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Residence Permit - Processing Duration

Hello,


I just applied for a residence permit (Retirement Permit) on the EDB site, I paid the USD 50 permit fee and the application is now in "processing" state. Does anyone know, how long it takes in average until one gets the "Approval in Principle" email (if everything is ok and all required documents have been provided)?


Thanks a lot in advance.

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From memory, which is not always good these days, it was about 2-3 weeks but that was two years ago.

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Hello my husband applied last november and we are still waiting,  no mails no call nothing and when we go there they just say its not ready yet , they said that they will call and let us know...

@rspadinger

I guess they are very lazy, not only you a lot people are having same problem

@Island girl23

Try to find someonw who knows you well and take a lawyer, otherwise they will never ever call you

I think they are waiting for the new budget, to see if they can get even more money out of you by increasing the fees.

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