1963British, thanks for the great advice. I had an appointment with the NCS this morning and didn't have enough time to do what you suggested. The officer at the council said that it was fine. So, lets hope so.
I will soon submit an application for naturalisation and have one question regarding the referees. At the moment, I have one british friend who lives in the UK and another German laywer friend whom I have known when I lived in Germany many years ago. I know that one referee does not need to be Briti...
I got my ILR today at Glasgow PEO based on WP + Tier1. I have to say that Glasgow PEO is quite nice. The case workers whom I spoke to were all nice and the whole process took just a little over 2 hours. Regarding the documents, I had provided: - application form + one photo - six months salary slips...
I called today around 1pm and got an appointment at glasgow on 2 Oct. Usually, all bookings are done within minutes after 9:00 am for those slots that are bookable exactly 6 weeks in advance. I was told that all slots for 5/6 Oct are not available. In my case, I guess someone must have cancelled the...
If I understand correctly, you should submit P45s that your employers sent to you when you left them in 2008 and 2009. What if someone does not have some P60s? In my case I entered UK (on HSMP) in March 2006, I got two P60s in April 2006 and 2007, and no P60s in 2008 and 2009 as I was unemployed at ...
As far as I know, the guidance from the UKBA website does not say whether departure/arrival dates count as an absence. But from this thread, http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=42321, global_gypsy was given ILR, having had about 142 personal absence days, exluding arrival/departure and publ...
It's true that absence is an absence, if you are absent for the whole day. If you are in the UK half a day, you are as good as being here as being absent....though, I think people will just choose whichever ways that favors their case. HO might think otherwise. If half a day absence counts as an abs...
Smile345<< About your question, I would describe both holidays and your marriage trip as personal trips. I don't really think you need to specify everything in details.
Hi, Can someone who's got his/her ILR recently tell me how the case workers calculated their version of absence days? Some says that the departure and re-entry days are excluded, while others say that both days are included. I will have about 201 absence days inclusively. These will be 157 days by n...
I mentioned that there was a 6 month unemployment period when I was on HSMP. He was quite concerned that this is quite a long period and consulted his supervisor who was happy with this. However they asked for bank statements for the period of unemployment to see economic activity during this perio...
I will apply for ILR in a few months. I was out of job for more than 5 months recently. :shock: I basically took a break from my last employment for three months (doing nothing for two months and traveling out of country for one month) and started looking for a job during the last two months of the ...
Hi, I've just received my passport back from HO today with flr (Tier1) extended till 15-May-2011. Type of application: WP->Tier1 with an HSMP approval letter Application sent: 21/04/08 Reference number PB3034XXX dated: 22/04/08 FLR stamped on: 16/05/08 Received all documents back on: 21/05/08. Cheers!
It depends on whether your FLR application was
submitted before 26-Oct-2005.
If you don't have any evidence on hand to prove this (e.g., royal mail
special delivery slip), I would suggest
that you request SAB and check the photocopied records to see on which date the HO had received the application.
Not sure about in-country switching, but for people arriving from abroad, the ILR clock starts the day the immigration officer put the entry stamp across the entry clerance visa in the passport. From what I understand, the day you actually start working is irrelevant, as one often spends weeks looki...
Does anyone know what was the allowed time outside the Uk before they extended the ILR qualifying time from 4 years to 5 years? I remember vaguely that the 6 month period has remained the same, which is not fair... I'm pushing my 6 months limit now and probably can't take any more holiday outside th...
FYI: I have just called the HSMP team and asked about the validity of my HSMP approval after march. Basically, the guy on the phone said that my approval will remain valid until 31-Jun-2008. However, any application for FLR after March will have to adhere to any changes regarding the FLR (which are ...
Hi, I hope someone can shed some lights on my case. I'm switching from WP to HSMP, and got the approaval letter that is valid from 31-Dec-2007. I'd like to let the current leave run as long as possible and file for FLR(HSMP) in May, which is after the new PBS kicks in. Are there any risks in doing s...
Hi, I have just downloaded the earning template to fill in, and have a few questions. For those of you who would like this template, please read this thread by JD --> http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=20063 . Now, back to my question. On the form, there are sections to fill in for "Gr...
hi all, I just took the ielts test today (for the first time!!) and I think I did excellent in all parts except for the writing. My essay had no structure and it was all over the place. Basically, I got panicked!!!! So, does anyone know whether they require the band scores of 6 on all parts or just ...
I'm not an expert, but I think the key issue is the date that you filed for FLR for the second workpermit. Can you prove to them that FLR was filed before the end of the entry clearance (23 Mar 2004) ? By the way, how did you file for FLR while you were working in India??? Or did you just get anothe...
To answer your first question and re-iterate SYH's answer: plenty of people don't pay council tax in their own name - either the landlord pays and it's included in the rent (as yours is, or as you were led to believe it was) or else it's paid by the "senior" tenant, who may (or may not) make privat...
You don't have to show council tax payment to get ILR You just have to show you lived here. With bills or P60. SYH, Thank you very much for a quick reply. I don't really have any bills other than a mobile phone bill....as all bills on the flat are in the landlord's name. Has anyone else successfull...
