Permanent Residence Card - Processing Time 2017

[Samelamin]

Hi Everyone!

I have some good news finally! My RC arrived today. Its just under 7 month wait but the wait is finally over!


Its strange that the card arrived before my passport but we expect the other documents to arrive over the next few days.

Such a massive relief! This form has been a tremendous help, both emotionally and physically

For those still waiting, the flood of applications because of brexit has caused timelines to go longer than the stated 6 months. Dont worry and please be patient your time will come

[peter_pedro]

I am shocked how long is taking for some ppl, I thought I would post my timeline to give others some confidence that may not take too long. I am from EU and have been living in the country since 2003, my case was straight forward and I sent the simplified form but I did attach very thorough documentation, including a reference letter from my accountant.

Application form sent 17 Jan 2017
Payment taken on 20 Jan 2017
PR received on the 15th Feb 2017 (letter signed 08 Feb 2017)

[Jpthecanadian]

Hi
Applied for eea4 permanent residence early november 2016, it tooks exactly 6 month and 1 week to get the card.
Good luck

[azdino7]

Permanent Residence Card - Processing Time 2017

I am NON EU and here is my timeline:

Application Sent: 28 March 2017
Application Received: 29 March 2017
Payment taken: Postal order
Confirmation email by HO: 23/05/2017
Bio-metric Letter : 23/05/2017
Bio-metric done : 24/05/2017
COA : waiting ???
PR : waiting ???

[olea]

Thank you twgal. I've applied online as a Romanian citizen and already have the blue card. My timeline has not changed, but I've copied and pasted here again:

Application submitted and paid - 05/01/2017
Email confirmation with case ID received - 06/01/2017
Documents posted - 06/01/2017 (Friday)
Documents received - 09/01/2017 (Monday)

I really hope your theory holds up!

Did you received your PR? Did you apply for you PR providing 5 years worth of documents as an employee or student as well?

[eeapr2017]

Hi all, want to share my timeline. we are approaching 7 months and still no decision on our Permanent Residence application. I have contacted them twice in last few weeks; it seems the telephony desk has no update, they keep telling me that it's under process and they have not been given any other information from the other department. What a waste of resource and money that HO hiring people to tell you the obvious and nothing more than that.

One EEA4 and two non-EEA family member

Applied on: 06 November 2016
Bio done: 03 December 2016
CoA with right to work: 14 December 2016
Decision Letter: Not Received
Passport requested: 05 may 2017
Passport received: 19 May 2017
decision: Waiting
PR Received: Waiting

Hi dear did you got any update on ur application as I also submitted in the month of November and em still waiting. Please do update here. Thanks

[fertere]

Hello everyone ,

I'd like help is there any NonEU who applied for PR on April ?
My application was sent through my lawyer still no reply..

[bilo]

Its taken 7 to 8 weeks for acknowledgment letter, be patience.

[Junaid83]

Hi .

me and my wife applied together.

My timeline is

application sent 07/12/2016

coa 16/01/2017

PR bio received for non eea by DX 25/05/2017 issue date 23/05/2017
documents and eea pr .....waiting

[DeeO]

Hello everyone ,

I'd like help is there any NonEU who applied for PR on April ?
My application was sent through my lawyer still no reply..

My application was received by the home office on 3rd April. Haven't received anything from them. No reply...nothing.

[Tosin2017]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

Timelines Update for Non EU &EU PARTNER PR Application
Living together application  (never married)

Application sent 2/03/17
Application receive 3/03/17
Money deducted 07/03/17
Biometric letter received 12/04/17 (6 weeks)
Biometric enrolment 12/04/17
COA with work allow received 20/04/17
PR received confirmation letter 26/5/2017
Card coming in 10 working days

All together 2 months 24 days Unbelievable I am full of joy
Wish you guys best of luck any advice ask I am ready to help

[Pete249]

Timelines Update for EU wife PR Application

Application sent: 15/03/17 (online form)
European Passport Return Service: 17/03/2017 (Camden Council. They offer a walk-in service on a first come first served basis Monday - Friday between 9.30am and 2.30pm, except 1st Thursday of the month 9.30am to 12 noon. Address is Camden Register Office, Town Hall, Judd Street, London, WC1H 9JE Tel. 020 7974 4444). We found the walk-in service extremely useful as most council around where we do not offer this and sometime it proves difficult to get an appointment within the stipulated 5 working days from online application. £20 fee paid on the day including special delivery to UKVI.

PR card, confirmation letter and all supporting docs received: 26/5/2017 (in return envelop provided by us). PR card and confirmation letter are dated 18 May 2017.

All in all it took together 2 months and 11 days from online application to receipt of PR card and supporting documents.
It is worth noting that my wife is from A2 and has been living in the UK since January 2011 as a student with CSI from August 2011 and worker from October 2012.

Best of luck to all those waiting for an outcome. Will be happy to help in any way I can given my little experience.

[khlid77]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

Timelines Update for Non EU &EU PARTNER PR Application
Living together application  (never married)

Application sent 2/03/17
Application receive 3/03/17
Money deducted 07/03/17
Biometric letter received 12/04/17 (6 weeks)
Biometric enrolment 12/04/17
COA with work allow received 20/04/17
PR received confirmation letter 26/5/2017
Card coming in 10 working days

All together 2 months 24 days Unbelievable I am full of joy
Wish you guys best of luck any advice ask I am ready to help

Congratulations

My application sent 09/03/17

Hopefully I will get good news soon

[Samelamin]

We got our documents today! all done and it is such a relief!

all in all it took just under 7 months!

