EEA2 Application Timelines - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate

London2015Feb · Post by **London2015Feb** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:10 pm

Hi everyone,

I found this thread few days ago and the sharing here is very helpful. Thanks a lot everyone for your valuable input. I just applied the EEA2 RC few days ago using the new EEA(EFM) form via the unmarried partner route. I found the new form is much more sophisticated and asks for much for detailed information. Does anyone here has some experience to share too? I hope it is not going to make the application process longer. Here is my timeline:

Sending EEA(EFM) form: 16 Feb 2015
Received by Home office: 17 Feb 2015
Application fee deducted from my bank account: 19 Feb 2015

All I can do now is just waiting. God bless me!

JohnDee · Post by **JohnDee** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:33 pm

WHAT IS MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN --EEA (EFM) & EEA (FM)-- AND WHO CAN APPLY

London2015Feb · Post by **London2015Feb** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:03 pm

JohnDee wrote: WHAT IS MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN --EEA (EFM) & EEA (FM)-- AND WHO CAN APPLY

Before 30 Jan 2015, there was only one form to use for Registration Certificate or Residence Card via any route. However, from 30 Jan 2015 onwards, there are two different forms to use, you can see the details from the links below.
- EEA(FM) (details: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _01-15.pdf) or
- EEA (EFM) (details: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _01-15.pdf)

Basically for EEA(EFM), the applicant is the unmarried partner, or relatives (Eligible relatives include siblings, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, or cousins) of the EEA national. For the rest of the applicants, they use EEA(FM)

kiwi555 · Post by **kiwi555** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:32 pm

gilliananneq wrote:Hi guys!

We are new on this board.. First of all we wanted to thank you, we've received our COA (no right to work- unmarried partners) on 12/1/2015, but based on your comments and recommendations we've called and emailed HO and today (16/1/2015) a second COA arrived by post- with a work permit!

Our recommendation to anyone that received his/hers COA with no work permit is to contact HO on 0300 123 2241 and also email them on: nweurocoarequests@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk and ask for another COA!

So far our timeline is as follows:

Application sent- 19/12/2014
Acknowledgement letter - 23/12/2014
COA (no work permit) received- 12/1/2015 (dated 08/1/13)
Email and phone call made on the 13/1/15
COA (with work permit!) received- 16/1/2015 (dated 13/1)

Now waiting for the RC! wish us luck...

Hi - I'm in the same situation as you. I'm the unmarried partner of an EEA national. Our timeline is:

Feb 9: Sent application
Feb 10: Application delivered
Feb 11: Confirmation of receipt of application
Feb 12: Money debited from our account
Feb 14: COA Received with NO right to work
- the COA also says "We will not revisit the terms of your COA during the consideration of your case"

The reason that they gave was that i had "not provided original documentation for all of the following: evidence of relationship with your EEA national sponsor"

How did you convince them by phone and email to give you another COA with right to work? What did you say?

I'm currently in full-time permanent employment and so is my fiancee (eea national). I sent them her contract, timesheets, letter from employer (all originals), along with multiple original bank statements, council tax letters, utility bills with joint names on them (also originals). Also sent them both of my employment contracts (originals).

However I also sent in print-outs of utility bills from when were living in New Zealand that were not original as we were paperless with those accounts. We have been living together for 4+ years, and since May 2013 in the UK - so have original documents from May 2013-present, but not from before.

Any and all advice would be much appreciated!

Please help my current Visa expires end of March and we won''t be able to afford to live in London on just my partners salary (she is EEA National).

Thank you in advance!

toraqa · Post by **toraqa** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:06 pm

Hi

Real quick, about the form FM, do i realy need to send the 129 pages including the ones i didnt fill in?
Cheers.

Also , my sponser has no registration certificate, is it a must to apply for one?

kiwi555 · Post by **kiwi555** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:37 pm

sunspott wrote:
zoe14 wrote:EEA2 Application
Details:

Sent Application by Mail: August 19
Received the COA: Sept 2 (with right to work)
RC Received: November 7, 2014

***Less than 3 months***

Thank you for the unwavering support!!
Hi, we applied using solicitor 4 August 2014, got CoA, but nothing else until now. We are unmarried couple, partner is an overstayer as well and we have a baby together. I hope we'll get it soon.

Hi Sunspot - did your COA give you the right to work?

I have just recieved COA with NO right to work, applying as an unmarried partner. However I have seen people on this forum get COA with right to work when applying in the same circumstances.

Do you have any advice?

rjv1977dc · Post by **rjv1977dc** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:33 am

Thank you so much for this board. Here is my timeline:

EEA1 prior to entering country in September and included photos of relationship and wedding, proof of 2 years cohabitation before our wedding, etc.

Applied EEA2 January 9th, 2015
Received COA within two weeks
Received passport and residence card February 21st dated the 19th.

Same-sex married couple (married July 2014), US and Polish. Supporting docs EEA2: marriage certificate, spouse's employment info, lease for our flat and a utility bill.

