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Discussion in 'Immigration UK' started by jmcarson, Dec 14, 2008.

  1. jmcarson

    jmcarson New Member

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    Hello all, my wife applied to stay in the country using the EEA2 application form about 2 weeks ago.

    We are living in Northern Ireland and I am an Irish Citizen.

    We have not received a COA yet. How long should it take to get the COA?

    She originally entered the UK on a visitor visa. She came over with me to look after my father. Since then we have decided to stay. We have been married for 9 years and have 2 children who are in school. There is no point in us going back to Canada now. We have money in the bank and I just started up my own business. We also own a house here and we enclosed a letter from our lawyer saying that we own the property and are living in it.

    I guess I'm wondering if there is anyone else on here who has gone through a similar process for an EEA2 application. What are the timelines and what are the chances of her being allowed to stay?

    Thanks.
     
    #1 jmcarson, Dec 14, 2008
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    Unfortunately the time line is quite long even under normal circumstances. You should get the CoA within 1 to 3 months, but you may be able to get a must faster response if you complain. The processing of the application takes about 8 months at the moment. There is some hope that the back log will clear, and the duration will come down a bit next year.

    Applying from a visitor visa makes the process a bit more complicated, because your situation has not been assessed before. I am not sure whether that has any influence on how long it takes - and I guess the impact on the time line should be minimal in any case.
     
    #2 thsths, Dec 15, 2008
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