ILR success - 19 Mar - PEO Croydon (currently unemployed)
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:09 pm
Hi All,
Thank you to all who contributed to this forum. I found all the posts most useful and quite relieving before I actually went in to apply
My application for ILR was approved at the Cardiff PEO on 19/03. Below is a write up of my experience.
Settlement route:
1. HSMP (March 2007)
2. Tier 1 (General) (March 2009)
Documents submitted:
1. Completed SET(O)
2. 1x current passport + photocopies
3. Life in the UK pass notification letter + photocopy
4. Proof of earnings - 12 mths payslips and corresponding bank statement + photocopies
Should also mention:
1. NO p60 submitted
2. NO HMRC employment history submitted
The process:
My appointment was at 8:50am. I got there at 8:00am and it was a bit like Heathrow (the security checks). Security let the group into the building at 8am and we went through the security checks one at a time.
Once the security checks were completed, we sat in the waiting area until we were called to the counter. I was called within 2 mins.
At the counter I was asked to show my application, photos and passport. The lady on the other side of the counter was professional and efficient. She checked that I had filled in the payment details, that I signed the form and that I provided recent photos. She asked me for all my papers and I handed her all the papers in. She asked me to wait in the seats at the back and my name would be read out for the biometric application. This took about 5 mins at best. Once this was completed, she explained that my application would be assessed by a case worker and that it would take 2 to 3 hours.
She asked me to take a seat in the waiting area until someone called me to do my biometrics - finger prints and photo.
My application number was read out and I went to give my finger prints and my photo. This process took about 10 mins.
I waited in the same seating area (though I was given the option to go out of the building). I just thought its best to hang on just in case my name is called out for clarification or whatever other unforseen reason.
After exactly 1.5 hours, my number was called out and I went and received the file which had the approval letter (but no stamp in the visa)
I DID NOT EVEN SEE THE CASEWORKER - very categorically I should mention this (they made it clear to me). I was called to a counter and told me that my application had been approved and that I would get my Biometric Residents Card in 5 to 10 working days. They returned all my docs including my passports.
That was the entire process.
Some details:
1. no questions on current employment status
2. no questions whatsoever
I was a bit worried that this might come up but it didn't.
Good luck to you all with your applications!
Thank you to all who contributed to this forum. I found all the posts most useful and quite relieving before I actually went in to apply
My application for ILR was approved at the Cardiff PEO on 19/03. Below is a write up of my experience.
Settlement route:
1. HSMP (March 2007)
2. Tier 1 (General) (March 2009)
Documents submitted:
1. Completed SET(O)
2. 1x current passport + photocopies
3. Life in the UK pass notification letter + photocopy
4. Proof of earnings - 12 mths payslips and corresponding bank statement + photocopies
Should also mention:
1. NO p60 submitted
2. NO HMRC employment history submitted
The process:
My appointment was at 8:50am. I got there at 8:00am and it was a bit like Heathrow (the security checks). Security let the group into the building at 8am and we went through the security checks one at a time.
Once the security checks were completed, we sat in the waiting area until we were called to the counter. I was called within 2 mins.
At the counter I was asked to show my application, photos and passport. The lady on the other side of the counter was professional and efficient. She checked that I had filled in the payment details, that I signed the form and that I provided recent photos. She asked me for all my papers and I handed her all the papers in. She asked me to wait in the seats at the back and my name would be read out for the biometric application. This took about 5 mins at best. Once this was completed, she explained that my application would be assessed by a case worker and that it would take 2 to 3 hours.
She asked me to take a seat in the waiting area until someone called me to do my biometrics - finger prints and photo.
My application number was read out and I went to give my finger prints and my photo. This process took about 10 mins.
I waited in the same seating area (though I was given the option to go out of the building). I just thought its best to hang on just in case my name is called out for clarification or whatever other unforseen reason.
After exactly 1.5 hours, my number was called out and I went and received the file which had the approval letter (but no stamp in the visa)
I DID NOT EVEN SEE THE CASEWORKER - very categorically I should mention this (they made it clear to me). I was called to a counter and told me that my application had been approved and that I would get my Biometric Residents Card in 5 to 10 working days. They returned all my docs including my passports.
That was the entire process.
Some details:
1. no questions on current employment status
2. no questions whatsoever
I was a bit worried that this might come up but it didn't.
Good luck to you all with your applications!
