Absolutely over the moon. My wife received her ILR letter yesterday and the biomatrics arrived first thing yesterday morning.
Here is the timeline again:
Application:Set (M)
Application Date: 07/10/13 (used Settlement checking service and paid £90)
Application posted by council SCS: 08/10/2013
Application received by Home Office: 09/10/2013
Acknowledgemnt letter recieved: 17/10/2013
Payment Taken: 11/10/2013
BRP letter: 01/11/2013
BRP taken: 07/11/2013 (Manchester Deansgate)
ILR Approval date: 02/12/13
BRP received: 05/12/13
Total time taken is exactly 8 weeks and less than 4 weeks from the date my wife registered her BRP.
It's worth spending 90 quid and using the settlement checking service.
I can't thank this forum enough for all the help and support I had since 2011.
God Bless You All
bunty4ILR wrote:I am a British citizen and my wife has applied for ILR, below is her time line:
Application:Set (M)
Application Date: 07/10/13 (used Settlement checking service and paid £90)
Application posted by council SCS: 08/10/2013
Application received by Home Office: 09/10/2013
Acknowledgemnt letter recieved:
Payment Taken:
BRP letter:
ILR Approval date:
BRP received:
Documents sent...... All the original docs were given back to us apart from BRP card and of course the photographs:
*My wife's non-British passport
*my British passport
*Two photographs of my wife
*My photograph x 1
*My 6 Months payslips
*Wife's last 3 months payslips (part time)
*3 months bank statement of 2 current account (separate names)
*LITUK certificate
*Wife's current BRP (expiring on 18th Oct)
*Marriage certificate (though it wasn't required as the spouse visa was granted on the same marriage) The council lady told us it's only required if we got married after she was granted spouse visa which isnt the case.
*16 cohabitation documets (from 4 different souces) including one joint bank account statement from every year, 3 water bills in joint names, a tenancy agreement in joint names, 3 British Gas bills in joint names from every year and 3 x 2 NHS letters from 2011-13 in both but separate names.
The council lady was stressing more on documents in joint names on the top of what we already provided. It wasn't making sense as she already had more than enough cohabitation proof. Anyway the application is gone and the waiting game begins from now.
