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EEA2 reaching 6months and nothing
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:38 am
by devolai2012
Hello, am in need of urgent advice. My eea2 is hitting the 6month deadline in about a week. Rang HO a few days ago who said it's still being processed and no decision has been reached.
We applied as a married couple and wife is working, wife received EEA1 and i got COA a while back.
How should i proceed if i reach the 6month mark?
Many thanks
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:43 am
by Jambo
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:40 am
by Directive/2004/38/EC
Did you apply in one application along with your wife's registration?
I would personally ask for your passport and documents back from UKBA. If it is over three months since you submitted, they are supposed to make a decision right away.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:46 pm
by devolai2012
Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:Did you apply in one application along with your wife's registration?
I would personally ask for your passport and documents back from UKBA. If it is over three months since you submitted, they are supposed to make a decision right away.
Thanks for your reply.
We made the applications together in the same envelope. EEA1 and COA were received with in 4 weeks of application. In 7 days it will be exactly 6 months since we made the application. I called 2 days ago and was told that no decision has been reached.
My concern is what happens if nothing happens within 7days. Stress on my family, might lose my job...list is endless.
Any advice will be very much appreciated.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:27 pm
by EUsmileWEallsmile
Complain and ask for priority.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:16 am
by Directive/2004/38/EC
I agree.
Ask for priority processing immediately. Explain that you need the RC in order to retain your job. Be very clear that they MUST process it within 6 months and no later.
Complain also to your MP.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:13 am
by Jambo
If a EEA1 was issued after 4 weeks, then I really don't see any reason for it to take so long. They just need to validate your identity and your marriage. Nothing else.
As advised, ask for your passport back. That should trigger handling of your application in case it just sits on someone's desk.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:08 pm
by tracycareless
We too will have reached the six month mark on the 13th April..When i called them a few days ago they said that no decision had been made and that she could see I had been emailing and that I should email again. They seem to be working on a different day different choice of response attitude. They do not seem to care that they are processing peoples lives and that they are causing unnecessary stress to many families out there.