have u read my reply? Of course u need a letter from employer - everyone does, regardless of number of holidays. what u need to know more importantly is, time your application. Your history written above is poor. You need to list down each year like i have, and list the total days out. omit the days...

this is not uncommon. At times, the p45 notification to hmrc is not recorded, and the employer still continues. As long as it shows that there is no income from other employer, u should be fine.

if the original was colour copy and u photocopied it coloured, then both copies would have been coloured. No reason to feel that just cos its black, its not original.

there is no sponsorship letter required.
only a maintenance letter saying that employer can help accommodate your wife, for an amount of £630 up to 1 month, if required.

Your post is still confusing. You cant be out of uk for more than 180 days in one year. That one year is counted like below. Say if you apply for same day application on 10 Oct 2017. 10 Oct 2016-10 Oct 2017 - Year 1 10 Oct 2015-10 Oct 2016 - Year 2 10 Oct 2014-10 Oct 2015 - Year 3 10 Oct 2013-10 Oct...

No more docs. In fact the one u have listed are more than required.
Additional docs are only for those who dont have previous passports.

of course. as long as it is genuine, thats fine

u cant make a blanket statement of same day visa applications not being decided on same day. There are much more applications being done than the cases u see on this forum. If i were u, apply for yourself only, then closer to dependent visa expiry, apply for their extension. If you get longer cos, t...

ask the employer to pay an extra £200 and get the cos quicker. You could apply 14 days after your visa expires, and that over stay will be disregarded. However, applying after your visa expires means u will not get appeal right if your visa is rejected. you MUST apply within uk.. if you leave uk, 12...

this must be a new thing.. i will let others to reply.

Correct. Since it is online application and u cant leave it blank, fill in the last one that your husband used and caseworker should ignore it as your husband is on ilr now.

should be fine as long as she is coming back and going to continue her job

no attestation.
List is fine.

checklist and original docs only.
U already signed electronically, when u submitted your application

all visas count towards 10 years stay.
So unless the days out of uk (when u went out to apply for t4), take you over the limit of allowed within 10 years, u should be able to apply for ilr 28 days before 25 dec.

as long as u have a copy of your ilr, i dont think it will be problem.

if she applies as 5 years on ent, then u can apply with her.
If she applies as a 10 year LR stay, then u cant apply with her and will have to apply for 2.5 x 2 visas flrm.

Just like the date of application of post (postal application) is not considered, just like PEO date for deferal cases are not considered for qualifying time, yours will be date of issue of visa.
It was your choice to ask them for a late start (possibly to serve your notice).

Technically, you should not be able to apply for ilr, as u have had a gap of more than 60 days between employments (employment in Ireland is irrelevant to uk employment).
However, with the letter, if i were u, i would apply for ilr and try my luck as you dont have any other way around it.

did your wife arrive in the uk with u?

if you do not get the letter, then one bank statement is required.. it can be either yours or your partners.
The bank statement must show a min of £630 min balance for a min of 90 days.

if he/she gets the maintenance letter (new one, not the one he used for his application), then no need for either of u to submit the bank statement.

the answer is in your question.
If you want to be more safe, then get it done

b. 28 days before start date of visa on brp

IMO, you should be fine.
You were not an over stayer by more than 28 days, and have not had a break to invalidate the LR.