EEA2 Application Timelines - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate

[Mileman]

Some info from my application

EEA FM sent 10/6/15
Received by Home Office 11/6/15
Payment charge on account 15/6/15
Biometrics letter arrived 19/6/15 dated 17/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 22/6/15
Requested Passports 13/6/15
Got passports 20/6/15
COA waiting..

Still waiting for the COA, we will need both to travel at the end of the month, hope it gets here before that date.

Also, does anyone knows if changing the correspondence address temporarily affects anything? Can I also do it online as the request of the passport? How long till it gets updated? Thanks!

JPA, this may help:

https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outrea ... pdate.ofml

[aurora77]

EEA FM sent 4/7/15
Received by Home Office 7/7/15
Biometrics letter arrived 15/7/15 dated 10/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 18/7/15
COA waiting..

This is my 2nd attempt to apply for EEA Residence Card becuase the first time I sent one on 29/4/15, the Charging department didn't indicate my payment in the system so the caseworker cancelled my application by mistake. I sent a complaint letter which got them to investigate what went wrong and email me an apology, so now I'm starting all over again.

Sorry to hear that, this is just taking too long....
Where did you send the letter to? Liverpool? Did you address to the same person who wrote the biometrics letter?

Hi lyztge! First one I sent through email using the website gov.uk complaint form and the second one was addressed to the caseworker at Liverpool who handled my first application.

I can see we have almost the same timeline. Hopefully we can get our COA next week..

[kristo]

Hi mates,

I have been following all the updates in this forum (One Big Family) for a long time, it has been interesting and helpful.

Application date : 17/07/2015
Received HO (Durham) : 20/07/2015
Biometrics : Pending
COA : Pending
RC : pending

Any july applicants with updates from HO?

[Cihangir]

Some info from my application

EEA FM sent 10/6/15
Received by Home Office 11/6/15
Payment charge on account 15/6/15
Biometrics letter arrived 19/6/15 dated 17/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 22/6/15
Requested Passports 13/6/15
Got passports 20/6/15
COA waiting..

Still waiting for the COA, we will need both to travel at the end of the month, hope it gets here before that date.

Also, does anyone knows if changing the correspondence address temporarily affects anything? Can I also do it online as the request of the passport? How long till it gets updated? Thanks!

So you request your passport before your biometric, even before money had taken. Have you request your partner's passport only or both.

My wife and I apply same time (me for EEA FM, her for EEA QP) we request passport individually. Her passport backed. We are still waiting for mine and no COA yet.

[lyztge]

EEA FM sent 4/7/15
Received by Home Office 7/7/15
Biometrics letter arrived 15/7/15 dated 10/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 18/7/15
COA waiting..

This is my 2nd attempt to apply for EEA Residence Card becuase the first time I sent one on 29/4/15, the Charging department didn't indicate my payment in the system so the caseworker cancelled my application by mistake. I sent a complaint letter which got them to investigate what went wrong and email me an apology, so now I'm starting all over again.

Sorry to hear that, this is just taking too long....
Where did you send the letter to? Liverpool? Did you address to the same person who wrote the biometrics letter?

Hi lyztge! First one I sent through email using the website gov.uk complaint form and the second one was addressed to the caseworker at Liverpool who handled my first application.

I can see we have almost the same timeline. Hopefully we can get our COA next week..

Thanks for your reply!
Yes, I indeed very much hope to receive the COA next week.......

[lyztge]

Some info from my application

EEA FM sent 10/6/15
Received by Home Office 11/6/15
Payment charge on account 15/6/15
Biometrics letter arrived 19/6/15 dated 17/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 22/6/15
Requested Passports 13/6/15
Got passports 20/6/15
COA waiting..

Still waiting for the COA, we will need both to travel at the end of the month, hope it gets here before that date.

Also, does anyone knows if changing the correspondence address temporarily affects anything? Can I also do it online as the request of the passport? How long till it gets updated? Thanks!

So you request your passport before your biometric, even before money had taken. Have you request your partner's passport only or both.

My wife and I apply same time (me for EEA FM, her for EEA QP) we request passport individually. Her passport backed. We are still waiting for mine and no COA yet.

I think many EEA citizens can have an ID card in addition to their Passport. We also applied EEA QP at premier service.

[Cihangir]

Some info from my application

EEA FM sent 10/6/15
Received by Home Office 11/6/15
Payment charge on account 15/6/15
Biometrics letter arrived 19/6/15 dated 17/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 22/6/15
Requested Passports 13/6/15
Got passports 20/6/15
COA waiting..

Still waiting for the COA, we will need both to travel at the end of the month, hope it gets here before that date.

Also, does anyone knows if changing the correspondence address temporarily affects anything? Can I also do it online as the request of the passport? How long till it gets updated? Thanks!