JohnDee · Post by **JohnDee** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:44 am

What Is Difference Between Registration Certificate or Residence Card

JohnDee · Post by **JohnDee** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:55 am

Just been going through the new EEA FM form and all I got to say is "WOW" this is like a one lengthy interview with 129 pages to fill and they are asking too much in deep details about everything, seems like cant just fill it up by self defo need experts advice to fill it. I'd say to all those people whose file is in under process have a look at new form and leave some feedback ...!!!

hannah85 · Post by **hannah85** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:25 pm

JohnDee wrote:
What Is Difference Between Registration Certificate or Residence Card

Registration certificate is for EU nationals
Residence card for non EU

JohnDee · Post by **JohnDee** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:38 pm

hannah85 wrote:
JohnDee wrote:
What Is Difference Between Registration Certificate or Residence Card
Registration certificate is for EU nationals
Residence card for non EU

but why EU(Who) needs Registration certificate ??

electricgabe · Post by **electricgabe** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:30 pm

Thank you so much for this board. Here is my timeline:

EEA1 prior to entering country in September and included photos of relationship and wedding, proof of 2 years cohabitation before our wedding, etc.

Applied EEA2 January 9th, 2015
Received COA within two weeks
Received passport and residence card February 21st dated the 19th.

Same-sex married couple (married July 2014), US and Polish. Supporting docs EEA2: marriage certificate, spouse's employment info, lease for our flat and a utility bill.

Wow that was fast. My husband applied Dec 9th and we're still waiting. No news since COA.
Congrats!

horlameedeh · Post by **horlameedeh** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:23 am

Yasi wrote:
hannah85 wrote:
JFS wrote:Just wondering, anyone who sent the application late Oct who still has not received the RC?

JohnDee - I believe you sent me a pm but for whatever reason I am unable to read it.

Cheers
J
We applied on 4th Oct and nothing yet....

Hi everyone, this message board has been very helpful to me while I was completing my eea2 application. However, i have seen so many responses and comments in relation to individual applications. Below is my timeline, although I received my resident card yet but I know its coming soon.

Applied 17-10-2014
HO received for 21-10-2014
COA with right to work issued 6-11-2014
still waiting....

gilliananneq · Post by **gilliananneq** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:49 am

kiwi555 wrote:
gilliananneq wrote:Hi guys!

We are new on this board.. First of all we wanted to thank you, we've received our COA (no right to work- unmarried partners) on 12/1/2015, but based on your comments and recommendations we've called and emailed HO and today (16/1/2015) a second COA arrived by post- with a work permit!

Our recommendation to anyone that received his/hers COA with no work permit is to contact HO on 0300 123 2241 and also email them on: nweurocoarequests@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk and ask for another COA!

So far our timeline is as follows:

Application sent- 19/12/2014
Acknowledgement letter - 23/12/2014
COA (no work permit) received- 12/1/2015 (dated 08/1/13)
Email and phone call made on the 13/1/15
COA (with work permit!) received- 16/1/2015 (dated 13/1)

Now waiting for the RC! wish us luck...
Hi - I'm in the same situation as you. I'm the unmarried partner of an EEA national. Our timeline is:

Feb 9: Sent application
Feb 10: Application delivered
Feb 11: Confirmation of receipt of application
Feb 12: Money debited from our account
Feb 14: COA Received with NO right to work
- the COA also says "We will not revisit the terms of your COA during the consideration of your case"

The reason that they gave was that i had "not provided original documentation for all of the following: evidence of relationship with your EEA national sponsor"

How did you convince them by phone and email to give you another COA with right to work? What did you say?

I'm currently in full-time permanent employment and so is my fiancee (eea national). I sent them her contract, timesheets, letter from employer (all originals), along with multiple original bank statements, council tax letters, utility bills with joint names on them (also originals). Also sent them both of my employment contracts (originals).

However I also sent in print-outs of utility bills from when were living in New Zealand that were not original as we were paperless with those accounts. We have been living together for 4+ years, and since May 2013 in the UK - so have original documents from May 2013-present, but not from before.

Any and all advice would be much appreciated!

Please help my current Visa expires end of March and we won''t be able to afford to live in London on just my partners salary (she is EEA National).

Thank you in advance!

Hi there!

It is indeed a very similar situation to ours. We got the same 'reason' for the refusal to work although we've sent plenty of original evidence. When we phoned them, the guy said that they automatically don't approve right to work for unmarried partners. He suggested that we send them an email.
On that day we sent an email, explaining our circumstances (we've been living together for 9+ years!) and also highlighting that we're both employed full time and pay a lot of tax money and don't understand their decision.
We received an auto-response to that email, saying that they would not revisit bla bla bla...
So we sent another letter with pictures of us together and holiday receipts from previous years etc..

A few days later we received 2 letters from HO: The first one explained why they can't approve my partners right to work (because we're unmarried bla bla bla), and the second letter was actually the COA - with a right to work!

The two letters were signed by 2 different people, both dated the same day (13/1) - which is the day we sent out both the email and the letter.
Conclusion- the letter didn't affect this. The email / phone call- did!

Give it a try, you've got nothing to loose.

