hi
about ho reference yes he should have for both
and about waiting time it seems very long when you look at home office website
BUT for us it was done in 3weeks1/2 we sent EEA1&2 on 24/6 and received back on 19/07 so i hope for u it will be as quick as us

 

When applying for things like these, always expect the worse with UK government offices. THe other post here saying they got it in a few weeks time is an exception rather than the norm. What's normal is it takes a few months for the to process anything. You will soon find out that there is a lot of red tape in UK, or bureaucracy, and it takes time to have things done here.

As for travel, when you are applying for residence permits/stamps, try not to plan travel with these hanging in the balance. Do your travel either before the current permit expires, or after you get back your permits and passports.

Better safe than sorry.

 

Hi,
I'm colombian and my husband is french, I came to the UK with a EEA family member permit, when it was about to expire (end of march) we send everything to ask for a further leave to remain (not EEA2 don't ask me why it just seemed the right application for me, now I have my doubts) anyway they said it was going to take up to 14 weeks, that was end of june, at that time I called them to have news about my application they said it could take 3 more months that will be the end of september. I'm so upset, my husband and son are with my family in Colombia having a great time while I'm trapped here.
I have not idea why it's taking so long, he have been married for 6 years, we have one son, good bank references so there is not any doubt about our economic self-sufficiency...everything... The first thing I'm going to do once I have my passport back is to ask for the french nationality.
So, my advice is to ask for EEA1&2
One more thing, don't believe what they said in the website... for the application I made they say, they are procesing june applications mine was made in march!!!
Good Luck!!

 

But Patricia, with which form did you apply then? It was not clear with your text...

 

Further Leave to Remain (Marriage)
FLR (M)
Extension of stay in the United Kingdom as the spouse of a person present and settled here.

 

EEA FAMILY PERMIT IRISH&JAMAICAN

hi i am an irish Citizen living in the UK, and marrying my JAMAICAN fiance in 4 weeks, we have tried so many ways to get him to even have a holiday in the UK, but the BHK in Kingston, so far have refused, we appealed the working holiday decision of a refusal, we appealed in Feb 2005 and our case has not been heard - i recently got a letter from the Appeals Tribunal, who said they have now set a date sept 6th 2006 ( after 17mths!! ridicolous!!) - but now we cant go to that appeal, as we are now getting married- and he cannot get a working holiday visa, unless he is single-

so my new worries are:

IS IT HARD TO GET A EEA FAMILY MEMBER PERMIT?
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
WILL THEY INTERVIEW ME AND HIM??

i live and work in the UK, for the past year ?

anyone got any advice for me please????