Residency waiting to hear about my application - Page 2

roseland wrote on Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:56am:

Hi can any one give me any info how long applying for residency takes, as my solicitor applied on my behalf back in October 2020 still waiting to hear !! been told there is a back log of applications any one else in the same situation?

Marcioca wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:51pm:

Yes I’m still waiting. I’ve originally applied in Sep/2020 and got A reply in November saying I’ve been rejected! My solicitor told they needed “more” proofs of funds to live here! The solicitor herself was very surprised because other people in exact same situation had it approved. I�...

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...�m a British citizen, moved in BEFORE Brexit and am UK pensioner. No reason to be rejected! So we re applied beginning of Dec/2020 showing more funds and still waiting. She says it has been taking about 3 months for most people now. Fingers crossed . I’m getting very stressed with this. 

Mastertile wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:10pm:

My wife and I have used a gestoria recommended to us in Aguilas though we live in Los Lobos. He applied on the 9th November 2020 and we got an appointment in Almeria for the 2nd of February 2021. Our next door neighbor applied four weeks before us and is still waiting. We only had to show £...

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...9,000 in a spanish bank, he had to show money in England, £9,000 in his spanish bank and have twelve months worth of english bank statements translated into spanish. I am convinced that it all depends who picks up your application at the Foreign Office to what they want from you and not from a standardized list of evidence. Even when we went to Almeria  for the finger printing, my wife was not asked for anything, yet I had to produce all the paperwork that they had obviously already had. Two people, two different ways.

Mastertile wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:10pm:

My wife and I have used a gestoria recommended to us in Aguilas though we live in Los Lobos. He applied on the 9th November 2020 and we got an appointment in Almeria for the 2nd of February 2021. Our next door neighbor applied four weeks before us and is still waiting. We only had to show £...

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...9,000 in a spanish bank, he had to show money in England, £9,000 in his spanish bank and have twelve months worth of english bank statements translated into spanish. I am convinced that it all depends who picks up your application at the Foreign Office to what they want from you and not from a standardized list of evidence. Even when we went to Almeria  for the finger printing, my wife was not asked for anything, yet I had to produce all the paperwork that they had obviously already had. Two people, two different ways.

roseland wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:36pm:

HI Marcioca

Thank you for your reply ,yes it is stressful ,I also had my application rejected in November and reapplied in December, because apparently the letter from the bank was in figures for the amount not in words !! seems very petty so now have to wait again .

Marcioca wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:56pm:

Hi Roseand, oh so you were rejected too?  there must be someone (or a few new people) in Almeria rejecting applications for silly things like that! My solicitor told us they thought it was very strange when my husband got it and I didn’t!  Anyway, we in the same situation. Have you tr...

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...ied the link to find out how the process is going? You send with your NIE Number and etc and the reply comes immediately- In process 

roseland wrote on Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:28am:

Hi Marcioca

I have tried the link and it comes back application in process , your solicitor not Maria ? keep me posted please  when you hear the outcome.

Dawn60 wrote on Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:49am:

Hi, My application went in last November heard 2 weeks ago the application was successful (resolucion) Waiting for an appointment for fingerprints. Using a solicitor.