I am applying for an EEA national permanent visa and the planned date of arrival is not correct on the application form submitted. Am I able to cross it out and write in the new one? I am from Spain and submitted the application to the British Embassy.
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1Hi, you need to tell us to whom you have submitted your application, then we can reopen and give an answer. At the moment you could have submitted your application to East Teacup and we would be none the wiser. Please edit, thanks– Gayot FowCommented Nov 25, 2016 at 10:56
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To the EEA national permanent visa– veroCommented Nov 25, 2016 at 11:02
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2"the EEA national permanent visa" does not denote any organization or group of people that you could have submitted an application to. You're being asked WHOM YOU SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION TO, not what you're applying for (though the latter is also relevant, of course, but don't silently rewrite clarifying questions into another question that you feel more like answering).– hmakholm left over MonicaCommented Nov 25, 2016 at 11:16
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Good! You have submitted an EEA application to a British Consulate General. I have asked the community to reopen your question so that you can get lots of really great answers. Standby...– Gayot FowCommented Nov 25, 2016 at 12:20
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@pnuts vote dude, we'll give the benefit of the doubt :)– Gayot FowCommented Nov 25, 2016 at 12:39
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You have submitted your UK application to the VFS in Spain and you notice that there's an error in the planned arrival date field and want to correct it...
Am I able to cross it out and write in the new one?
At the stage where you print the application, but before you report to the VFS, you can make a small pen and ink correction to the paper form. Use a single line to cross out the wrong date and enter the correct date above it. It must be indelible ink (no pencil, or eye liner, or whatever -- and yes, I have seen someone use eye liner on a UK application form). Make an ink notation in the 'remarks' area to indicate what you have done.
This works if the correction is straight-forward, like a planned arrival date. If the correction is more complex, then you need to delete the application and make a fresh one. If they receive an application with lot of pen and ink corrections they will reject it (but not refuse it) and return it to you as an invalid application.
If you have already handed your application to the VFS, then there's little to be done except cancel it. For reasons of security and "application integrity" they will never accept a change over email unless it's coming from a member of the UK Law Society who they know, and even then it needs to be a small, straight-forward error.
Note: Applications submitted to a VFS in Spain are sent to Lunar House for processing and decision-making. The turn-around is about 5 - 7 days.
answered Nov 25, 2016 at 14:23
