I thank all the members here(not the god) who directly or indirectly have given suggestions in the forum. I've followed this forum for quite a while now.
Initially, I had a dilemma which center to go and luckily I got two bookings consecutively in one attempt one in Solihull and other one in Croydon. Finally, I got train fare very very cheap so I decided to go to Solihull and cancelled Croydon appointment a week before.
I had a booking at 10.30 reached Solihull by 9, I just noted down the postcode and reached the office. Security guard didn't let us in till 10.00 then when we reached security check he told me that we have reached different office, we panicked and took direction from that office and with lot of circus we reached the correct office. Got token, complained to officer I felt it was of no use then waited for 20min. Now the real true story begins.....
10.50: Our token number was called went to counter 2, Asian guy was the case worker asked me whether we have photocopies of all documents and I said yes. He asked me one by one following docs:
1. Asked me SET(O) form. all passport and it's photocopy
2. Then he asked me what i'm doing and he asked me the duration I'm claiming, told him that claiming from OCT-2011 to SEPT-2012
3. Asked me to provide bank statement and payslips. He told me that I've missed SEPT-2012 bank statement. I got bit panicked
, I told him the confusion and told me that pay slips cover from Oct - Sept but he said ok and then pointed out me that I've missed last year OCT-2011 pay slips .This time I got really panicked
. I was like I checked twice and some how I left both of themDependent application:
Then he started asking me dependent document. I didn't have much co-habitation proof. I recently added my wife's name in council tax and bank statement and we don't get any bills in our name. So, just took whatever I had..
1. Firstly he asked both of our life in UK test results.
2. Then asked us 2 years co-habitation proof So, I gave him 2011 rental agreement on both of our name and a GP letter that said we have been registered with the GP since 2009, then he asked me to furnish 2010 and 2012 co-habitation proof.
But I didn't have 2010 and told him that I don't have 2010 and gave him 2012 council tax bill that started from Mar-2012 and 2012 rental agreement.
3. I told him electoral letter but said no need. Any way my wife name was wrongly printed on that I doubt he would have considered that.
Here are the details of My case:
HSMP(15Nov-(07-09)) + Tier-1 (15Nov(09-12))
Date of Entry: 12 Feb 2008 (3 days less to complete 3 months)
Applied to ILR: 19-OCT-2012
Finally these are the origianls + photocopies submitted:
1. All Passports
2. payslips (NOV-11 to SEP-12)
3. Bank statment (OCT-11 to AUG-12)
4. LIUK test results - 2
He asked me neither P60 nor previous approval or employee letter. So varies from individual to individual...
Cohabitation proof :
1. rental agreement (2011, 2012)
2. Council tax (2012)
3. GP letter (that said registered since 2009)
Then finally he said, he is happy with our docs
. I was relieved and said your should get BRP unless we have criminal conviction and asked us to come back at 2.00pm. We went around. I was still un-happy with the application went around town center and came back at 1.00pm
I came back security guard asked my token number and I said 200. The lady in the counter said oh!! you 200 and then again I got shocked and finally she said your ILR been approved I said ah!!! my 2066 pounds
My 2 cents suggestion, don't forget to take all payslips and bank statements. you may not be as lucky as me
If you are applying for SET(O) dependent then spread your co-habitation docs for 2years. It doesn't have to be one doc covering 2 years. and not many of them are required.
Once again thank you all. Thanks for reading this mail and sorry for wasting your time
Cheers,
Euphoria