ILR Success in Solihull 26/09/2012

Hi guys,

HSMP valid from 17/10/2007
Entry date 09/01/2008
Tier 1 valid until 09/01/2013

So if you arrived within 3 months of your EC - you can count EC date as your entry date towards 5 years (disregarding that you still have enough leave to wait for 3 more months).

number of absences - 252 (more than 225 have to be approved by a senior case worker). Longest absence 22 days.
As a proof I only had a standard letter from my current employer saying I am permanently employed there since 10/01/2011 (no dates for absences were given). Senior case worker is in a separate room - so I was just sitting and waiting for his/her decision.

I had loads of stuff as cohabitation proof - she only took 3 letters from different sources for different dates for the last 2 years. She just looked for emails where both our names were mentioned.

She also asked why we not applying to our son - I said we will apply for MN1. We said that's fine but asked for a birth certificate (didn't expect that but we had it with us). She than used the birth certificate as cohab proof too.

Came in @10am, left @2pm.

Waiting for BRPs now.

Good luck!

Big big congratulations Yallow. What documents you submitted appart from cohab documents. Did you submitted all documents from yourself or CW asked.

arifahmmed wrote:Big big congratulations Yallow. What documents you submitted appart from cohab documents. Did you submitted all documents from yourself or CW asked.

CW asked.

Life in the UK x2
Police Certificates x2 (just to put a stamp there that it's no longer required)
Bank Statements for me
Payslips for me
Standard employment letter (I mentioned it above - without absence dates)
Absences sheet
Passports
Photos

I think that's it if I didn't forget something.
Thanks.

Congratulations,

I was also thinking of keeping child's birth certificate as a proof of cohabitation as it has both of our names on it.

yallow wrote:
number of absences - 252 (more than 225 have to be approved by a senior case worker). Longest absence 22 days.
As a proof I only had a standard letter from my current employer saying I am permanently employed there since 10/01/2011 (no dates for absences were given). Senior case worker is in a separate room - so I was just sitting and waiting for his/her decision.

Congrats yallow!
I thought it was more than 180 days that had to be approved as reflected in the SET(O) application form. Is it 225 now?

parasiteslost wrote:
Congrats yallow!
I thought it was more than 180 days that had to be approved as reflected in the SET(O) application form. Is it 225 now?

Officially if it's more than 180 days you need to provide a reason for absences.
However if it's less than 225 days I think (!! not official) you will be fine even without any supporting evidence.
If it's less than 225 days - no approval is needed from a senior case worker (official - but it's their internal procedure, so you won't fine it in any documents). Our approval took about 40 mins - as the senior case worker was busy with something else and we just had to sit there at the counter and wait..

Thank you yallow explaining about documents.

One question from me - The employer letter, did you submit it purely to prove the absence? Or the CW asked for it anyway. If I do not have to many absence days (i.e only out of the country for 30 days), will I still need this letter?

Thank you very much for sharing the information! It really helps people who are still on this tough journey!

ldbright wrote:One question from me - The employer letter, did you submit it purely to prove the absence? Or the CW asked for it anyway. If I do not have to many absence days (i.e only out of the country for 30 days), will I still need this letter?

Thank you very much for sharing the information! It really helps people who are still on this tough journey!

You don't need this letter. I submitted it just to support my absences sheet.

congrats... Very happy for you.


is there any salary requirement when u apply for ILR, like we normally have in Tier1 ??

max2k12: Salary is a requirement for claming points for ILR (like as tier 1) .

yallow wrote:Hi guys,

Came in @10am, left @2pm.

Waiting for BRPs now.

Good luck!

You came at 10am. What time was your scheduled appointment?
if 10.30am - did you have to wait past that time?

jack902 wrote:

yallow wrote:Hi guys,

Came in @10am, left @2pm.

Waiting for BRPs now.

Good luck!

You came at 10am. What time was your scheduled appointment?
if 10.30am - did you have to wait past that time?

Our appointment was for 10-45. We came at around 10-10 and had to wait for about 10 more mins for the security lady to give us our queuing number.