ILR Success with 217 absences at Croydon PEO - 4th Oct 2012

Hi guys,

My ILR (HSMP+Tier1) was approved yesterday at Croydon PEO.
Appointment was at 10:30, arrived at Lunar house at 09:40 but got asked by the door security to come back in 20mins.
Got in the building at 10am
Passed security check at 10:20
Passport and payment form checked at 10:40
Paid fees at 10:50
Got called at 10:55 at a counter for basic checks and data entry
Then got biometrics taken at 11:40
Called by a CW at 12:00
And approved at 12:45.

The CW only asked for my application form, 12 months salary slips, 12 months bank statements, 5 years' P60s, confirmation of employment from my employer and Life in the UK letter. He also asked for photocopies which I had.
I had 217 absences outside the country - all paid leave from employer. He did not even ask about the absences and I did not have to provide any supporting evidence at all.

This forum has been invaluable in prepping my application. Thanks everyone for all your advice!

Congrats, could you please share your employer letter template? did you explain about your absences?

Many many thanks and congratulations.

Hi,

I am due to apply for my ILR and i got a difficulty now. I am on Self employment category. As you know, i transfer funds from business account to my personal account but unfortunately some of my transactions not aligned which means i had transferred more money than i should and transferred less money next time to balance the figures. But overall i had only transferred the money which i should take.

Can anyone please advise me if this is going to be na issue for my application or what else i can do at this stage for my application to go through smoothly. Your help is very much appreciated.