Hi all,
My ILR application was successful at Solihull PEO this week. I would like to thank everyone in the group - especially db83 who has been of immense help in clarifying and confirming many queries about splitting the 180+ days absence into two continuous periods. Also thanks to uksettlement (Sohel) who was one of the fist few to get the new rules clarified and applied based on that.
I applied as a Tier 1 holder (having WP for the first year) for me alone. I had not included my wife and non-UK born child as they are not yet eligible. The appointment process was itself standard as explained by others applying at this PEO.
I had one long absence of around 220 days in a single stretch for work related purpose (and was not being paid at that time in the UK). However, based on the date of application, this long break was split into two, each less than 180 days. As it was work-related absence and I held T1 visa at that time, I did not have to give any proofs. Though at first, the CW commented that I had a long break, for which I explained that based on the new rules, each of my break is still less than 180 days as it is calculated based on the application date. I also handed over the spreadsheet listing my absences on a year by year basis for the past 5 continuous years which clearly highlighted the number of days away per Continuous year.
The documents submitted were:
1) Set O form + photos
2) Existing Tier1 BRP
3) Life in the UK test result
4) Absence spreadsheet - listing absence for the last 5 Continuous years
5) Payslips
6) Bank statement
7) Current Employer letter listing my position and summary of pay (though this may not be required, but one of the payslips looked damaged and I was not sure if that was acceptable)
8 ) Bank statements
9) Employer letter acknowledging my annual leaves during Work Permit.
9) HMRC National Insurance summary letter (When I called up HMRC for Employment History, the Operator who handled that call understood that it was for ILR, and asked me to send a request by post. Having done that, I received a letter stating if NI was contributed on a year by year basis and if there were any NI credits. Only after getting this letter, I found out that it did not contain any tax details as in Employment History, but it was too late for me and went with this itself. As the CW did not mention anything, I guess even this letter is fine.
Note that Employment History can be requested over phone itself and no need to post anything - the steps to request for Employment History are explained in the Sticky notes, which I had not seen earlier).
The new rules have come in great advantage for those with long break like me. Once again, thanks everyone posting on the forum.
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