Good luck with everyones applications here

[Mark_Renton]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

Timelines Update for Non EU &EU PARTNER PR Application
Living together application  (never married)

Application sent 2/03/17
Application receive 3/03/17
Money deducted 07/03/17
Biometric letter received 12/04/17 (6 weeks)
Biometric enrolment 12/04/17
COA with work allow received 20/04/17
PR received confirmation letter 26/5/2017
Card coming in 10 working days

All together 2 months 24 days Unbelievable I am full of joy
Wish you guys best of luck any advice ask I am ready to help

Hi Tosin2017,
Congrats on your application. I also applied for non EU & EU Partner PR together (unmarried) and your timeline seems incredibly quick!!! I applied early January and still waiting... How long have you been in the UK and did you apply online or by post? Regards,
MR

[Tosin2017]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

Timelines Update for Non EU &EU PARTNER PR Application
Living together application  (never married)

Application sent 2/03/17
Application receive 3/03/17
Money deducted 07/03/17
Biometric letter received 12/04/17 (6 weeks)
Biometric enrolment 12/04/17
COA with work allow received 20/04/17
PR received confirmation letter 26/5/2017
Card coming in 10 working days

All together 2 months 24 days Unbelievable I am full of joy
Wish you guys best of luck any advice ask I am ready to help

Hi Tosin2017,
Congrats on your application. I also applied for non EU & EU Partner PR together (unmarried) and your timeline seems incredibly quick!!! I applied early January and still waiting... How long have you been in the UK and did you apply online or by post? Regards,
MR

HI Mark,
I will be 10 years in UK by September and also my application was submitted by post I was also surprised how quick my decision was made as Non EU although I prepared for the submission for long my application was into details I think that what really help me

[sujawi]

Heya,

Ended up on this site due to the usual panic of when am I going to get my PR as a eea-national dependent after living in the UK for 5 years. As timing goes, I have a job offer that requires right to work, which I have through a eea family permit visa, but it expires in August 2017. To add a bit more complexity, I had to renew my passport, which I did with my married name, but didn't transfer the VISA since it would've taken 12 weeks & I was going for the PR anyways.

So far our timing is:
Applied online and payment through eea national husband: 25/05/17
Sent documentation through european passport return service: 26/05/17
Email confirmation Home Office received application: 26/05/17
Biometrics letter: ?
Biometrics submitted: ?
COA: ?
PR: ?

[Aminsalis0]

This Forum has helped me a lot for the last 7 Months , it's time to give back now

( Unmarried)
Non EU And EU Partner
With 15 Months old Baby ,
Living Together for about
1 year and 5 Months
Relationship 3 years and 3 Months

EEA2 applied - 28 April 2016
COA Without Work - 15 June 2016
Application Refused: 20 October 2016
Reason :
i) We Living together under 2 years
ii) They don't believe his my Baby

REAPPLIED with DNA , More Pictures and More Proof of living together

EEA2 : 10 November 2016
Payment Taken: 18 November 2016
Bio done: 01 December 2016
COA without work: 01 December 2016
Passport requested: Never.
Decision Letter: 30 May 2017
With all Documents Return back to Our Solicitor
RC Receive : In 10 Working Days


N.B.
This is my 5th Application in the last 6 Yrs
With my Ex :
Customary Marriage : Refused 2 times
And my Student Visa Expired

My Godmother Children Guardian
Application : Refused

I'm just EXCITED
I hope my Story helped one person out there
Good Luck with Everybody's Applications

Stay blessed y'll

[tekgrade1000]

Hello and Thanks everyone for their support. I'm a Non-EEA National, 5.5 years Married, separated to EEA National

Timeline
26.10.2016 Application Sent
28.10.2016 Application received
10.11.2016 Biometrics Request
14.11.2016 Biometrics Sent
20.11.2016 COA received

28.04.2016 6 months completed

18.05.2017
Called HO for an update. They Told me someone will get back in 5 working days. No one did

26.05.2017
Called HO again for an update. Got a call today(31.05.17) saying:
they cannot tell me anything at this time.
it's under consideration.

I ask about the timeframe.

He said when the application passes 6 Month they can't give any timeline.

This is very very painful and depressing. First, they ask not to contact before 6 months. After 6 (7 + now ) months, they say its been more than 6 months, so we cannot give any timeline?

HO took 14 Months to precess My EEA 2 Application in 2012/13.
It's going in the same direction.

I have read several opinions/advice from here but really confused.

Should I keep on pushing over the phone?
Should I Write a letter?
Should I see My MP (NO MP till June 8 )

Any advice on next possible steps and options I have would highly appreciate

[kaffuk]

On behalf of my friend, french citizen living in UK for 8 years.

Application submitted - 05/04/2017
Email confirmation with case ID received - 06/04/2017
PR Received - 02/05/2017

Was very quick. She provided only P60 for the last 8 years as well as mandatory documents.

[Linalina22]

Update
EEA and non-EEA joint application
Application sent 21st December
Application received 22nd December
Acknowledgment email 11th January
Biometric request 10th January
Biometric sent 16th January
Bio acknowledgment None
PR residence issued 16th of May
PR received 27th of May
Documents returned Not yet

Anyone knows any other contact number on how to chase them because they seem to hang up as soon as you connect with this one 03001232253.

[zubby007]

Update
EEA and non-EEA joint application
Application sent 21st December
Application received 22nd December
Acknowledgment email 11th January
Biometric request 10th January
Biometric sent 16th January
Bio acknowledgment None
PR residence issued 16th of May
PR received 27th of May
Documents returned Not yet

Anyone knows any other contact number on how to chase them because they seem to hang up as soon as you connect with this one 03001232253.

Chase them for what?

[Linalina22]

To get the rest of the documents back. Passport etc..

[Linalina22]

@caputogio
Have you received the rest of the documents back yet?

[zubby007]

To get the rest of the documents back. Passport etc..

It normally takes 10 working days