mate you are in worst situation as its christmas time so visa processing is slow in UKBA offices. There was something in your documents which they were not satisfied and hold your case. how many absences you had ??? because i have seen in the forum people lose their passport to hide their absences e...

Hi Ryan, am studying for a masters degree at the univ and am in my 2nd year. This course has been sponsored through my employer and has been fully paid for by employer and I hv to work for the company for 2years at least afta my masters degree. benneviss is right. Pay your taxes and consult a good ...

you are in very difficult situation. You have chance of appeal so go ahead with your appeal. Consult any good solicitor , i recommend barrister. You are on Tier 1 and why are studying. Anyway you have to go to court to prove every thing. You have to prepare a nice case with evidences. I like to tell...

ok I agree,

My friend have applied through NCS and they have retain his certificate.

I don't know why .

I will ask him again.

the ressons are complicated,listed many ,like the form out date,visa expired .... Any guys know how long time we have to wait after send out the IAFT-1 form? Thanks you don't look like serious. You are asking silly questions. check your refusal letter every thing is written on it .... if you want t...

1) Submitted my Life in the Uk test report while applying for ILR Cant find it any more. Do I have to submit it with my application as well?? Yes. If you have submitted the test for your settlement application, you don't need to submit it again for naturalisation. r u sure ? we do need to submit LI...

For a PEO you should try and supply a photocopy of everything you're providing. I deliberately haven't provide any photocopy for my SET M application. We already giving them hell of money why should we do photocopy. we spend money on travel , new photographs for spouse as well. for me no way to giv...

If your ILR is refused you will get appeal chance , If you decide you will go for fresh appliation ... bear in mind if you apply fresh application and it get refused for ANY reason you WON'T get appeal chance.

anantha09 wrote:Yes please can some one post Covering letter formats for ILR application

when you are going in person you don't need to submit a cover letter unless you need to provide some clarification of you documents etc

hi I am applying for ILR, is it ok if i apply myself instaed of using Solicitor or agent. I have all my required documents ready but someone told me to use solicitor or agent as UKBA give consideration to application made through solicitor or an agent, but i dont have enough funds to apay for them....

congrats.

The person you met was NOT the case worker. he was the admin officer who registered your case.

Same happened with me. I also didn;t get chance to meet the case worker.

I also strongly suggest people to take the early morning appointment.

no D4109125, there is no agency or landlord willing to give their precious maisons to poor immigrants (benefits)

I'm searching 1 bed flat and talking to landlords and agencies. No one is ready to accept housing benefits on their property ?? Any advise what to do in this situation ?? I bought the housing benefit form from my local council. there is a page where landlord need to sign . they wont agree to give pe...

thanks D4109125 i will scold him for that....

Yes you can claim HB/CTB without a job, as you both have ILR you can claim all public funds you are entitled to. thanks a lot . but on what basis my friend confirmed i cant claim HB if i dont have a job. He said they will not pay you rent to live. HB is for people on low income NOT for people witho...

I assume your spouse is British/Settled? You can claim Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit if you're on a low income, it has nothing to do with hours worked, that's working tax credits (joint claim you must make). You should ensure that any claim for HB/CTB includes a single person/lone parent amou...

Hi All, I need your advice. I'm living with my wife and we are expecting our first child in end of january 2014. My job contract will be going to over in early december. We will be moving into 1 bed flat next month as we are living in studio flat. Can i claim any housing benefits ?? and what benefit...

Hi All I am a Tier 1(General) Migrant, enter in the UK Dec'2008. I have applied for ILR at Croyodon PEO in person on 11th Oct'2013 after completing my five(5) years. I am full time employed and self-employed. But the case worker told me that they will need 2~6 weeks for further verification/ enquir...

We went to Croydon PEO. Our appointment was at 8 O clock reached 3 minutes to 8 o clock . we were late. I went to cryodon after 7 years. They have refurbish the building and changed the way of handling applications. First security check . I forget to remove the watch before passing the metal detecto...

thanks a lot D4109125. There is a question in the form which asks Have you been living in the uk permanently with your partner. Do I answer yes or no to that? These are the dates I was in/out of UK. 12/9/11 - 27/10/11 - 45 days in the Uk 27/10/11 - 20/1/12 - 85 days out of UK 20/1/12 - 3/2/12 14 da...

Yes they would hold all documents, what you can do is get a notary public or solicitor to take a certified copy of your passport and take the passport and the copy to the appointment and leave them with just the copy, that should suffice. thanks. i will go to solicitor to certify dunno how much he ...

one more question. for any reason like IT system down or checks can't be made etc... will they hold my passport as well ???? I don't want to give them my passport to hold ??? any advise for that ??? I'm to much worried. The reason including above and is we lived 2 places in 2 years. Previous one was...

if she applied visa before july 2012 she need to spend 2 years in UK.

please correct me if i'm wrong

D4109125 wrote:The fact you are both working will suffice, include 3 months wage slips and corresponding bank statements for you both.

Thanks again. I will put these documents.

I have appointment for PEO after 2 weeks.

Will update you guys.

cheers

SET(M) by virtue of immigration rule 287(a)(i)(d). Cohabitation documents should be one joint letter or a letter each for every 4 months of the last 2 years from a total of at least 3 different sources. A letter from your Landlord stating that it is OK for your to be resident. You will have to stat...