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[alex1128]

Hello everyone
The wait is finally over. I have received a letter from HO that my RC will be with me in 10 working days.
Applied 8th of June
COA 29th of June
Letter received yesterday.
I'll update as soon as I received the BRP. Thanks all for your help
Wishing everyone best of luck.

Congratulations Tim!!!
could you please tell us a bit more about your situation ?!

[DannyG15]

Hello everyone
The wait is finally over. I have received a letter from HO that my RC will be with me in 10 working days.
Applied 8th of June
COA 29th of June
Letter received yesterday.
I'll update as soon as I received the BRP. Thanks all for your help
Wishing everyone best of luck.

Congrats!
I'm August Applicants but insanely waiting and happy for June result. Becoz everyone of you getting RC means one step closer to me....

Congrats!

Also agree with Nina! I'm August too

[punkurz]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if someone here can help. I am an EU citizen, my husband is American. We have sent in his application in early October and he has sent in his Biometrics already. We are waiting on the COA. Some family matters have come up in the US and he needs to go back but when I was filling the forms to receive his passport back it said that by requesting the passport he acknowledges that if he travels with the document outside of the UK he may not be allowed back in. When I called the HO they told me to call the airport he will be coming through on his way back and ask border control, which is pretty impossible as border control is not easily contacted.

Have any of you traveled outside of the UK while waiting for your application to process? Will he not be allowed back to the UK?

[juneapp]

Hello everyone
The wait is finally over. I have received a letter from HO that my RC will be with me in 10 working days.
Applied 8th of June
COA 29th of June
Letter received yesterday.
I'll update as soon as I received the BRP. Thanks all for your help
Wishing everyone best of luck.

Oh Congratulations.
Thanks for sharing the update.

[Mandazi]

[qe people waiting from Jan/Dec[/quote]

Hello Mandazi, can you specify what kind of European body are you looking for. Solveit is widely used here. Their primary function to defend European rights in another European coountries. Have you tried to contact Home Office? 11 months is way to long.[/quote]

Thanks for responding. I used a lawyer. They keep saying its under process when he calls. I don't know what solveit is. How do I get in touch with them? I was given a second coa after the first one run out but that was just about it[/quote]

In my personal opinion, legal assistance in this case is a bit excessive, unless Home Office ignores your calls and inquires. But I have never had any problems with that. So I would recommend call yourself.
Check this Home Office numbers:
03001232253 (most widely used)
08450102500
087006067766
01516725626
And here is solvit website: http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm
It is quiet clear once you go there, you just need to submit an inquiry.
Good Luck and let me know how it is going. As I said legal assitance could be unnecessary, since, as I understood, you didnt have any problems, well apart from outrageous delay. Call yourself[/quote]

Thanks, I called and they said they'll call back before Friday but I'm really scared now. I hope it's not bad news. Thank you so much for your help! I will keep you posted.

[Mandazi]

[quote="Mand from Jan/Dec

Hello Mandazi, can you specify what kind of European body are you looking for. Solveit is widely used here. Their primary function to defend Hi, sorry I can't. In out of town contact Home Office? 11 months is way to long.[/quote]

Thanks for responding. I used a lawyer. They keep saying its under process when he calls. I don't know what solveit is. How do I get in touch with them? I was given a second coa after the first one run out but that was just about it[/quote]

omggg 11 month its really too long have call them yourself?dont trust your lawyer 100% or if not you need to be there when they make the call and how did you get second coa?the eea2 max time is 6 month![/quote]

My employer gave the email as the previous one had expired over a month. It was delivered within 2 days after application. I had asked my lawyer & he kept saying he hadn't got it in over 1.5 months so maybe they never asked for it so I'm paying them for nothing!

[Nina Roche]

Congrats!

Also agree with Nina! I'm August too

I'm right behind you. Now you have been watched...

[deeop]

Good news..i have received my biometric residence card today..it was dated 31st october 2015. i have been through a hell for the past 5 months. i applied on 08/06/2015. the nightmare and the sleepless night is over now. i wish all applicants waiting for theie BRP the best of luck and to my fellow june applicants i am wishing all of you a successful month. billy s i am with you and God will see you through.

