered before june 2012)/, EXERCISEING TREATY RIGHTES FROM 2008 T0 2010 two year student . FROM 2010 TO 2011one year self employed AND 2010 T0 2013 two years employment. wishes u good luck
Thanks for the feedback, mate.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by askmeplz82 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:10 pm

s_safdar wrote:@Irfan: I am happy married :)

@Kashif: They just asked from him by showing my picture that, does this person lives here and he confirmed that. They also took my neighbour's details as well.

Strange ! you been married for 5 years and still they want to meet you. What was it for. This is a very rare case
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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by kristine015 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:32 pm

Thought I'd share a bit of my current situation

2003 came in UK Northen Ireland as a family member of an EEA via my step dad
2007 got EEA2 Residence permit valid April 2012
2010 applied for British Citizenship. Someone from UKBA on the phone adviced me that I automatically qualify to apply for BC and didn't need ILR or PR.
2010 june/July application for BRitish citizen denied due to a driving conviction in 2008 (no insurance/out of my control as it was cancelled by my step dad without my knowledge)
2010. Parents divorced and separated.
2011 lost my passport with RC attached to it.
2012. March Received new passport.
April Got married to my 1 and half year relationship boyfriend.
April Visa expired.
August. applied EEA4 and put my husbands name as sponsor. Ukba wrote back asking for my original sponsor which is my step dad. Or re apply using my husband as spouse. (Couldn't get documents from step dad due to the fact tat he left uk and now divorced to my mum.

2013 February. Capita got in contact with me stating I no longer have the right to live in the UK. At this point I just gave birth to my baby 2 weeks before they contacted me.
2013 July sent application eea4
August got all documents back. No fee included.
6th august sent all documents with fee
28th agust COA received with work.
2014 25th february. 6 months past. Rung them today to see about any progress, woman on the phone very helpful. Said the case is still on going process and will take another month or two. If still haven't heard from them to ring back again.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by AJ2014 » Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:37 pm

Good Afternoon

Can anyone please clarify what is what is the difference between Acknowledgement letter and COA?I have applied for EEA4 on 10/02/2014 and received a letter 12/02/2014.
Anyone who recently received PR can confirm what ref number they had on their letter.
Thanks

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by chaoclive » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:03 pm

@Kristine015

If your husband is an Irish citizen, don't forget that you will be eligible for Irish citizenship after living in Northern Ireland for 3 years as the spouse of an Irish citizen. (This works even if your husband also have another citizenship)

Have a look at this: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP11000014

All the best!
C

(PS: If your husband isn't Irish this doesn't work)

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by kristine015 » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:18 pm

chaoclive wrote:@Kristine015

If your husband is an Irish citizen, don't forget that you will be eligible for Irish citizenship after living in Northern Ireland for 3 years as the spouse of an Irish citizen. (This works even if your husband also have another citizenship)

Have a look at this: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP11000014

All the best!
C

(PS: If your husband isn't Irish this doesn't work)
Hi chaoclive, thank you for your reply. My husband is indeed Irish national. I am also aware that i can apply to become irish citizen after 3 yrs marriage. However i still need a form of visa to show them i have the right to reside here with my husband. If in worst scenario i got denied for eea4 PR for not putting my original sponsor and using my husband i can always re-apply using eea2 form to obtain another 5 yr residency card this time my hubby can be the sponsor. The only downside is i will be give. 5 yrs RC instead of 10yrs PR But by 2015 april i can apply for irish citizenship. So hooray ;)

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by kristine015 » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:27 pm

AJ2014 wrote:Good Afternoon

Can anyone please clarify what is what is the difference between Acknowledgement letter and COA?I have applied for EEA4 on 10/02/2014 and received a letter 12/02/2014.
Anyone who recently received PR can confirm what ref number they had on their letter.
Thanks

Hi AJ2014,

Letter of acknowledgement is a form of letter to inform you that the UKBA Home Office have received your application.
Certificate Of Application comes a week or two later after you have sent your application. It is a letter that states wether you can work or not whilst they are on the process of making decisions your application. If your COA states that "you are permitted to accept offers of employment in the united kingdom, or to continue in employment in the United Kingdom, whilst the application is under consideration"
You then have to submit and show this letter to your employer and keep the original copy.

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by AJ2014 » Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:25 am

Thank You For the clarification,I have not received COA on my EEA4 application yet so I guess it will be a while,Does HO deal with applications according to Ref numbers on Acknowledgement letter?

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Re: EEA4 fast processing times or wishful thinking

Post by kristine015 » Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:55 am

[quote="AJ2014"]Thank You For the clarification,I have not received COA on my EEA4 application yet so I guess it will be a while,Does HO deal with applications according to Ref numbers on Acknowledgement


Reference number and case ID is your own unique code. I'm guessing these references helps the border agency identify your case whilst dealing and making decision. It helps them identify WHEN you've applied, WHO you are and the current situation of your STATUS etc. they take notes and save your details on their system using this reference and case ID. But This are just my assumptions :-) hope that helps

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