Got my ILR (HSMP)
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:34 am
I was active years ago here before and just after I got my HSMP (tier 1). And now I finished 4 years of hsmp (with judicial review) and got my ILR on Monday.
I passed all documents to a solicitor to whom I paid £500 as I really didn't want to go to the hassle of trying to get an appointment and just in case... Solicitors have bi-weekly set appointments with home office so makes life much easier.
I haven't completely worked during 4 years; changed several jobs, worked as a contractor for a few months on my ltd company. So I submitted all payslips I could find and my ltd company tax accounts... I had 177 days of absence (entry and exit days don't count).
One thing surprised me was police registration document. My solicitor noticed that I didn't update my current address and asked me to go to police station to update before we apply for ILR just in case.
My solicitor applied on Monday and called me at 5.30 to tell me I was given ILR without any issue and I collected my passport from her next day.
Apparently, you can spend up to 100 days (90 on paper, but she said, home office tolerates up to 100 days in fact) abroad during 1 year before naturalisation and you don't need to prove that you are economically active. But it would be useful if you would show you are not useless..
And a very important point for naturalisation is you should make sure you have no country court judgement due to debts or whatever...
Good luck all!
I passed all documents to a solicitor to whom I paid £500 as I really didn't want to go to the hassle of trying to get an appointment and just in case... Solicitors have bi-weekly set appointments with home office so makes life much easier.
I haven't completely worked during 4 years; changed several jobs, worked as a contractor for a few months on my ltd company. So I submitted all payslips I could find and my ltd company tax accounts... I had 177 days of absence (entry and exit days don't count).
One thing surprised me was police registration document. My solicitor noticed that I didn't update my current address and asked me to go to police station to update before we apply for ILR just in case.
My solicitor applied on Monday and called me at 5.30 to tell me I was given ILR without any issue and I collected my passport from her next day.
Apparently, you can spend up to 100 days (90 on paper, but she said, home office tolerates up to 100 days in fact) abroad during 1 year before naturalisation and you don't need to prove that you are economically active. But it would be useful if you would show you are not useless..
And a very important point for naturalisation is you should make sure you have no country court judgement due to debts or whatever...
Good luck all!
