M2008 wrote:Please give email of settlements team

Here is it:

SettlementOpsPolicy@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

thatsy wrote: I wonder if you'd got a different response had you said you went back on holiday or to be with family & friends. Worth a try.

Yes, I guess it is better than saying employed but still leaves enough room for speculation.

ILR success - Sheffield PEO I got my ILR today from the Sheffield PEO. My appointment was at 9:00am and got the results by 12:15pm. Thanks everybody for your posts and replies. Cheers, Congrats Eliyas, anything related to unpaid absences in your case, lot of people wondering about new changes in th...

But you are proving that you had a primary employment during that period. It is good reason for them to reject based on new rule. Family visit means -> you can tell on holiday to visit family. You email again UBKA with different email asking questions 1. Do I need to submit any proof on holiday whe...

For your question, they have replayed as per below wording in rule If the absences are in connection with other employment outside the UK, which demonstrates the UK employment is secondary, these are not permitted absences, and the continuous period requirement is considered broken You better to men...

This also has been discussed here:

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=120750

And as I thought the guidance they use does not correctly reflect immigration rules where Tier1-G is clearly excluded from these absences' requirement.

There is a similar discussion in parallel thread:

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=120855

I have a similar situation when I had to leave UK for about month and this was the reply from ukba settlement team: "I am afraid this absence would not be covered by the new policy for calculating the continuous period, as it is not related to the purpose for which you were granted a visa to enter ...

I am still not getting how this relates to Tier1 General. Yes, page 11 of ilr calculating continuous guidance says: "absences must be for reasons connected with the applicant’s purpose for being in the UK or for serious or compelling compassionate reasons" and this was exactly ukba response relies o...

I have a similar situation when I had to leave UK for about month and this was the reply from ukba settlement team: "I am afraid this absence would not be covered by the new policy for calculating the continuous period, as it is not related to the purpose for which you were granted a visa to enter t...

I think I may have found answer. Quoting: "An applicant does not have to be in continuous or full-time employment during the 12 months being assessed." from Annex A at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/IDIs/idichapter6a/section1.pdf?view=Binary Thanks for replies, ...

Dear folks,

Do Tier1-G applicants need to provide evidence for absences due to paid annual leaves?

Thanks,
AM

Dear folks,

Can you please advise on cohab documents for school-aged child applying together with main application for ilr?

Thank you,
AM

Dear folks,

Could someone confirm that any gaps in employment (due to redundancy in my case) within 5 years' time do not affect Tier1(G)-to-ILR applicants according to new rules?

As I understand, 60 days rule in 245AAA affects Tier2/WP applicants only.

Thank you,
AM