EEA QP - UK Resident Card Timeline Process

Most frequently question bout EEA QP - UK Resident Card Timeline Process
How long the process??

Just a reminder that each individual is different, Its depends on your documents, application and luck.
Don’t be panic if your application is longer than it should be, you might trapped on busiest time or another reasons. But here my timeline process...

European Passport Return Service

source : skyscanner.it

What is European Passport Return Service ??

(The Bold quote is from the gov.uk site)
“The European passport return service allows you and your family to take your passports to a participating local authority for verification and copying, and for the local authority to then send the copy to the Home Office.” 
So guys, when you apply for EEA Certificate or EEA Family Member Resident Card, you DON’T HAVE TO send your original passports. You can keep it back with you.
Am a bit freakout when i knew that my friend didn’t get her passport back from the Home Office after her application, she got pretty headache to sort it out. Yes Home Office will take the original passport for a long time, it might takes from 6 months or more (through your application process). It means we cannot go anywhere. Big NO!! Plus, it is hard to track the application progress, you can’t ring the Home Office, quite difficult, they won’t give you a clue, you just have to wait.

EEA QP and UK Resident Card / Biometric Resident Permit

Morning mates.. Hope everyone doing well. Its been agess that i writing here. Abandoned !! Lols. Right, here i am, thinking about some request from my readers to write bout UK Resident Card or known as Biometric Resident Permit (BRP). How to apply it ?? 

This is based on my experience, it might help you through the darkest of UK documents time. I know i know, kinda Bloody Hell, be patient and be informed, you can do it !!

Please read before asking me the same questions.
Here I applied as EEA Family Member.
I am Indonesian (Non EEA Citizen) and my husband is Italian (EEA Citizen).
First, Breath easy 🤗 It will took a looong wayyy winding road (am Half Joking)
Note!! Do Not Wait till your EEA Family Permit Visa Expired !! If you got 6 months of UK - EEA Family Visa, apply for Resident Card (RC) at least 3 months before your Visa Expired. Example, your visa is valid til June 2018, you should apply for Resident Card at least on March 2018. I recommend this, as my Resident Card Application took 3 months of process, kinda frustrating me as i applied it one week before my visa expired. Lol. Nothing happened, do not worry, but you can’t do anything that requires your documents as it’s already expired. So do it long before your visa expired.

Crochet Hearts Amigurumi

Summer time it's been too hot for me.. since am on my Ramadhan time, I prefer to stay at home.. safely from the hot weather, humid summer exactly :)) Oh Dio veramente caldissimmo questa estate !!!

Stay at home, since this summer we get a long day, after doing bla bla bla housework is done (cleaning, cooking, laundry, shopping, ecc) I still get a plenty spare time, I just cant get away from my crochet hooks ;) let's make something cute. I need some decors for my studio room.. decided to make hearts amigurumi.

National Insurance Number UK

My NIN (I covered the data due to security reasons)

Have you ever heard about National Insurance Number (NIN) in UK ??? I bet for those who willing to work and living  in UK.. you know about it, since you will need it ;) It's kinda important thing here. National Insurance number is personal account number. The number makes sure that the National Insurance contributions and tax you pay are properly recorded on your account. It also acts as a reference number for the whole social security system.

First time I realized that I need the NIN is when I wanted to open a Bank account. all the Bank kept asking me...

Bank : Miss, do you have NIN?? 

Me : Ummm what do you mean?? excuse me what iss that NIN???

Bank : The National Insurance Number!!

Me : Ahh okay how do I get it?? 

Bank : You should apply first then you can come again to our Bank. (smile and leave)

Me : £##€!!!*#€&% (confused)

Shortly, I decided to apply for it, so How do you get the National Insurance Number?? Here they are..

Sweet Looks on Sites

MY HANDMADE SHOP

Over three days.. I've been stuck on my blog and site.. since these day the weather so freaking hot, I really don't have any feeling to works.. crafting, crocheting, sewing, ouchh but don't worry I will come back sooner to create something beautiful :))

So instead of my regular works, I decided to renewing all my site, starts from my personal blogspot (this one), my galleria, my e-shop. The theme just like usual.. a sweet simple looks that make everyone easy to browse. Adding some widget and editing the html (changing the fonts, the background, colors, width height, iconing) has became one of my interesting hobby ;)) I like to experiments on it. 

