we did , we sent the applications late july and they recieved it early august .

we just got our confirmation letter less than a week ago

 

Hi,
I also applied early August and received my COA after 3 weeks, but it doesn't say that I'm allowed to work.
I'm just waiting patiently at the moment hoping something will happen sooner. Does your COA say you can work?

 

My application was received mid August - EEA1 & EEA2. Within the month I received my COA. My COA didn't say anything about allowed to work either, just that they had my passport and application. When I phoned I was told that I am allowed to continue working providing the visa I was/am on when I applied for EAA2 allowed me to work - life just continues on while they assess my application. But by going by other posts apparently it depends on who you get on the phone what your answer is.

Keep me updated on when you receive your visa too, I would like a guidline. Fingers & toes for all that they come promptly.

 

for me it did say in the first paragraph " ... you/your client are free to live and work in the united kingdom " .. then there was a note for employers basically stating that as long as they check the case ID with the home office they have no problem employing me .

 

Here is our time line on EEA2 application just to give people an idea.

Nov 2009 EEA1 issued in Embassy in Madrid
13 Nov 2009 enter UK
3 Dec 2009 send off application for EEA2 - requesting passports back to allow us to travel in the meantime.
March 12 2010 - receive urgent request for further confirmation that I am exercisinf my treaty rights on the UK and further proof we live together whilst residing in Spain.
1 April 2010 - return passports and all necessary documentation to UKBA.
13 May 2010 - EEA1 vis in my passport expires
31 Aug 2010 - having heard nothing from the UKBA since April we send additional documents to inform them of our new jobs and contracts etc. as extra support for our application.
13 Sept 2010 - email official complaint form to the UKBA and also contact my MP to get them to follow up matters stating the illegalilty of time delay having now taken 9 months!
21 Sept 2010- receive letter in post dated 16 Sep 2010 apologising for delay informing me the case has been concluded and my documents will be returned to me.
22 Sept 2010 - documents returned to me. But they indavertantly forgot to return my passport and have instead issued the residence document on a piece of A4 paper ( WTF?? are these people muppets?)
22 Sep 2010 - return the residence document and request they place it in my passport and return my passport to me prpmptly.
...... awaiting return of passport sigh!

so all in all nigh on ten months to get the EEA2 processed and even then the didnt get it right.

My advice is to right and complain to UKBA and also contact your MP as soon as the 6 month waiting period has been passed. Hopefully they wont mislay your passport and issue your residence documents on a pieve of A4 paper.

 

wisoansah

If you already have your COA ,you can ring them and ask to have your passport returned and they will do this, it wont delay your application too much and it will allow you to enroll in college. You should do this. They will request you return the passport to them when they are ready for it again.

 

i tried to do so but they told me " you can't book an appointment before you get your original passport back " ... why does it seem that there are no rules and that it really just depends on their mood if they would let you do it or not ?

 

Ring and request for your passport back, they will send it to you, then you can make the appointment. As I said before in an earlier post, this will not delay your application they will then get in contact with you when they are ready to give you your residence documents requesting that you return the passport back to them.

 

that's exactly what i did , and an extremely rude lady who was treating me like a retard kept saying " get your passport back first and calls us back " for like 100 times .. i think i just need to call again and hope that someone more helpful will handle my call .

 

it is true though... we called for an appointment last week and got it today.. the guy on the phone told us the CoA was enough... But the interviewer today said they needed the original passport and a valid visa ... they did the interview anyway but the chances of getting NI number are very slim... he also told us that the appointment r given by a call centre and they dont know it all...
Feel free to go for appointment and see what they say... good luck

 

my husband also got the interview yesterday and showed the CoA but the guy said it would be a pb if no passport... He was also given a letter and told to wait 2 to 3 wks but possibly less... but he said that they might still refuse... the CoA does not say "allowed to work" ( we requested a new one after HO asked for my passport again ) so maybe this is why...
But i guess it depends who deals with ur papers!