Hi,

I was recently granted ILR and all my absences were holidays.This seemed to be absolutely fine as no questions were asked during my PEO appointment.I did take letter from employer with me and I had less than 180 days absences in any given year.

HTH.

congratulations. Regarding your self-explaining letters for absences, were they with regards to unpaid leave? If yes, did you provide any "compassionate" reasons, or just explained that you were on a short leisury vacations abroad? Yes, they were unpaid leave as I wasn't employed during that time ...

congratz What proof you submitted for English - IELTS or Uni Letter or just PBS printout saying proof in last application. Any reason for only 11 month statement and any question asked by UKBA? Thanks S I just submitted my degree certificate- my degree is from UK.I also submitted PBS summary and ...

Hi, I had my appointment at Solihull PEO y'day and it's been successful.Thanks to immigration board members for all their help.The process was straightforward and I had my decision in about an hour and half.I reached there at 9.00 and was asked to fill in a form which contained about 4 very generic ...

Well you were right about the other post.This was more specific to my first point here regarding withdrawing application at PEO.I just want to be sure as this involves quite a lot of money.
Thanks for the affirmation regarding maintenance funds.

Hi,

Congrats on ILR. Were you asked for proof of maintenance funds?

I have a PEO appointment next week for my ILR application.I need to clarify the following with members who have been through the application process before: 1)Suppose the case worker insists on proof for maintenance funds for 3 months, can iI withdraw my application and submit it later when I ...

Thanks Rakeysh.

I confirm this much, no requirement to maintain a level of funds for ILR. I am not sure on points but I did take with me the results from PBS calculator and outlined that I am claiming 95 points. Thanks for that.Did you apply in person and was it recently?My understanding regarding the maintenance ...

Hi, I'm due to apply for ILR soon . Would like some clarification regarding maintenance fund requirement and the points required.In the PBS calculator there isn't a specific section for ILR applicant, so how is one supposed to calculate their points?The eligibility section mentions one need to have ...