Good luck!

termer · Post by **termer** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:17 am

Same situation here. Sent my EEA (EFM) application as unmarried partner on 9th of February, got CoA with no right to work on 21st of February. I'm on my student visa that is not due to expire any time soon, however would like to get my RC asap anyway

Anyway, should I call/email HO regarding CoA? If yes, where do you you call/email and what exactly do you say?

If I request my passport back, do you think it will affect my application in any way possible?

Thank you beautiful people!

gilliananneq · Post by **gilliananneq** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:52 am

termer wrote:Same situation here. Sent my EEA (EFM) application as unmarried partner on 9th of February, got CoA with no right to work on 21st of February. I'm on my student visa that is not due to expire any time soon, however would like to get my RC asap anyway

Anyway, should I call/email HO regarding CoA? If yes, where do you you call/email and what exactly do you say?

If I request my passport back, do you think it will affect my application in any way possible?

Thank you beautiful people!

Hi!

Regarding the COA- we called 0300 123 2241 and sent an email to: nweurocoarequests@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

We got it within a few days after we contacted them.

Good luck!

Mo2013 · Post by **Mo2013** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:41 pm

Hello everybody ,, just need your help guys , I have received my COA with no right to work with a reason that I didn't provide the original document of sufficient evidence of your sponsor exercising treatly rights .. We r married and I'm applying eea as self sufficient as I'm working and we have saving money I sent a cover latter States that and also bank statements and my pay slips ,, what I should do now if I have no right to work coz also my visa expire soon

London2015Feb · Post by **London2015Feb** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:04 pm

gilliananneq wrote:
termer wrote:Same situation here. Sent my EEA (EFM) application as unmarried partner on 9th of February, got CoA with no right to work on 21st of February. I'm on my student visa that is not due to expire any time soon, however would like to get my RC asap anyway

Anyway, should I call/email HO regarding CoA? If yes, where do you you call/email and what exactly do you say?

If I request my passport back, do you think it will affect my application in any way possible?

Thank you beautiful people!
Hi!

Regarding the COA- we called 0300 123 2241 and sent an email to: nweurocoarequests@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

We got it within a few days after we contacted them.

Good luck!

Hi, I tried to used 0300 123 2241 and someone on the phone told me that I have to call another number if the application is related to EEA national. The number is: 0300 123 2253.

thi83 · Post by **thi83** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:38 pm

Hi everyone. I applied for RC based on retention of rights following divorce.
My timeline so far is:

EEA(FM) received by Home Office 13/02
Received confirmation letter 20/02 (dated 16/02 - same date fee was deducted)
CoA with right to work received 23/02 (dated 18/02)

Rab92 · Post by **Rab92** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:35 am

Hi guys, i need an urgent help. I applied in 3rd of November 2014, i just got my COA with work right. I need to change my address as Me and wife going to move in a new address next month. How can i do it? Do i have to send them the proof of address again?
Please help

svalavil · Post by **svalavil** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:41 pm

Hi all, I applied on October 24th received COA on November 24th didn't heard anything after that. It's 3 months finished after my COA. Anybody else with same situation?

London2015Feb · Post by **London2015Feb** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:14 pm

gaabeey wrote:Hey everyone! I came to the UK just over 3 months ago and received a visitor visa (3 months), I am Canadian and my husband is Dutch. We got married in Egypt (we met there but we aren't originally from Egypt).

What we included:
o Application form (one-sided copy)
o Photograph of applicant
o Canadian Passport of Applicant (wife)
o Dutch Passport of EEA citizen (husband)
o Original Marriage Certificate in Arabic verified by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
o Official copy of marriage certificate in English notarised and translated at the [Egyptian] ‘Ministry of Justice’s Translation Office’ and verified by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry
o Employment Contract
o Wage slip

here's my timeline so far:
I sent of my EEA2 application on a Sat 24/01/2015 (via special delivery)
Home Office received it on 27th Jan 2015
(my visitor visa was due to expire on the 30th)
Home Office sent off the COA on the 2nd of February
received COA on the 6th of feb 2015
requested my passports back on the 6th of Feb 2015
received them on the 10th of feb 2015

Hi gaabeey, you mentioned that you asked for your passport back on 6th Feb 2015 and then you received them on the 10th Feb 2015. Did you send our passport back to the Home Office before your receive your RC on the 10th? Thanks!

G2ry48 · Post by **G2ry48** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:53 pm

Re: EEA2 Application Timelines - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate
Post by svalavil » Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:41 pm

Hi all, I applied on October 24th received COA on November 24th didn't heard anything after that. It's 3 months finished after my COA. Anybody else with same situation?

yes! same here. Applied 28 Oct'14 COA rcv in Nov'14
Tried to rang HO last week said there's no decision yet. And in April it's gonna be the 6th month. Im started to get worried.

G

JohnDee · Post by **JohnDee** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:19 am

Yeah gotta say it by all reviews and research if applicant is from Asia it takes way to long in processing file.
I've applied on 30th October and since then no news after receiving COA in November that's it. And waiting for RC still goes on .. I'm from India and Mrs from Lithuania. How about you others ....???

svalavil · Post by **svalavil** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:11 am

I'm from india and she from Lithuania. No idea how long it going to take more.

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