Success for ILR (SET-O) at PEO Croydon
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:42 pm
Yesterday I was granted ILR SET(O) at PEO Crodyon.
I applied from a Tier-1 (General), and in the 5 years I was previously on a WP --> HSMP.
I have stayed with the same employer for the past 5 years (don't ask).
I had a straightforward app, but had TONS of absences from the UK - 329 days in total (178 were personal and the rest were business). Not all stamps were in my passport, since I use the Iris (2 of them from the nordics had the wrong year!!) The other complication was that I lost my original P60 from tax year 2006, so i provided a certified copy from my employer's mgmt company along with the last pay stub from that year.
My documentation was:
3 payslips, 3 bank statements, single letter from employer confirming my employment and each of my absences (dates + countries, which matched the spreadsheet i provided in the application), life in the uk pass, 4 P60s (1 certified copy included), letter from me explaining lost P60, payslip from final quarter where P60 was lost, 2 passports.
Took caseworker @45 minutes to process. She said my absences were okay because I had the letter to support the business absences and that she therefore only had to count up my personal absences (though didn't say what number).
Thanks to this forum for useful guidance and good luck to everyone!
I applied from a Tier-1 (General), and in the 5 years I was previously on a WP --> HSMP.
I have stayed with the same employer for the past 5 years (don't ask).
I had a straightforward app, but had TONS of absences from the UK - 329 days in total (178 were personal and the rest were business). Not all stamps were in my passport, since I use the Iris (2 of them from the nordics had the wrong year!!) The other complication was that I lost my original P60 from tax year 2006, so i provided a certified copy from my employer's mgmt company along with the last pay stub from that year.
My documentation was:
3 payslips, 3 bank statements, single letter from employer confirming my employment and each of my absences (dates + countries, which matched the spreadsheet i provided in the application), life in the uk pass, 4 P60s (1 certified copy included), letter from me explaining lost P60, payslip from final quarter where P60 was lost, 2 passports.
Took caseworker @45 minutes to process. She said my absences were okay because I had the letter to support the business absences and that she therefore only had to count up my personal absences (though didn't say what number).
Thanks to this forum for useful guidance and good luck to everyone!