Well i welcoming you to have a sweet looks on them.. my handmade gallery and my handmade shop. Hope you enjoying your visit there. Bring the sweetness in you ;) xoxo Henny

MY HANDMADE GALLERY

Visa Entrance to UK - EEA Family Permit

It's been a long time I willing to write about Visa Entrance to UK for European Family member... they called it Visa EEA (European Economic Area) Family Permit. This visa is for non-EEA member family, if your spouse is one of EEA member.. you can travel to UK with this kind of visa with condition !!! that you travel together with your spouse or you willing to join your spouse in UK.

I am an Indonesian citizen (non-EEA) and my husband is Italian (EEA member) so this visa is right for me if I traveling to UK with my husband or to join my husband in UK. For Italy, the visa need to be issued in Rome. The official agency is WorldBridge Visa.

Updated 2014 for apply visa check to the link here https://www.gov.uk/family-permit

I contacted so many unofficial agency and they charged a lots for this visa, without guarantee that your visa will be approved. Meanwhile the original fee is FREE. So my friend in Rome and Milan, gave me some information about the official visa agency. (Grazie cara Indah e Intan) . So continuing their kindness to me.. now I'm gonna share to you, so you don't need to go to another agency cos here everything is official and simple. No worries as long as your documents is complete ;)

HOW TO SUBMIT THE VISA ???

Here Steps to apply for it :

London Bucket List

London the capital city of United Kingdom.. one of the greatest city in the world.. who doesn't know?

So from the first time here.. I love to sightseeing the city.. not by the sightseeing tourist bus.. but by myself.. walking around.. explore the underground. Love it

The Vacation's time is coming. In case you will visit London, so here some tips for you to travel ;)

Kue Lupis Eropa

One morning I really craving for Kue Lupis.. tiba tiba pengen banget makan kue lupis buat sarapan. Sayangnya ga ada yang jual.. jadinya berangkat yuuk masak kue lupis. Browsing sana kemari... cari resep di mbah google.. akhirnya bikin deh, tapi karena untuk dimakan sendiri.. Si abang sayang ga begitu suka nyobain makanan baru :)) kecuali dipaksa. Lol. Jdinya ini resepnya dibuat sedikit.. kira kira jadi sekitar 2-3 lontong lupis (tergantung bentuk lontongnya yah). Kebetulan ak bikinnya ada yang bentuk segitiga jg. Kenapa namanya Kue Lupis Eropa soalnya Kue Lupisnya putih deh kaya bule, karena ngerebusnya ga pake daun pisang abis disini jarang nemu daun pisang, ada sih cm beli dulu di market dan mahal ah mending buat beli cabe gitu.

Ngerebusnya ak pake plastik tahan panas biasanya sih untuk di oven, tapi bisa jg untuk direbus. Plastiknya ak potong (krn lebar banget) lalu di jahit jelujur dibentuk sedemikian rupa sesuai selera (panjang atau segitiga). terus jangan lupa di tusuk-tusuk kesegala penjuru deh (yang lg kesel, pelan2 nusuknya yah.. ntar sobek lg !!). ;)) Resepnya monggo di tengok.

Indonesian Spices - Bumbu Dapur

I just organizing my Indonesian spices, spezie (italian) or bumbu dapur (indonesian).. finally my collection is complete now. It feels so good since its really tricky and hard to find them in Europe. Some I got them at asian store but some are from online shop. Exactly you can find it easy if you know their name in English or in Italian. I would share my English - Italian - Indonesian list of spices and some important Ingredients for Indonesian recipes. Hope this Help for all Indonesian fellows in Europe especially in Italy.

