Applying for Biometric Doc with Indefinite Leave to Enter UK
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:08 pm
I arrived in the UK in 1983 on a NZ passport with a Grand Parental Patriality Scheme "Given Leave to Enter the UK for an indefinite Period" Stamp. This was carried over in subsequent passports until circa 1997, when the Border Agency ceased the practice of carrying it over to the new passport, but said to carry the old passport with me when entering the UK.
I was always aware also, that this stamp gave me the right to work in the UK.
After many years of living in the UK with my British wife, and working overseas with American companies, I have now been laid off and need to find work here in the UK.
I have started applying through manpower agencies, and they have asked for proof of my right to work in the UK to which I proffered my ILE stamp in my expired NZ passport. To my great surprise, It is not accepted as such.
A call to a lady in the Home Office tells me that although I have the right to work in the UK, I don't have the proof and I need to fill out a NTL form and send off my passport to apply for a Bio-metric Resident Permit and that this will take 6 months to complete!
My question; Is there anything I can show to prospective employers to prove I am legally allowed to work in the UK while the BRP paperwork is going through?
I was always aware also, that this stamp gave me the right to work in the UK.
After many years of living in the UK with my British wife, and working overseas with American companies, I have now been laid off and need to find work here in the UK.
I have started applying through manpower agencies, and they have asked for proof of my right to work in the UK to which I proffered my ILE stamp in my expired NZ passport. To my great surprise, It is not accepted as such.
A call to a lady in the Home Office tells me that although I have the right to work in the UK, I don't have the proof and I need to fill out a NTL form and send off my passport to apply for a Bio-metric Resident Permit and that this will take 6 months to complete!
My question; Is there anything I can show to prospective employers to prove I am legally allowed to work in the UK while the BRP paperwork is going through?
