Applying for ILR

absvis · Post by **absvis** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:15 pm

Hi All,

I am going to apply for ILR in November (3 year WP+ 2 year tier 1).

I think I have collected all required documents but wanted to confirm if i am missing something:

1. 12 months bank statements.
2. Employer letter.
3. Employer letter regarding absence out of UK (on official trips).
4. 12 month pay slips.
5. 3 year p60s plus employment history from HMRC for remaining 2 years (company wise).
6. List of absences for five year (excel workbook).
7. Application forms.
8. passport for myself and 3 dependants.
9. cohabitation proof in form of bills, medical documents, NHS cards, bank statements in mine and my wife's name.
10 birth certificate for my children.
11. Photographs.
12. Life in the UK test for me and my wife.

Now i have two questions:
1. How many cohabitation proof are needed and for any one proof, does it need to contain both mine and my wife's name on it.

2. Secondly one of my child was born in the UK. Do i need to apply for ILR for her. On some thread i have seen there is no need to apply for her. Can someone please clarify. While making the appointment on the phone, i asked the lady about it and she said i have to apply for my daughter who was born in the UK but from some of the threads it seems i dont need to.

Thanks

xyz123 · Post by **xyz123** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:49 pm

absvis wrote:Hi All,

I am going to apply for ILR in November (3 year WP+ 2 year tier 1).

I think I have collected all required documents but wanted to confirm if i am missing something:

1. 12 months bank statements.
2. Employer letter.
3. Employer letter regarding absence out of UK (on official trips).
4. 12 month pay slips.
5. 3 year p60s plus employment history from HMRC for remaining 2 years (company wise).
6. List of absences for five year (excel workbook).
7. Application forms.
8. passport for myself and 3 dependants.
9. cohabitation proof in form of bills, medical documents, NHS cards, bank statements in mine and my wife's name.
10 birth certificate for my children.
11. Photographs.
12. Life in the UK test for me and my wife.

Now i have two questions:
1. How many cohabitation proof are needed and for any one proof, does it need to contain both mine and my wife's name on it.

2. Secondly one of my child was born in the UK. Do i need to apply for ILR for her. On some thread i have seen there is no need to apply for her. Can someone please clarify. While making the appointment on the phone, i asked the lady about it and she said i have to apply for my daughter who was born in the UK but from some of the threads it seems i dont need to.

Thanks

All answers are in the FAQ sticky post in this forum:

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=79378

absvis · Post by **absvis** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:13 pm

From the FAQ's it seems that there is no need to apply for settlement for a UK born child. I would really like if someone who did not apply for ILR for their Uk born child and registered them directly as british citizen on becoming settled in UK themselves.

Thanks

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:31 pm

absvis wrote:From the FAQ's it seems that there is no need to apply for settlement for a UK born child. I would really like if someone who did not apply for ILR for their Uk born child and registered them directly as british citizen on becoming settled in UK themselves.

Thanks

Search and you'll find many such cases posted on the forum!

absvis · Post by **absvis** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:34 pm

Searched but apart from just 1 thread couldnt find anything solid. Just called ukba again and confirmed it with them that even if a child is UK born, they will need to apply for ILR as well with the parents.

Post by **vinny** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:49 pm

No need.

absvis · Post by **absvis** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:09 pm

pretty confusing...immigration saying "yes you have to" and nationality guys saying "no you dont need to"....

Have found a thread where someone didnt apply and apply for MN1 later for their child hence vinny is right there seems to be no need...but i am surprised, both department are part of UKBA and officials working should know all the rules....

hsmp_victory · Post by **hsmp_victory** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:19 am

Adsvis,
You don't need to. My child was born in UK and I was 1 month away from ILR. I did apply for my childs ILR and the reason was not because UKBA told me to but because my wife had to travel with the child to KSA within few months of birth. Since I wasn't sure how long it will take to get child British passport so I got his ILR alongwith my application. I had already applied for my childs Pakistani Passport 5 days after his birth. I got ILRs for everyone on same day service so it was just a guarantee that my wife will be able to travel with the child and was not a requirement.
If you go and read MN1 form (which is used for registering a child as a british citizen), there is a requirement that child's parents should be on ILR (settled in the UK) not the child himself.
IF you know that the child will NOT be travelling anywhere outside UK for another 4-5 months then once you get your and wife's and your other child's ILR just fill MN1 Form, you should be able to get his British Passport within 2-3 months.

UKBA staff is as incompetant as the Bankers in this Country. So if you call them 5 times and talk to 5 different people you will get 5 different answers.

absvis · Post by **absvis** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:51 am

Thanks for the replies guys.

I have one more question. I changed jobs twice in five years and was granted my second WP for my second job and went on Tier 1 for my current job.

When i moved from my first job to second one, a new work permit was issued (and i got it stamped soon afterwards) and there was a gap of 5 days before i started my second job.

Does the above scenario in any conflicts with the 5 years continuous stay rule.

Thanks

Post by **geriatrix** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:09 pm

absvis wrote:Hi,

I had a similar case with two WPs and then on tier 1. i applied yesterday and got my ILR.

The documents requested were:

1. 12 month bank statements.
2. 12 month payslips.
3. passports.
4. photographs.
5. LIUK test

After a while, i was also requested 5 years p60's to show that i had worked and earned during my WP's. From what it seems, P60 is a good proof regarding your WPs. I didnt provide any payslips for WP period if they were more then 12 month old. i got on tier 1 early this year, so i had payslips (Tier1 based payslips and payslips from my second WP).

Just in case i also got letters from my previous employers but were never needed.

Hope the above helps

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