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batelco wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:17 pm

Hi All,

My husband has completed 5 year stay under spouse visa and looking to apply for ILR. Got few questions please:-

1- He completed the application online, it says the form is SET (M). Is this the correct form to submit? Yes

2- My husband submitted B1 English from SELT Hammersmith centre with the last spouse extension. I understand it is ok to use the same certificate even though it has expired (it is over 2 years now). Do I need to include a note to the case worker to highlight that it is valid for the application so it is not overlooked or no need for that? Not really necessary to do that, the CWs mostly know the rules however if it makes you more comfortable you may include the note.

3- We can meet the financial requirement using 6 months cash savings or through my employment. Which route is better to take? There is no pitfall in either one though the cash saving may be less paperwork

4- The supporting docs he got from the online form are these, is there anything missing or need to be aware of?
* Applicant and partner passports
*6 months bank statement and payslips
*6 cohabitation letters
*Council tax
*Mortgage agreement
*English certificate
*Life in the UK test

Thank you for your help

batelco wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:31 pm

Thanks AmazonianX, it turns out my husband will need to go through my employment route for this application rather than cash savings.

I have a quick question please since I had a pay rise in April 2022, would the below employment letter be good or need to add/ amend anything?

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I can confirm that Mr xxx works for XXX Ltd at the above address. His date of employment commenced was March 1st 2017 and he is employed on a permanent contract. 
He is employed in the role of XXX and has a remuneration package of £55,456 (base salary) + OTE commission. This is an increase of 9% over his previous base salary of £50,415. The increase has been applied starting from April 2022.

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Also, on the application, do i use the previous base or new base to fill out the form?

Thanks again for your help

batelco wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:42 pm

Thanks all for your help, I am finalising my husband STE(M) the application, can I check if the below cohabitation docs will suffice please?

July 2022- Joint name Water statement
March 22 Joint name Council tax
Nov 21 Joint name Council tax
July 21 Joint electricity
March 21 Joint Council tax
Dec 20 (2 separate name bank statements, one under my name another under my husband)
Aug 20 Joint Electricity
March 20 Joint Council tax
Jan 20 (2 separate name bank statements, one under my name another under my husband)

Thanks again

batelco wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:06 pm

Thanks AmazonianX, really appreciate your help. It says 2.5 years period for cohabitation on the application document checklist rather than 2, that's why I included these docs. 2years evidence suffices

Can I ask if a a mobile bill and letter from "Target" confirming direct debit (Target is the company that manages help to buy direct debit) would be considered as official? I can include them instead of some of the docs to have more sources. While there is a list of sources from HO, this is a guide and when it comes to it others not on that list are accepted. So if the ones you mentioned above are what you have got then Yes you can.

Thank you again

batelco wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:09 am

Thanks all again for your help so far. We are planning to submit the supporting documents before the biometric appointment, can I check please on the below points

1- The cohabitation docs needs to be distributed evenly every six months or the gap should be less (3-4 months). I am slightly confused because if it is 3-4 months it adds up to more than 6 joint docs? Minimum 4 months space adds up to 3 docs per year. So you can have enough for the last 2 years or 2.5 years

2- My last payslip is dated 28th June 2022 and submitted application date is 23rd July 2020. Is this OK? My understanding is that the last payslip and bank statement needs to be dated 28 days before the application date rather than the upload/ biometric appointment, is this correct? Just submit your last 6 months payslip. You can't submit what you don't have. Since you probably have your July payslip now, you can make it 7 payslips. Nothing wrong with that. If that would make you rest easy. They'd pick what they want.

3- For the evidence of partner settled status in the UK, should I just submit my British Passport, would this suffice or need a different evidence? Fine