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Hi,

My wife main applicant is applying for ILR now in Jul 2024 thorugh Health care - Skilled Worker Route

Me and my kids will be applying ILR only end of Nov 2024 as our visas started in Dec 2019.

My wife is planning to reduce working hours after her ILR.
How does this impact dependents ILR process. Should the main ILR holder must be in full time job and meet any salary requirements for dependents to apply ILR?

Note: I am contracting and get my own payslips and PAYE salary and can get employment letter. So

1. Does me being in job is sufficient or should the MAIN ILR holder must also be working fulltime ?
2. Is part time / Contract job for my wife is enough to enable us to apply for ILR in Nov?

Based on you recommendations we will plan next steps.

There is no employment or financial requirement to meet for dependants. So your employment arrangments or hers are totally irrelevant. After her ILR is granted, your wife can work as she wishes without any effect on your application

H Zimba,

ILR for dependent states.
https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to- ... -work-visa


You must both:

have enough income to support yourselves and your dependants
not be using public funds

Any idea what constitutes as enough income? I don't think ILR would be granted when both are unemployed.

SKJ1984 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2024 11:36 am

H Zimba,

ILR for dependent states.
https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to- ... -work-visa


You must both:

have enough income to support yourselves and your dependants
not be using public funds

Any idea what constitutes as enough income? I don't think ILR would be granted when both are unemployed.

There is no specific requirement under the rules and never has been. GOV.UK often does not provide exact/accurate information as per the rules !!

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... led-worker

Hello all.

By grace of god my wife got ILR this week.

Next step is to process mine and kids in couple of months.

1. Is the 28 days rule applicable for dependents too. Can we apply 28 days before the first stamp ? Or should it be 5 years fully completed?

2. I have plans to do mine in priority and standard for kids later once I receive mine. Will this delay us in kids meeting naturalisation requirements. ? I mean will the kids need to wait for 12 months after ILR for naturalisation. Or are they eligible when 1 or both parents get naturalisation.

1. There is no such thing as the 28-day rule. That is a historical concession that is applied to all ILR applications

2. Children do NOT naturalise, they get registered as British without a 12-month waiting requirement. Children born in the UK can be registered as British without securing ILR and can be registered directly after one parent is settled. Non-UK born children are expected to have ILR and can only be registered when one parent is British and the other one is at least settled.

Thanks Zimba.

My kids are not UK born. I will get them ILR in Dec. But in standard route and they might get it 3 months later due to standard route SLA.

As you said when my wife applies for naturalisation around next August 25 the kids can apply for passport too without waiting for 12 months after ILR.

12 months waiting for naturalisation is applicable only for adult dependent.

Am I right in saying this.

SKJ1984 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:48 pm

Thanks Zimba.

My kids are not UK born. I will get them ILR in Dec. But in standard route and they might get it 3 months later due to standard route SLA.

As you said when my wife applies for naturalisation around next August 25 the kids can apply for passport too without waiting for 12 months after ILR.

12 months waiting for naturalisation is applicable only for adult dependent.

Am I right in saying this.

As I said, naturalisation is for adults. Children will get registered when they qualify and their qualification depends on their parents.
The British passport is only issued to British citizens, kids will have to first become British citizens before being able to get passports.

Your kids must hold ILR and your wife must become British first (naturalise and attend her ceremony) then you apply to register the kids using form MN1: https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/mn1

Hi,

My wife the main applicant received ILR in Jul 2024 from Tier2 / Healthcare Skilled worker visa route.

I am planning to apply for ILR in Nov 24 through PBS dependent route with following docs

1. English language proof - ECCTIS
2. Life in UK
3. Cohabitation proof for 2 years
4. Payslips - Mine (Dependent)
5. Payslips - My Spouses (ILR Holder)
6. My employment letter / Contract
7. Absence History in a letter
8. Bank Statements

I am planning to furnish my wifes payslips and my payslips for financial requirements. I will also furnish employment letter for myself.

Should I request employment letter for my wife too for my dependent application and submit? Or just the pay slips sufficient?

Thanks

zimba wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2024 2:29 am

There is no employment or financial requirement to meet for dependants. So your employment arrangments or hers are totally irrelevant. After her ILR is granted, your wife can work as she wishes without any effect on your application

The rules for dependant ILR and main applicants are NOT the same !!!!!
No employment or financial documents are needed at all

Hi,

I will be applying for ILR as SET(O) as a PBS dependent during first week of Nov 2024 under priority.

My passport is expiring on 7th dec 2024.

Is it OK to apply for ILR with passport less than a month validity at the time of application.

Thanks

SKJ1984 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:11 pm

Hi,

I will be applying for ILR as SET(O) as a PBS dependent during first week of Nov 2024 under priority.

My passport is expiring on 7th dec 2024.

Is it OK to apply for ILR with passport less than a month validity at the time of application.

Thanks

It just needs to be valid on the date of application.

Hello Everyone,

Finally after successfully receiving ILR for my wife and myself, I have now applied for my two kids in standard mode.

Just wanted to update on recent changes and my experience with TLS Website and TLS Biometric centers.
My wife did biometrics with Sopra Steria and I did with TLS Contact after the migration.

I used TLS Norwich and kids TLS Peterborough. I would say TLS Peterborough was more organized and better center with more resources. TLS Norwich was an one man show on Monday morning with backups and delays upto 2 hours, but still the job was done. So no complaints apart from long wait in cold outside without any updates from the center. Both the centers have limited seating capacity so you might need to queue up outside the facility. Could be challenge with kids.

TLS Website for appointment Booking: I think now the system is stable and you get appointments in a weeks time in centers outside of London.

Please do not wait till last minute to upload and submit the documents in case of self upload.
For myself I uploaded well in advance and submitted the documents. But for my kids I uploaded docs but did not submit as I was holding on in case I get reminded of any other document and delayed the submission till the day before (Sunday) the appointment on Monday. When I wanted to submit at 6PM the https://selfupload.vcas.tlscontact.com/ site did not work and was throwing HTTP500 error. Nothing could be done about it and I kept trying till the moment before my appointment at 9AM Monday.

At the biometrics I was told there were NO documents in the application. As a backup I had taken all printout for them to scan. So I used assisted Service £50 each application and scanned the documents at the center and job done. When I came back home later in the afternoon I tried vcas site again and now I could now access and see all the documents which I uploaded earlier and still the submit was enabled for me to submit. But I did not want to mess up anything as I already used assisted service.

So Monday morning appointments has some technical glitches and the system might be in maintenance mode on Sundays. Bottomline don't leave document uploads and submissions to Sunday evenings. Choose Monday Morning appointments only as a last resort.