This listing in INDONESIAN - ENGLISH - ITALIAN terms.
Questo é il mio listing di Spezie Asiatica (Indonesia) in Lingua Indonesiana - Inglese - Italiana

• Asem Jawa - Tamarind - Tamarindo
• Adas/Jinten manis - Fennel - Finocchio
• Bawang Merah - Shallots/Onion - Cipolla 
• Bawang Putih - Garlic - Aglio
• Bengkoang - Jicama - Jicama
• Cabai/Cabe - Chilies - Peperoncini 

New Looks on my Gallery

I'm updating my Galleria with new looks... Its on my top To-Do-List.. Done check now ;)

Guess the theme pretty organize and I edited some html css.. add up some height, margin and bla bla bla. Voilaaa... its done. Love my new gallery *.* as usual I love white background (thanks to google)

Akhirnya selese juga ganti en updating my gallery crochet. Mumpung lg ada waktu ^sunday free times^ Udah lama nangkring di to-do-list.. haisshhh ketunda mulu karena factor.. sibuk.. umm males jg :)) .. Di semangatin deh ini hari buat check check list. Post It note udah lama nangkring tp ga kelar2.. mrk teriak2 kali yah. Ga sampe setengah jam udah selese. Lama milih theme nya doang deh (maklum kbiasaan kya blanja, muter2 dulu di cobain baru dibeli.. qiqiqi). Well akhirnya selese jg..

Don't forget to visit them.. Hope you love them and will raise up ur art passions..

Lemme know if you do :) xoxo http://picorella.tumblr.com/

March 2013

March always been my favorite month of the year... beside my b-day on march, there's a lot moment to remember on this month. Its still winter time *6 degrees of Celcius* Freezing so I kept under my bedcover warmy comfy *aslinya males*

Early bird wake up, my husband surprised me with a beautiful gift that I needed the most.. had a cute breakfast and birthday party at home tonight. Ah well.. he prepared it by himself. Fantastic. He's always be a sweet ones. Plus I get my new work space ^.^ yaiy and everything to support my artwork has been upgrade. Alhamdulillah. So happy that I can continuously grow my passion of work at home.

Biar tambah semangat berkreasi.. Forzaaaa. Soalnya klo udah kumat ga mood.. aduh mogoknya bisa lama :))
Untungnya my dearest hubby paling ngerti deh.

Thank you Allah for every second blessed that you've given to me.. more year ahead.. more blessed. Xoxo
Henny

Love What I'm Doing

Hello Its been a while... kinda busyyyy.. sibuk berkreasi dengan wool and stuff.. Awalnya meski cuma iseng pengen belajar merajut.. ngisi waktu luang, kok akhirnya malah keterusan yah, dtambah ada yang ikutan pesen minta bikin.. jadi bisnis crochet deh

Sbenernya udah cukup sibuk.. bekerja.. ngurus hubby :)) tapi klo pas lowong nonton Kdrama.. mmmm nih tangan rasanya pengen doing something..

Well for me thats Happiness... doing something that I like and earn with it. More than I expected.. I earn a lots from crochet.. handmade stuff bisa dibilang mahal and people love to buy them

Ak lbh suka bikin amigurumi mini animal... selain lucu... prosesnya cepet... (sehari bisa more than 3 klo niat) .. jdi koleksi pribadi en pas djual mahal loh harganya ^.^ (yaiyyy)

Ga seribet bikin syal.. sweater... yg makan waktu lama.. hissshhh suka pengen ganti project deh klo kelamaan. (aslinya gampang bosen klo kelamaan bikin satu project). Makany deh klo bikin project yg lama (like bag, hats, ecc) biasanya klo pas ada yg order ajah ;)

Well For everyones who willing to see my crochet art.. you can drop and visit me on my Facebook page and tumblr. Can't wait for your visit. Xoxo Henny

The Story of Picorella

Common fellows and friends asking me about Picorella name.. my crafting's blog name

(you can visit here http://picorella.tumblr.com/)

such a cute name and where do i get that idea?

Ah well here's the story.. it was my husband who called me like that.. ^.^
He used to call me with many nickname.. such as chocorella (cos I'm bloody love chocolates) etc etc and the old one is Picorella nickname. It was the first nick name that he'd given to me :))

Picorella = Pico + Rella
Pico from picollina (Italian language means cute, little)
Rella is an adding nick name that commonly used for girls. for example CindeRella ;)
shes a famous one huh :))

So what he means .. Picorella is my cute little girl ;)
Meanwhile the true meaning of Picorella is may come from a craft and relate to a religious expression.

Quite interesting isn't it?
Since I am a person who loves craftinggg and love my religion (InsyaAllah never stop to learn to be a better one) . so I take that name for me..

That's the story goes of my picorella name ;) and I'm kinda love it for my crafting's blog.
Good day friends.

Hello Capri Island :))

Hello alll... apa kabar?? come stai? How are you?

