EEA(FM) EEA2 - TIMELINES ONLY

[eirelover]

Application posted on : 25 June 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 26 June 2018
Payment taken on : 27 June 2018
Email received on : 09 July 2018
Bio letter received on :
Biometrics Enrolled on :
COA With Work :
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[RedCorner]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 03/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 03/07/2018
HO acknowledgement email: 04/07/2018
Application posted on: 06/07/2018
Received on: 09/07/2018
Bio letter received on :
COA Without Work :
Biometrics Enrolled on :

[shahzadg87]

Application posted on : 21 May 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 22 May 2018
Payment taken on : 22 May 2018
Email received on : 22 May 2018
Bio letter received on : 04 Jun 2018
Biometrics Enrolled on : 05 Jun 2018
COA With Work : 17 Jun 2018
Resident Card Received on :11 Jul 2018
Documents Returned on : 12 Jul 2018

Total Take 01 Month and 20 Days

Best of luck all of you

[Xter27]

EEA PR + EEA FM, online application

Application submitted on : 11 May 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 14 May 2018
Payment taken on : 11 May 2018
Email received on : 11 May 2018
Bio letter Dated : 21 May 2018
Biometrics Enrolled on : 29 May 2018
COA With Work Dated : 30 May 2018

Documents Returned on : 11 Jul 2018

EEA PR Received on : 11 Jul 2018
EEA RC : Awaiting DX Delivery

A very fast process indeed. Left me surprised

Best of luck to those who are still waiting.

[men2018]

Non-EU married to EEA
EEA(FM)

Application posted on : 09/06/18
Received by UKVI/HO on : 11/06/18
Payment taken on : 12/06/18
Email acknowledgment : 20/06/18
Bio letter received on :23/06/2018 (Dated 19/06/2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on :23/06/2018
COA With Work :Waiting
COA Without Work :Waiting
Resident Card Received on :Waiting
Documents Returned on : Waiting

[RedCorner]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 03/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 03/07/2018
HO acknowledgement email: 04/07/2018
Application posted on: 06/07/2018
Received on: 09/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 14/07/2018 (Letter Date: 11/07/2018)
COA Without Work :
Biometrics Enrolled on :

[Sonyk123]

Ukrainian married to Romanian national
Send application (posted): 24.05.18
Delivered to HO: 25.05.18
Mail received: 4.06.18
Biometric letter: 5.06.18
Biometric enrolled: 6.06.18
COA with work: 16.06.18
Documents return: 14.07.18
Resident card: in 10 working days.
Its my first RC in UK and arrived in UK just 2 months before.
Good luck to every one!!!

[alex98uk]

Still waiting! Seems that the SS route applications are taking longer. Just hope nothing else has gone awry.

South American applicant married to British Citizen (via SS route):

Application submitted on: 04/04/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 05/04/2018
Payment taken: n/a (postal order)
Home Office Email (with case reference number): 05/04/2018
Biometrics letter received: 13/04/2018 (Dated 11/04/2018)
Biometrics enrolled: 16/04/2018
COA With Work : 21/04/2018 (dated 18/04/2018)
British Sponsor passport return requested: 25/04/2018
British Sponsor passport received: 28/04/2018
Documents Returned on: Waiting
Resident Card Received on : Wating

[Flo-con]

I am a French citizen living and working in the UK and I have requested a UK Residence Card EEA(FM) for my Russian wife (who had already a French and German residence permit).

Application submitted online: 04/05/18
Payment taken on: 04/05/18
European passport return service appointment on: 08/05/18
Received by UKVI/HO on (email received): 08/05/18
Bio letter received on: I don't have the precise date, sorry.
Biometrics Enrolled on: I don't have the precise date, sorry.
COA With Work dated: 22/05/18
Decision letter: None received
DX (delivery service) email received: 18/07/18 Email read "Your Biometric Residence Permit is scheduled for delivery today." This served as our Decision letter since we got none...
Resident Card Received on: 19/07/18 (date of issue: 13/07/18)
Documents Returned on: Waiting

So the whole thing took about a 2 months and a half. Seems to be in the average (about 80 days): https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... a_fm_resid

[Casa]

@Theia Please respect that this a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will be deleted.

