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Hello Was, I had applied for ILR under Work Permit category. The documents they asked for specifically: 1. Employers Letter ----- i've posted the template her e 2. Life in UK test pass certificate 3. Salary Slips for last 3 months. 4. Old & New passports. For absences - i was only about 15 days in e...

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Following is the letter that I used (successfully, today at Croydon) To Whom It May Concern: Date: Re: (Employee Details) Name DOB Nationality Address Dear Sir/ Madam, We write to confirm that (Your Name here) is employed with (Your Employerâ€™s name here) as a (Your designation here). (Your Name) i...

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Hello all, heeeeehaaaawwwwww !! got my ILR today at croydon. my experience although my appointment was for 9am I landed early at 8am & was into the building early after the security check. By 8:25am I had seen the guy on ground floor counter who checked if I had all the requisite papers & reviewed m...

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Congrats.

may i ask how many absences did you have in total in the last 5 years ?

vic

I am going to apply for ILR as I am completing 4 years on Work Permit.

Seems like you have been out of news for a while ---- the qualifying period for ILR (for workpermit holders) is now 5 years, not 4.

vic

Its bit confusing for me to interpret the section 6.2

You can say that again.

Probably HO needs to enrol itself in ESOL trg.

vic

Thanks Firsttime

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Congrats Firsttime.

Just one question - did the people on the ground floor or the case worker ask to see the letter explaining your absence ? (or did you handover the letter anyway as it seems this was also the letter explaininig that you are still employed)

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vic

Good Luck Firsttime.

I notice you have posted in all the threads that I have posted in --- perhaps we are sailing in the same boat. (I have a total of 205 days outside UK in the last 5 years).

I await your updating us after ur appointment tomorrow.

Good luck once again.

vic

Look for posts by a member called "British", I believe his spouse had problems applying for ILR because of excess absence from the UK.

You are right Smit - I looked it up. It seems they had an absence of 5.5 months in the 2 year qualifying period - but she did eventually get the ILR.

vic

i was under the impression that 2nd edition was applicable for all exams since april 2nd !!

vic

Hello, I am aware that one can, at the earliest, get an appointment 28 days in advace of the ILR qualification date. But what I want to know is how much in advance can I call the HO to book this appointment ? I complete my 5 years on WP on 20th September - so counting back 28 days, I can get an appo...

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This thread has run for a while now & Im amazed to notice that no one has been able to quote or refernce any particular case, that they might know of, where ILR might have been rejected purely on grounds of excess time outside UK in the ILR qualifying period !!!! I wonder if we all make absences to ...

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Also it is telling where on the appication the HO specifically asks for 3 month absences

No longer the case - now the form asks for ALL absences.

vic

vic wrote:So I imagine that none of the active members here know anyone whose ILR had been rejected purely for reasons of excess absences ?

vic

thanks stedman,

many thanks for your response & reassurance.

but in your case when you did your MD, you were on a 'permit free visa' which by its very defination is given for trainee jobs, hence expecting people on such visa's to be under informal/ formal training.

vic

thanks again SYH The only thing that bothers me with this is that I dont want the HO to turn around & say that it was inappropriate on my behalf to be doing a M.SC. (although its only part time) when I was supposed to be here only for job reasons (being on a work permit). Thats why I posted this thr...

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Hello SYH, 1. My employer continued to pay me full salary for the duration of the M.Sc. as I was working full time on the job - except the 21/2 months that I was away for the dissertation during which time 11/2 months was my annual leave and 1 month was unpaid leave. 2. I might be able to get a lett...

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any suggestions ?

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hi olisun, yup - my employer funded the entire course even though it is not related to my field of employment - i work in healthcare & the m.sc. is in construction management. (To cut a long story short, they funded it because they were struggling to find the appropriate candidate for the job & my c...

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thanks David & All, dont think i made myself clear enough at first go - im not looking to join the post-grad but have recently completed it. My post-grad had been sponsored by my employers too. the thing is that recently i had been away last year for 21/2 months to india, mostly doing data collectio...

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anyone ?

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Hello all, I haven't come across anything relating to this on the Home Office website so thought I will ask people here for their thoughts. As a work permit holder, can I join a 2 year part time M.Sc. programme (while I continue to work on a full time day job on the work permit) ? I hope this will n...

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So I imagine that none of the active members here know anyone whose ILR had been rejected purely for reasons of excess absences ?

vic

well i have 2 friends who are white south africans - only in the uk now for work - but they both have uk citizenship (i dont know the details but they got these officially from the embassy in s.africa as both their parents, for the both of them, are british). They both entered uk (for the first time...

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