ILR success - Croydon
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:03 pm
Thanks to this board and its members for their inputs, sticky notes etc. I got my ILR today for myself and my two dependents. Mine was a straight forward case. I had under 90 days absenses over the last five years. Working with the same employer. I applied under Tier 2 migrant category. I had afternoon appointment at 02:15pm. I reached around 01:20pm and was let in. There was no rush around that time so i coud move quickly. After some initial checks in the ground floor i was given a token number and asked to make payment in the first floor. I paid using my Visa debit card. Case worker was nice and polite person. He called me exactly at 02:15pm. He asked for the following documents
- Passports of myself and my dependents
- BRP of myself and my dependents
- Two photos of each
- 5 P60s (I had only 4 as the last one is yet to come this year. He accepted it)
- Employer letter
- Last 3 months payslips
- Last 3 months bank statements
- Residency proof for my Wife for the last two years (i provided house agreement, council letter, NHS letter, photo copy of her previous BRP)
He checked the documents and made some checks in his computer for some time. The only issue i had was with my bank statements. I get only my statements online so had printed them. He told he cannot accept the internet print statements. He checked with his manager and then asked me to go to the nearby Barclays bank and get a print of last 3 months statements. I ran to the bank and after some strugle there managed to get the last six months statement with thier seal on each page. I came running back to Home office as there was not much time (i had to waste about 1 hour in the bank for this). Case worker accepted last 3 months statements from that and approved my ILR. It was a great relef that i felt that time.
If you have all the required documents then it is simple. There is no need to worry. Do not take Internet prints of bank statements as these cannot be accepted in Home office.
- Passports of myself and my dependents
- BRP of myself and my dependents
- Two photos of each
- 5 P60s (I had only 4 as the last one is yet to come this year. He accepted it)
- Employer letter
- Last 3 months payslips
- Last 3 months bank statements
- Residency proof for my Wife for the last two years (i provided house agreement, council letter, NHS letter, photo copy of her previous BRP)
He checked the documents and made some checks in his computer for some time. The only issue i had was with my bank statements. I get only my statements online so had printed them. He told he cannot accept the internet print statements. He checked with his manager and then asked me to go to the nearby Barclays bank and get a print of last 3 months statements. I ran to the bank and after some strugle there managed to get the last six months statement with thier seal on each page. I came running back to Home office as there was not much time (i had to waste about 1 hour in the bank for this). Case worker accepted last 3 months statements from that and approved my ILR. It was a great relef that i felt that time.
If you have all the required documents then it is simple. There is no need to worry. Do not take Internet prints of bank statements as these cannot be accepted in Home office.