You can go for B1 certificate from approved test centers - list of centers can be found on gov.uk website. This option is much easier than NARIC and costs the same as getting a NARIC certificate (£150).

You will avoid all the confusions regarding NARIC certificate.

Hi passat

Not sure if you are still on the board, if you can please respond to some questions in the previous 3 posts, it would be very helpful.

thanks
r

Hi passat in addition to above question, in your list of documents, what is representation letter? Representation letter, as due to my frequent travel history, all of it could not be captured on the online set O form and I had to attach a separate letter also, did your document checklist include the...

Thanks for your reply.

However, if you had made trips to other countries, what answer did you give for the following question under immigration details:

Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth?

Hi Sakthi

Many congratulations for getting the ILR.

I have a question:

Did you fill up online set(O) form?

If yes, was there a question regarding countries lived in/visited before coming to UK?

If yes, did you live in or visit any country other birth country? If yes, did you make entry for that?

Hi Congratulations!!! When you say passport pages having UK arrival stamps, does it mean when you came initially only that stamp or stamps of every trip outside UK you would have made after coming to UK? Old passport - did it contain your UK tier 2 general visa? Had you been to other countries on sh...

Hi Congratulations!!! When you say passport pages having UK arrival stamps, does it mean when you came initially only that stamp or stamps of every trip outside UK you would have made after coming to UK? Old passport - did it contain your UK tier 2 general visa? Had you been to other countries on sh...

For your declaration, will you use family_consent.pdf and sign its part 1? In our case, do you think we should submit family_consent.pdf twice? once, part 1 singed by me and part 2 by my wife? <for the consent for joint accounts> twice, part 1 - signed only by me? for the declaration signed by <main...

Under mandatory documents for main applicant it is asking to upload (copied text as it appears on their website): Consent form for the Home Office to request verification checks on <main applicant> for joint accounts or third party support, Declaration signed by <main applicant> to confirm consent f...

What I did was - call up the bank and ask them to post the statement until 21st Dec from 7th Dec as my salary was paid into account on 20th Dec. Hope this is correct? Earlier statements were also posted dated 7th Nov to 7th Dec, 7th Sep to 7th Nov - which I am submitting along with the above stateme...

Dear board I have now submitted the online set(O) application for self as main applicant and for dependents (partner and child). I have few questions on documents to be submitted. On document upload tab on sopra website, under my name (main applicant), as part of mandatory documents, it asks: 1. Con...

Dear moderators

Please can you reply to my questions in the above 3-4 posts - related to consent/declaration, absences, countries lived in/visited?

Bit urgent now.

Thanks
R

Dear board

I am submitting the online application on 30th Dec, so looking to complete my application from all perspective and ensure all the information is correct by tomorrow.

Your replies to couple of above posts will be very helpful. Bit urgent.

Thanks
R

In addition to above, I have one more question: In the employer letter: A. days between initial tier 2 (general) visa issue date and UK entry date are in the list of absences. B. one absence is listed when I went to Belgium and returned to UK on the same date. The online form is not allowing to ente...

Thanks for all your replies. @CR001, can you please confirm/comment on this? Also, on consent, as I have posted a question earlier: The list of document says: Consent form for the Home Office to request verification checks on <main applicant> for joint accounts or third party support This is because...

Purpose of 3 months in USA was visiting a client for training on their product and requirements gathering for further work on their product. You have suggested to ignore 'visited' stuff - in my view, just like it does not matter how many times one has been away from UK during qualifying period, one ...

I am referring to the period before coming to UK that is before Jan 2014

for example, I went to USA in 2006 for 2 months, then in 2009 for 3 months and again 1 month...
2 weeks in Luxembourg in 2010

Okay.

So, what which countries should be listed as 'lived in'? Is there any guideline for that?

here it is...

on the above, when you click - add another country that applicant has visited or lived in...

the below opens

This one is similar to a question I posted today.

Can someone please guide on this?

Thanks
R

It's another matter when you click add above, it again asks for the countries where you have lived in....

Which, in combination, is making it quite confusing.

Yes, you are right.

When you enter details in the above form, save it and return to main page of the main applicant, it asks exactly this:

Add another country the applicant has visited or lived in Add

Yes, it is set(O)

It does ask:

Add another country the applicant has visited or lived in - no matter how long you have lived there.

I recall you submitted your application recently. What was your situation i.e. did you visit another country before coming to UK?

Thanks
R

Thanks for the reply.

Dear board For the question in ILR form: 'Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth?' I have listed India from birth to the date I came to UK on tier 2. It further says to add: Add another country the applicant has visited or lived in - no matter how long ...