[alex1128]

Good news..i have received my biometric residence card today..it was dated 31st october 2015. i have been through a hell for the past 5 months. i applied on 08/06/2015. the nightmare and the sleepless night is over now. i wish all applicants waiting for theie BRP the best of luck and to my fellow june applicants i am wishing all of you a successful month. billy s i am with you and God will see you through.

Congratulations deoop !!
Feels so hood to see things moving.
Could you pls tell us a bit more about your case ?

[diyou83]

Hey I am not June ( I applied 2nd of July) but I just want to put June list into order for easier tracking. If anyone has july list please don't hesitate to share

June Applicants : ordered by date of application
Billy.s1 ~~~~ 01/06/2015
Londonboy333 ~~~~ 01/06/2015
aepbb ~~~~ 05/06/2015
dropbox ~~~~ --/06/2015
deeop ~~~~ 08/06/2015
MarcoGvantsa ~~~~ 09/06/2015
Jpa ~~~~11/06/2015
leandro ~~~~12/06/2015
Nightwolf ~~~~15/06/2015
diyou83 ~~~~ 17/06/2015
Juneapp ~~~~ 17/06/2015
Fokus ~~~~ 19/06/2015
Kostyra ~~~~ 22/06/2015
miu912 ~~~~ 23/06/2015
Maya2015 ~~~~24/06/2015
bvc1989 ~~~~ 24/06/2015
alex1128 ~~~ 25/06/2015



RECEIVED: ordered by receiving date
jane16 ~~~~ APL: 02/06/2015 REC: 28/10/2015
vannagola ~~~APL: 26/06/2015 REC: 29/10/2015
tim93 ~~~~ APL 08/06/2015 APR LTR 03/11/2015

thank you cihangir that was very nice of you

[diyou83]

June Applicants :
Billy.s1 ~~~~ 01/06/2015
Londonboy333 ~~~~ 01/06/2015
aepbb ~~~~ 05/06/2015
dropbox ~~~~ --/06/2015
deeop ~~~~ 08/06/2015
MarcoGvantsa ~~~~ 09/06/2015
Jpa ~~~~11/06/2015
leandro ~~~~12/06/2015
Nightwolf ~~~~15/06/2015
diyou83 ~~~~ 17/06/2015
Juneapp ~~~~ 17/06/2015
Fokus ~~~~ 19/06/2015
Kostyra ~~~~ 22/06/2015
miu912 ~~~~ 23/06/2015
Maya2015 ~~~~24/06/2015
bvc1989 ~~~~ 24/06/2015
alex1128 ~~~ 25/06/2015



RECEIVED: ordered by receiving date
jane16 ~~~~ APL: 02/06/2015 REC: 28/10/2015
vannagola ~~~APL: 26/06/2015 REC: 29/10/2015
tim93 ~~~~ APL 08/06/2015 APR LTR 03/11/2015
deeop ~~~ APL 08/06/2015 REC 04/11/2015

[diyou83]

[quote="Mand from Jan/Dec

My employer gave the email as the previous one had expired over a month. It was delivered within 2 days after application. I had asked my lawyer & he kept saying he hadn't got it in over 1.5 months so maybe they never asked for it so I'm paying them for nothing!

many lawyer/solicitor is waste of money i didnt mean all.i hope you hear something before friday let us know

[tommy16013]

Hello everyone,
I am EU national and my girfriend is non EU national currently living in London togheter for more than 2 years after i have been relocated from my previous work,
I do work and she finished her Master here in UK few months ago.

Her timeline is:
Application sent on 5/09
Biometric 18/9
Certificate of Apllication 30/10
Residence Card Pending

Now we are in a weird situation:
We would like to change house but since she is waiting her Residence Card, her checks for renting are automatically rejected. The Certificate of Apllication is not enough for letting agencies and as couple i also become automatically non elegible for rent.
Now this is quite funny, we cant leave the country because our passports are processing with all the documents and at the same time we cannot rent any proprety in London.
I don't know if anyone is in a similar situation but in my opinion this goes againt the basic Human rights. Let's pretend our current landlord kick us out the current property. That means for the British law that we can live without a house.

