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noodles, you were very lucky. i applied for my coa on 23 of June 2010. and still waiting (28 September 2010) and absolutely no news. may i ask you what is eea4.noodles wrote:I just got my EEA4 COA on Friday 30th of July 2010, submitted since 11th of MAY 2010.
i meant certificate of approval.86ti wrote:Do the posters here actually realise that this thread was opened for a query regarding a Certificate of Approval and not Certificate of Application (for an application under EEA regulations)?
I've noticed some were talking about EEA cert of application which was a bit confusing but good information for my next step ... If I ever get to the next step.86ti wrote:Do the posters here actually realise that this thread was opened for a query regarding a Certificate of Approval and not Certificate of Application (for an application under EEA regulations)?
The scheme will be cancel at the end of this year or early next year anyway because of the court ruling which state its infringe human right, only God knows the logic scheme that will be put in place afterwards.UKgoodboy wrote:Does anyone know that what they do in the HO to issue the COA?
It is about 4 month now that we are waiting for the COA. However absolutely no news. We called them today and asked how come some people get their documents in 4 weeks (20 working days) and some like us would have to wait for more than 14 working weeks. Well now it is 6 working month.
The thing that he told us (he did not mention very clearly but you could easily assume the conclusion from his words) it seems that the procedure is based on the nationality of the foreign part. for example if you are American and want to marry a British citizen it takes less time. But for example if you are from middle eastern countries especially those ones that are always on top of the news (which I am from one of them) you will have to wait longer. If this is the case, this would mean discriminating some applicants to the others.
Can anyone support me with information in this regards. If this is the case, I will start thinking about running a legal case against the HO. Please reply directly to the message or PM me.
I applied for mine 30th of June and still waiting.and i was checking on guidance that processing time 20-180 working days which used to be 20-70 days which means if u ring them they can still say its pending..whats the point applying for COA if home office wont allow you to get marrid in time and you may risk runnig out of your leave to remain.my advise to every one who is still waiting for COA if they agree take HO to court on this matterBrown212 wrote:The scheme will be cancel at the end of this year or early next year anyway because of the court ruling which state its infringe human right, only God knows the logic scheme that will be put in place afterwards.UKgoodboy wrote:Does anyone know that what they do in the HO to issue the COA?
It is about 4 month now that we are waiting for the COA. However absolutely no news. We called them today and asked how come some people get their documents in 4 weeks (20 working days) and some like us would have to wait for more than 14 working weeks. Well now it is 6 working month.
The thing that he told us (he did not mention very clearly but you could easily assume the conclusion from his words) it seems that the procedure is based on the nationality of the foreign part. for example if you are American and want to marry a British citizen it takes less time. But for example if you are from middle eastern countries especially those ones that are always on top of the news (which I am from one of them) you will have to wait longer. If this is the case, this would mean discriminating some applicants to the others.
Can anyone support me with information in this regards. If this is the case, I will start thinking about running a legal case against the HO. Please reply directly to the message or PM me.
Does anyone knw when this scheme gonna be abolished as its been 70 days since they annoucned it and bill has to be laid in parliament only for 60daysmastermind72 wrote:Regarding the replacement of the Certificate of Approval, I would not worry about it too much, for two main reasons:
1. Firstly, the abolishment of the Certificate of Approval seeks, via Remedial Action, to remove section 19(3) of the Immigration & Asylum Act of 2004, which says:
"The superintendent registrar shall not enter in the marriage notice book notice of a marriage to which this section applies unless satisfied, by the provision of specified evidence, that the party subject to immigration control—.
(a)has an entry clearance granted expressly for the purpose of enabling him to marry in the United Kingdom,.
(b)has the written permission of the Secretary of State to marry in the United Kingdom, or.
(c)falls within a class specified for the purpose of this paragraph by regulations made by the Secretary of State."
What this means is that, regardless of immigration status, you will be able to get married in the UK.
2. Secondly, after the announcement of the cuts in government spending in October, the Home Office and UKBA will be losing a large number of their staff, therefore will be unable to continue to support a scheme such as the Certificate of Approval (which incidentaly does not bring any money to the UKBA as it is free, so not much point in continuing).
Therefore for reasons 1 + 2 UKBA are compelled to stop the scheme and indeed not replace it with anything hindering marriage, as they have already been kicked in the butt by the House of Lords on this subject, so I think it is highly unlikely that we see any replacement.
Ive never thought about it. It would be great if i actually could do that. But we've sent all the bills and stuff to HO for COA. Shall i request them back? Or can I send the second application as an additional to the previous one? (Sorry, I really have no idea how its done ) Can I still do it even if my previous visa has already expired and I don't have a valid one any longer?mastermind72 wrote:I know it is not much help now, but why didn't you put an application for EEA2 as "durable relationship" at the same time when you sent the COA application?
Since you appear to have strong supporting documents that your relationship is genuine, you would have waited 6 months and would have gotten the 5 year permit.