Summer time vacations..

This time we went to Capri Island, Italy. Do you know Capri ? or ever heard about it ?

umm I'm sure you're familiar with Capri -- Leonardo diCAPRIo.. ahahah

Yes he must be already visited this amazing Island.

So from Napoli.. we need to take the boat to Capri, in Italian we called it il traghetto, its about 40 minutes from Molo Beverello Port. But !!! If you suffer from sea sick (just like me) you can take from Sorrento.. it tooks only 15 minutes. The best time to go there is in Spring - Summer time.. but in Summer will be so crowded there. Tourist everywhere.. maybe you can meet some international celebrity here ;))

My Galleria Arte

Since falling in love with my new hobby.. crocheting :) 

I start learn from youtube.. It was hard on the first time but then i got used to and love it

About 4 months doing crochet and amigurumi as my new hobby when I have spare time, some friends and colleagues want me to made some crochet stuff for them. So the business began :))

 Never thought that my new hobby can be my another profession :)

So guys i hope you can start to crafting if you want. Its fun.. believe me.. 

Happy crocheting

I share a special gallery for you all 

U can visit my new ones click on

http://picorella.tumblr.com/

Cilok Sambel Kacang

Cilok cilok... makanan cemilan kalo sore yang udah jarang ditemuin di Jakarta..

Dulu suka aku kira bakso, tp kok murah bgd yah, kenyal bener eh ga ada rasa dagingnya.. qqiqiiq

Bakso murah meriah deh buat jajanan waktu SD :))

Saking kangennya, pengen banged.. bikin yukk... Nih Resepnya

The Message - The Story of Islam

I just found this old movie that I've missed so much to watch. 

So instead of watch it alone, I decided to watch together with hubby. Alhamdulillah karena sering bantuin hubby belajar agama, jadinya ikutan belajar juga setiap hari, yang insyaAllah menambah iman dan takwa. Aminnn.

Anthony Quinn as Hamza, uncle of Muhammad SAW

Bukan berarti tinggal di Barat kita jadi kebarat-baratan, alhamdulillah semakin semangad berjuang yang notabene disini susah, cari mesjid aja susah :( sadly di Indonesia yang majority muslim malah pola hidupnya ke barat-baratan en hedonis berat. Semoga kembali menuju rahmat Allah SWT. Aminnn

Back to the movie, film nya bercerita tentang kisah Nabi Muhammad SAW (Peace Be UponHim) dari pertama menerima wahyu dari Allah SWT sampai perjuangannya menyebarkan agama Islam dan akhir hayat beliau secara garis besar. The story start in Mecca in the 7th century, Muhammad SAW is visited by a vision of the Angel Gabriel (Jibril) who urges him to lead the people of Mecca to cast aside the 300 idols of Kaaba and worship to the one true God, speaking out against the corrupt political and military leaders who rule Mecca. During his struggling, Muhammad SAW keep remind his followers that He is only a man who received the word from Allah SWT and reveal it to man.

Tempe Orek Kecap made in London

Salah satu pengobat rindu tanah air yaitu makan tempe.. 

superstar yang paling di idam2kan ibu2 di luar negeri, sampe banyak yang dibela-belain bikin tempe sendiri (tdinya sih mo ikut bikin tempe sendiri, tp kyany klo gw yg bikin bakal jd oncom beracun (-.-)"")
Alhamdulillah disini tempe tersedia walaupun dalam kemasan yang di frozen.. klo tempe fresh belom nemu nih *garuk-garuk* . Kangen sama menu masakan mamah di Indo yaitu tempe orek kecap.. dulu tiap si mamah masak tempe orek lgsg bete males2an makan :D maunya yang kebarat2an *halahh*. ohh mamah maapkan daku, kualat deh skrg nyari tempe susah. Skrg mari qta masak menu ala mamah.

My Fantastic Terasi

Bukan orang Indonesia tulen namanya kalo ga kenal TERASI. 

Luar Indonesia aja kenal kok ama terasi alias SHRIMP PASTE... 

(apalagi tetangga gw kenal banged deh ama terasi setelah jadi korban polusi udara terasi goreng :))) Ya Maap sengaja) So this time I will share Bagaimana Caranya Goreng Terasi Tanpa Bau. Fantastic Ones *.^