So you request your passport before your biometric, even before money had taken. Have you request your partner's passport only or both.

My wife and I apply same time (me for EEA FM, her for EEA QP) we request passport individually. Her passport backed. We are still waiting for mine and no COA yet.

I think many EEA citizens can have an ID card in addition to their Passport. We also applied EEA QP at premier service.

Do you mean applying QP and FM together in premier service? Is it possible? than how long does it take to get RC?

[sweet snowhite]

Info about my application:
Sent 10th July
Received in HO 13th July
Payment taken 14th July
Biometric letter dated 17th July (Received 20th)
Biometric completed: 23rd July

The rest pending -
X

[Iyk13]

I am so happy to say I finally received my RC and passport today. It's amazing because I was planning to request my passport back today. the process took almost 5 months

Here's my timeline:

- 25/02/2015 EEA FM Application's sent
- 26/02/2015 Application arrived
- 05/03/2015 Letter of Acknolwgement received
- 05/03/2015 Payment taken from account
- 05/03/2015 Email received with case ID

-24/07/2015 5 years RC received and documents returned

[lyztge]

I think many EEA citizens can have an ID card in addition to their Passport. We also applied EEA QP at premier service.[/quote]

Do you mean applying QP and FM together in premier service? Is it possible? than how long does it take to get RC?[/quote]

No, only QP can use premier service. There is no way to get RC issued earlier, so we all just have to wait

[Mileman]

I am so happy to say I finally received my RC and passport today. It's amazing because I was planning to request my passport back today. the process took almost 5 months

Here's my timeline:

- 25/02/2015 EEA FM Application's sent
- 26/02/2015 Application arrived
- 05/03/2015 Letter of Acknolwgement received
- 05/03/2015 Payment taken from account
- 05/03/2015 Email received with case ID

-24/07/2015 5 years RC received and documents returned

Well, at least we know they are still breathing over there!!

Great news, congrats and thanks for sharing!

[alex1128]

I am so happy to say I finally received my RC and passport today. It's amazing because I was planning to request my passport back today. the process took almost 5 months

Here's my timeline:

- 25/02/2015 EEA FM Application's sent
- 26/02/2015 Application arrived
- 05/03/2015 Letter of Acknolwgement received
- 05/03/2015 Payment taken from account
- 05/03/2015 Email received with case ID

-24/07/2015 5 years RC received and documents returned

Congratulations lyk13 !!
Could you share a littlr bit more infos about your case ? Date of marriage nationalities paperwork submitted ?

[Iyk13]

I am so happy to say I finally received my RC and passport today. It's amazing because I was planning to request my passport back today. the process took almost 5 months

Here's my timeline:

- 25/02/2015 EEA FM Application's sent
- 26/02/2015 Application arrived
- 05/03/2015 Letter of Acknolwgement received
- 05/03/2015 Payment taken from account
- 05/03/2015 Email received with case ID

-24/07/2015 5 years RC received and documents returned

Congratulations lyk13 !!
Could you share a littlr bit more infos about your case ? Date of marriage nationalities paperwork submitted ?

sure, we got married in april 2014, I'm lebanese and my partner is spanish, i got a EEA FP visa before moving to the UK, my partner has a permanent residency in the uk and been employed with the same company for over 10 years, so exercising treaty right was east to proof, i sent them p60s of the past 5 years, company letter, utility bills with his name and address on, loads of photos, calls logs, Facebook messages with dates clearly shown etc..

when i sent the documents i put them in a folder and everything was very organised and well marked. very straight forward.

good luck everyone

[RC022015]

Congrats Iyk13!!

[rivette]

Hi everyone, I've been a silent reader for sometime now and wanted to update my status as I've just received my RC today.

Application sent: February 20
COA: dated February 26
RC received: July 25 (dated July 6 for some reason - I guess this accounts for the delays in past few weeks)

As you can see it took exactly 5 months. I applied as unmarried partner of EEA national and included the usual documents (tenancy agreements, utility bills, employment records). I still have a ton of questions about EEA regulations (voting and tourism, for example) but will ask those under relevant topics.

I wish everyone the best of luck with applications - the wait is horrible and I've had to let go of a variety of opportunities in the meantime, but I'm sure you will all get there. There clearly was a delay in processing applications in recent weeks and I still wonder what has caused the HO to issue the RC but have it delivered (with registered mail, mind you) three weeks later.

[svalavil]

Hi any updates from last year october, november, december applicants ( vinb5,addyjan,sheikh785,nissy) its almost 4 months now after interview and total 9 months after application. no idea why getting delayed like this.

[Mileman]

Hi everyone, I've been a silent reader for sometime now and wanted to update my status as I've just received my RC today.