[Theia]

Non-EU married to EEA

Application submitted by post: 17/07/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 18/07/2018
Payment taken: n/a (postal order)
Home Office Email (with case reference number): Waiting
Biometrics letter received: Waiting
Biometrics enrolled: Waiting
COA With Work : Waiting
Passport return requested: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents Returned on: Waiting
Resident Card Received on : Waiting

[RedCorner]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 03/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 03/07/2018
HO acknowledgement email: 04/07/2018
Application posted on: 06/07/2018
Received on: 09/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 14/07/2018 (Letter Date: 11/07/2018)
Biometrics Enrolled on :16.07.2018
COA With Work : 23/07/2018
Resldent Card:waithing

[Theia]

Non-EU married to EEA

Application submitted by post: 17/07/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 18/07/2018
Payment taken: n/a (postal order)
Biometrics letter received: 25/07/2018 (Dated 22/07/2018)
Biometrics enrolled: 25/07/2018
COA With Work : Waiting
Passport return requested: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents Returned on: Waiting
Resident Card Received on : Waiting

[tiems]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 24/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 24/07/2018
HO acknowledgement emails: 25/07/2018 (We actually received 2 emails per person, with different case IDs. This might be related to our card being declined initially when paying online.)
Application posted on: 25/07/2018
Received on:
Bio letter received on :
Biometrics Enrolled on :
COA With Work :
Resldent Card:

[dan1988uk]

EEA2 (FM): applicant is a 15 years old kid, daughter of a spouse (already holding an EEA2 Residence card) of EU citizen:

Kid's nationality: Philippines
Mother's nationality: Philippines
Mother's husband's nationality: Italian

Application sent by post: June 1
Application received by HO: June 2
Money taken: June 4
Confirmation email: never received
Biometrics enrollment letter: June 11
Biometrics enrolled: June 11
CoA with work (even if the kid is only 15 years old): June 23
Passports and birth certificate requested back: June 26
Passports and birth certificate returned: June 28
Residence card: Waiting

Application sent by post: June 1
Application received by HO: June 2
Money taken: June 4
Confirmation email: never received
Biometrics enrollment letter: June 11
Biometrics enrolled: June 11
CoA with work (even if the kid is only 15 years old): June 23
Passports and birth certificate requested back: June 26
Passports and birth certificate returned: June 28
Residence card: July 25

1 month 24 days!

[zahngowar]

Application posted on : 27 June 2018
Received by UKVI/HO on : 28 June 2018
Payment taken on : 28 June 2018
Bio letter received on :
Biometrics Enrolled on : 27 June 2017
COA With Work :
COA Without Work :
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on : nothing yet - despite saying on 19 july a decision has been made - how long do documents take to be returned?

[justanotherchilli]

EEA(QP) Irish national + EEA(EFM) New Zealand unmarried partner. Got Married during the process.
Non-EEA unmarried partner was on a Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa expiring on 20th June 2018.


Online Application and payment submitted EEA(QP) + EEA(EFM): 20 May 2018
Payment taken on: 20 May 2018
Application & docs posted via EU passport return service: 23 May 2018
Notice for marriage given: 26 May 2018 at local council
Bio letter received on: 10 June 2018
Biometrics enrolled: 12 June 2018
COA without right to work:
COA with right to work: 20 June 2018 (letter dated 15 June 2018)
Decision not to investigate marriage: 21 June 2018 (letter dated 16 June)
Married: 26 June 2018
Marriage cert with cover letter advising change of circumstances posted: 3 July 2018
Residence Card (QP & FM): 26 July 2018 (the residence card received was for EEA(FM) despite application being for EEA(EFM) i.e. valid for 5 years)
Documents returned: still waiting

[ahmedshalaby]

EEA national (QP 5 years) + non-EEA spouse

Application submitted online: 17/07/18
Payment taken on: 17/07/18
Confirmation Email: 17/07/18
Documents sent by European passport return service on: 18/07/18
Received by UKVI/HO on: 19/07/18
Bio letter received on: 26/07/18
Biometrics Enrolled on: 26/07/18
COA: Waiting
Decision letter: Waiting
Resident Card Received on: Waiting
Documents Returned on: Waiting

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@ayaniqda
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[LSI1503]