If anyone has any tips/lawyer experience please reply!

Thanks!

Tom

This is another part of the nightmare of the outrageous treatment dispensed to the EEA family members waiting for the residence card. There are not tenant's checks yet, except in the West Midlands. The tenant's right to rent will be verify from February 2016 by all landlords according to the xenophobic legislation of the actual government that is going to transform landlords in improvised immigration officers.

I am at the same situation. I suggest you to try to stay where you are, they can't ask you to leave the flat on the grounds of your EEA family member's lack of residence card. (In fact the residence card only confirms the previously acquired right but that is something they will not understand).

The Certificate of Application should be enough proof according to the same HO to allow you to rent a property, they will implement a telephone number where the landlords or letting agencies will be able to verify the tenant's right to rent, but from February 2016 as I've said before. They must not reject you because if would be "unlawful discrimination" when conducting right to rent check.

They alternatives you've got are

1) To write to the Home Office asking them if the CoA is enough for your couple to rent a flat, try to do so by normal mail so they can send you a formal letter (this is difficult because the answer will take time and possibly they won't answer). The letter will be your support in case of unlawful discrimination from letting agencies or landlords, because HO will explain that she's got the right to rent while she's awaiting the residence card.
2) Send an email to HO public enquiry, (will take 20 days to answer and sometimes they won't answer), the email will explain the validity of the CoA in order to rent property.
3) Tell the prospective landlord or letting agency to request a right to rent check through the eform from the HO:

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

HO will answer with a yes or no about the right to rent. Using the Case ID or Reference Number would be enough to verify the CoA and to state that she can or not rent.

Here you can find more information about this matter:

https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/righ ... in-england
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... f-practice

I hope this helps you.

Best Regards,

James

Dear James,

Sure it does! Thanks so much for your detailed reply, hope this converstation will be helpful to everyone that is in the same awful situation!
Yes, we can stay in our current proprety at the moment, but what if we get an eviction notice before February 2016? The law is completly unreasonable, and we will be unable to do anything without passport and right to rent.
We called the HO and they sent us a copy of the Certificate of Aplication but all the estate angencies refuse to rent us a place without her Residence Card. The Certificate of Application is not a valid document for them.
We also called Shelter.org.uk (an helpline) which helped us to understand what was going on. They confirmed that unfortunately we have no right to rent since my partner has no valid documents.
In conclusion for the british law if you are non EU partner of EU citizen, waiting for the Residence card you can't leave, but you can stay, but you can't rent anything (for 6 months).
Is that makes any sense?

Thanks again James!

Tom

[billy.s1]

Good news..i have received my biometric residence card today..it was dated 31st october 2015. i have been through a hell for the past 5 months. i applied on 08/06/2015. the nightmare and the sleepless night is over now. i wish all applicants waiting for theie BRP the best of luck and to my fellow june applicants i am wishing all of you a successful month. billy s i am with you and God will see you through.

congrats man..!!! i hope they gonna issue me Rc aswell ..

[billy.s1]

is there anyone else who received Questionnaire??

[fasi2530]

Hi all

I have one question my wife got job now I got letter from company and her name is registered with HMRc now. should I wait for pay slips as it will come in the end of this month or I can apply with the business job letter which shows that my wife is on job now. please do advice me waiting for your quick reply,

many thanks in advance.

regards

[bvc1989]

is there anyone else who received Questionnaire??

No, billy.s1
But have you applied for a Family Permit before the Residence Card or is this your first application?

I'm asking because we had to prove our relationship/marriage when we applied for the Family Permit, still in our home country. An agent called my husband (he's non-EEA) and asked some questions about us.
Maybe that's why we have not received any questionnaire so far... But let's see. We'll relax only when the RC arrives!

Good luck!

[alex1128]

Hi all

I have one question my wife got job now I got letter from company and her name is registered with HMRc now. should I wait for pay slips as it will come in the end of this month or I can apply with the business job letter which shows that my wife is on job now. please do advice me waiting for your quick reply,

many thanks in advance.

regards

Hello Faisal ,
if you have a look at the application form for EEA FM you will notice that they ask for the last 3 months payslips... so what we did was wait until we had 3 months payslips before sending the application.

[billy.s1]

is there anyone else who received Questionnaire??

No, billy.s1
But have you applied for a Family Permit before the Residence Card or is this your first application?

I'm asking because we had to prove our relationship/marriage when we applied for the Family Permit, still in our home country. An agent called my husband (he's non-EEA) and asked some questions about us.
Maybe that's why we have not received any questionnaire so far... But let's see. We'll relax only when the RC arrives!

Good luck!

No this is my first Application. Actually the evidence they asked for is already with them.

[bvc1989]

is there anyone else who received Questionnaire??

No, billy.s1
But have you applied for a Family Permit before the Residence Card or is this your first application?

I'm asking because we had to prove our relationship/marriage when we applied for the Family Permit, still in our home country. An agent called my husband (he's non-EEA) and asked some questions about us.
Maybe that's why we have not received any questionnaire so far... But let's see. We'll relax only when the RC arrives!

Good luck!

No this is my first Application. Actually the evidence they asked for is already with them.

That's weird. If they already know/have everything, why do they have to complicate?
Anyway... let's hope for the best.

[r_reid1988]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if someone here can help. I am an EU citizen, my husband is American. We have sent in his application in early October and he has sent in his Biometrics already. We are waiting on the COA. Some family matters have come up in the US and he needs to go back but when I was filling the forms to receive his passport back it said that by requesting the passport he acknowledges that if he travels with the document outside of the UK he may not be allowed back in. When I called the HO they told me to call the airport he will be coming through on his way back and ask border control, which is pretty impossible as border control is not easily contacted.

Have any of you traveled outside of the UK while waiting for your application to process? Will he not be allowed back to the UK?

I am literally in the same situation, my American husband and I (EEA) are going to a wedding and spending thanks giving with his family in New Jersey. Although we go back there every year, his wait for RC has about 1 more month left, and his student visa of 6 years ended 5 days ago, so he is in limbo with travel at the moment. However we looked at other stories of this and a lot of people said they just took every possible evidence documents, proof of application, of living in the UK, marriage certificates etc etc, and when they went up to passport control, they handed over all the documents and explained their situation and they were ok.
Gonna take our chances!

Best of luck!

Robert

[paggy86]

is there anyone else who received Questionnaire??

Billion.s1 I got a questionnaire two weeks ago,submitted already still waiting to hear back, I hope I don't get called in for interview again as I have been last year for my first application.

Anyone received RC after questionnaire?? It would be nice to know.

[Tim93]

Hi guys
I have just received my RC today
Full timeline
Applied 8th of June
COA dated 29 of June
Requested passports and ID's back 3th July
Got it on the 14th of June
Updated Address 18th of July
RC received on the 5th of November but dated 31 of October

[atshalarindala]

Hello freinds any news from august applicants . I have a question wish someone can reply please i have my CoA w/OW YESTERDAY my wife stopped working cause she started her maternity leave shall we inform the home office and does this lead aitomaticly to refusey RC cause my wife stopped exercising treaty rights . My wife is hungarian .thanks

[Mralondon]

Application sent: 04.06
Payment deducted: 15.06
Received acknoledgement: 18.06
Enrolled Biometrics: 26.06
COA w/right to work: 03.07


Good Morning all , i send application for my wife on 04/06 i'm EEA national and also British National married with 2 kids with he both kids also British National , when i send he visa i was recently naturalized and did't have applied for passport as i was waiting for my kids application come back with my Naturalization certificate ,also i did't requested my and hes passport back yet
my question is if not coming util 20.11 can i requested he passport back and travel with COA or i have to cancel the application and apply from he home country and this time use my British passport?