Application sent: February 20
COA: dated February 26
RC received: July 25 (dated July 6 for some reason - I guess this accounts for the delays in past few weeks)

As you can see it took exactly 5 months. I applied as unmarried partner of EEA national and included the usual documents (tenancy agreements, utility bills, employment records). I still have a ton of questions about EEA regulations (voting and tourism, for example) but will ask those under relevant topics.

I wish everyone the best of luck with applications - the wait is horrible and I've had to let go of a variety of opportunities in the meantime, but I'm sure you will all get there. There clearly was a delay in processing applications in recent weeks and I still wonder what has caused the HO to issue the RC but have it delivered (with registered mail, mind you) three weeks later.

great news rivette, thanks for posting!!

[alex1128]

Hi everyone, I've been a silent reader for sometime now and wanted to update my status as I've just received my RC today.

Application sent: February 20
COA: dated February 26
RC received: July 25 (dated July 6 for some reason - I guess this accounts for the delays in past few weeks)

As you can see it took exactly 5 months. I applied as unmarried partner of EEA national and included the usual documents (tenancy agreements, utility bills, employment records). I still have a ton of questions about EEA regulations (voting and tourism, for example) but will ask those under relevant topics.

I wish everyone the best of luck with applications - the wait is horrible and I've had to let go of a variety of opportunities in the meantime, but I'm sure you will all get there. There clearly was a delay in processing applications in recent weeks and I still wonder what has caused the HO to issue the RC but have it delivered (with registered mail, mind you) three weeks later.

Congratulations rivette !!
Best of luck for the rest .

By the way guys did you notice that they have changed the 137 pages application form again ?
Eea fm :https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sourc ... sYbyb35Kzw

[bashyboy144]

EEA FM sent 4/7/15
Received by Home Office 7/7/15
Biometrics letter arrived 15/7/15 dated 10/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 18/7/15
COA waiting..

This is my 2nd attempt to apply for EEA Residence Card becuase the first time I sent one on 29/4/15, the Charging department didn't indicate my payment in the system so the caseworker cancelled my application by mistake. I sent a complaint letter which got them to investigate what went wrong and email me an apology, so now I'm starting all over again.

Hi aurora77 , when you applied 2nd time did u use the new forms ? As there is a new form again in 07/2015 .. I hope you used the 2nd new forms this time ?

[Cihangir]

By the way guys did you notice that they have changed the 137 pages application form again ?
Eea fm :https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sourc ... sYbyb35Kzw

in new form, supporting documents pages are removed, a blank list for "other documents" added instead.

[Mileman]

It seems there have been some further changes...there is something called a decision letter apparently sent before the residence card is issued, and at NO point is there mention of how long it will take to be issued, or at least I did not find that.

[raf7]

Hello Mileman!! Have you received that letter?

[Mileman]

Hello Mileman!! Have you received that letter?

No, I guess it will only be issued to those applying with these form that was introduced apparently on 20.7.

I am having a bit of a hard time keeping up I guess...I applied after 31.1, this is when the form went from 60 to 190 pages or something...but then if you applied before some day in april you dont have to do biometrics...now you do biometrics but the form was scaled down again.

I´m sure the HO has a thorough process when it comes to which stages to follow depending on the version of the application that was used.

ONE thing to consider though is, someone yesterday posted that their RC was delivered on 25.7 but was dated 6.7...maybe there are some others on the way that have their shipping delayed...I keep on looking at my tracking number and all I see is "PLEASE COME BACK LATER"

[raf7]

Ok.. Mate thanks for the info.

Yes I had same thoughts after looking at the guys timeline who received rc yesterday. I think it's still 4.5 months time span. Just the delay in posting the rc is making it 5 months. Might be its just people responsible for sending the post are on holidays . lol. I applied on 19th March..expecting it to be processed this week and posted to me after a month.haha

[aurora77]

EEA FM sent 4/7/15
Received by Home Office 7/7/15
Biometrics letter arrived 15/7/15 dated 10/7/15
Biometrics enrolled 18/7/15
COA waiting..

This is my 2nd attempt to apply for EEA Residence Card becuase the first time I sent one on 29/4/15, the Charging department didn't indicate my payment in the system so the caseworker cancelled my application by mistake. I sent a complaint letter which got them to investigate what went wrong and email me an apology, so now I'm starting all over again.

Hi aurora77 , when you applied 2nd time did u use the new forms ? As there is a new form again in 07/2015 .. I hope you used the 2nd new forms this time ?

Hello bashyboy144, nice hear from you again. I used the 4/2015 form because I sent my application before they changed it last July 20. I've done my biometrics already, so I'm just waiting for my COA. How long did it take for your COA to arrive?