Non-EU Unmarried partnership

Application posted on : 16/05/18
Received by UKVI/HO on : 17/05/18
Payment taken on : 31/05/18
Email acknowledgment : 31/05/18
Second(?????) Payment taken on : 19/06/18
Bio letter received on : 27/06/18 (issued on 22/06/18)
Biometrics Enrolled on : 28/06/18
Double Charged Payment Refund : 24/07/18
COA With Work : N/A
COA Without Work : 27/07/18 (issued on 22/06/18)
Resident Card Received on :
Documents Returned on :

[justanotherchilli]

EEA(QP) Irish national + EEA(EFM) New Zealand unmarried partner. Got Married during the process.
Non-EEA unmarried partner was on a Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa expiring on 20th June 2018.


Online Application and payment submitted EEA(QP) + EEA(EFM): 20 May 2018
Payment taken on: 20 May 2018
Application & docs posted via EU passport return service: 23 May 2018
Notice for marriage given: 26 May 2018 at local council
Bio letter received on: 10 June 2018
Biometrics enrolled: 12 June 2018
COA without right to work:
COA with right to work: 20 June 2018 (letter dated 15 June 2018)
Decision not to investigate marriage: 21 June 2018 (letter dated 16 June)
Married: 26 June 2018
Marriage cert with cover letter advising change of circumstances posted: 3 July 2018
Residence Card (QP & FM): 26 July 2018 (the residence card received was for EEA(FM) despite application being for EEA(EFM) i.e. valid for 5 years)
Documents returned: still waiting

Update:
documents returned: 28/07/2018
EEA(QP) residence card rec'd: 28/07/2018

Whole process took approx 2 months.

[alex98uk]

British citizen + Non-EU national via Surinder Singh route

Application submitted on: 04/04/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 05/04/2018
Payment taken: n/a (postal order)
Home Office Email (with case reference number): 05/04/2018
Biometrics letter received: 13/04/2018 (Dated 11/04/2018)
Biometrics enrolled: 16/04/2018
COA With Work : 21/04/2018 (dated 18/04/2018)
British Sponsor passport return requested: 25/04/2018
British Sponsor passport received: 28/04/2018
Documents Returned on: 30/07/2018 (Via Royal Mail)
Resident Card Received on : 30/07/2018 (Via DX)

[goodpartner]

EU citizen married to non-EU citizen
Application submitted on: 23/07/2018
Documents received by UKVI/HO on: 25/07 2018
Payment taken: not yet
Home Office Email (with case reference number): 31/07/2018
Biometrics letter received:
Biometrics enrolled:
COA With Work :
Resident Card Received on :

Though it is really strange, payment was not done but an email received with a reference number.

[davelebon]

EEA QP + EEA FM (non-eea spouse from USA, eea child)
Self sufficient - non-eea spouse supports EEA
(I'll write a separate topic explaining how we successfully made this application)

Application posted on - 2 May 2018
Application received - 3 May 2018
Payment taken (credit card ) - 4 May 2018
3 Emails from Home office with case ids - 11 May 2018
Requested documents back - 14 May 2018 (all passports, marriage certificate, child birth cert.)
Biometrics letter - dated 10 May 2018, received 11 May 2018
Biometrics enroll - 11 May 2018
COA With Work - dated 16 May 2018, received 19 May 2018
Requested status check of Return of Documents request - 29 May 2018
Requested documents returned - post marked 30 May 2018, received 31 May 2018
Decision Letter, notification of delivery from DX -- never a word, dead silence, wondering, waiting...
Biometric Resident Card with work for non-eea FM - 25 July 2018
EEA Registration Certificates (2) other documents returned, and letter indicating we'd receive the BRP that we already received - 27 July 2018 (using special delivery prepaid envelope)

Total time: 86 calendar days... inclusive of weekends and a few bank holidays.

[tiems]

EEA(QP) + EEA(FM), online application.

Application posted online : 24/07/2018
Payment taken (online) : 24/07/2018
HO acknowledgement emails: 25/07/2018 (We actually received 2 emails per person, with different case IDs. This might be related to our card being declined initially when paying online.)
Application posted on: 25/07/2018
Received on: 26/07/2018
Bio letter received on : 2/8/2018
Biometrics Enrolled on : 2/8/2018
COA With Work :
Resldent Card: