Applied for ILR Route: Set (O) 5 years
Application Type: Super Priority
Application submitted online: 01/08/2023
Biometrics appointment: 05/08/2023 (Aberdeen)
Approval Received: 05/08/2023 (Saturday!)
BRP Card Received: Waiting

I submitted my application on 1st August and submitted biometrics today at 9.45 AM and got the approval email at 1.30 PM.

Thanks to everyone who helped me with my numerous questions and especially, Zimba for his patience and responses. You're a hero!

I will be submitting my application on Tuesday (just waiting for the latest bank statement to be generated) and doing the final checks on my documents. Re: the letter for absences from the employer, the letter from my employer states the following - We confirm that Mr XXX’s absences have been connec...

Thanks Zimba for your help. Checking online, we got a Life in the UK test slot for Saturday (i.e without waiting for 7 days). As this doesn't delay our planned submission of the application, my wife will re-take the test to have the correct place of birth linked to the URN. Can the online applicatio...

I contacted them and their advice was that place of birth doesn't matter and that if any of the relevant details were incorrect, they wouldn't allow the test.

But as they are the test centre (and not HO), I'm being cynical

My wife managed to return to the UK for a couple of weeks to take the Life in the UK test and submit the ILR application. She has just passed the Life in the UK test but noticed that the place of birth on the URN email is incorrect. She inputted the wrong place of birth on the Life in the UK account...

Context - Just as I was all ready to submit my application on 1st August, a spanner in the works. I was waiting for my wife to return to the UK this week and pass her Life in the UK test, in readiness for our joint application on 1st August. She may not be able to return just yet due to a family em...

Thanks. Sorry for another and hopefully the last question. The last statement on my account was generated on 11th July and I will request a new statement on 31st July after my salary is credited on 31st July. As a result, the latest statement I submit for my application will be from 11th July to 31s...

Hello, I'm planning to submit the application online on 1st August because my salary will be credited on 31st July and this needs to match the July payslip (which will be issued on 25th July). I will ask my Bank to generate a statement after salary is credited on 31st July. As the Bank generates the...

Thank you. I have now completed the draft of my application online but waiting for my wife to return to the UK (she's currently traveling) for her to the take the LIUK test, before I submit the application. As I can't move to the next step of submitting the application just yet, I want to get all my...

Thanks Zimba and sorry for being a pain.

The document checklist states that I need to provide all previous passports used to travel to the UK. How do we infer that the requirement is for last 5 years only? Is there any Home Office guidance around it?

Thanks

Thanks Zimba. The form requests all previous passports/travel documents used to travel to the UK. When I get to uploading the documents, 1) Should I upload all pages of previous passports or just the relevant ones with UK visas and entry stamps? 2) I will upload expired passports and expired BRP car...

Thanks all for your help thus far. 1) Consent forms I'm applying for ILR for myself and my wife (who is a dependent) on the same application. The online form asks us to sign three parts of a consent form - part 1 (applicant), part 2 (joint account holders), part 3 (third party finanical support). Th...

Hi all, I'm in the process of setting up my ILR application. For the question - Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth? I lived in my country of birth (India) until Jan 2011, followed by c. 6 years in the UK on Tier 2 ICT visa and then again 18 months i...

Thanks CR001 and zimba for your help on my questions so far. My wife and I will be applying for ILR together on 17th July 2023. I have the Tier 2 General visa (5 year route) and she will apply as my dependent. 1) For proof of co-habitation, I have sourced the following with the same address - a) Wat...

Thank you for your patience.

Is the date of application (which needs to be 28 days before the visa start date) treated as the date when the application is submitted online or when the biometrics are submitted?

Is there any gov.uk guidance which clarified this? I couldn't find any...

Thanks for your reply. In this post, https://www.immigrationboards.com/indefinite-leave-to-remain/earliest-application-date-for-ilr-brp-issue-date-vs-vignette-sticker-date-t316202.html The advice was to use the visa vignette date which is later than than the BRP issue date (same case as mine). In th...

Thank you. Final question (hopefully) - The visa valid from date on the Tier 2 General visa vignette is 26/08/2018. The visa approval letter also states that I have permission to be in the UK from 26/8/2018. However, the BRP issue date recorded on my BRP card is 14/08/2018 (which is before the date ...

Thanks for your prompt reply. Does the employment letter need to be issued within a specified number of days from the date of application? For example - If I plan to submit the application on 17/07/23, does the employment letter need to be issued within 1 month of the date of application i.e. on or ...

Hi, I'm working in the UK on a Tier 2 General visa (visa issue date = 14/08/2018). 1) Earliest date of application - The UKVI guidance states that I can submit the application upto 28 days before the qualifying period. 14/08/2018 + 5 years = 14/08/2023. 14/08/2023 - 28 days = 17/07/2023 - is 17/07/2...