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ILR & biometric ID card application

Post by Smpenguin78 » Sun Dec 01, 2019 5:35 pm

Hi All,
I have a query I hope someone can help with and put me at ease hopefully!
I've been in the UK for 35 years on ILR (US passport) and now am starting to apply for a biometric ID card for the first time, I spoke to the Home Office as clearly I won't have documentation for every year going back all this time (simply put anything before 2006 is patchy at best), the advice given was to include a cover letter stating why there are gaps and try to fill in the last ten years as best as possible which I've done. I have supplied school and college documents to help fill these gaps and my work and bank are also supplying documents to support my case.
I did also have 11 months out of the UK back in 1999.
Is there anyone out there who thinks this is a fairly staight forward application, or are there any dangers they see with this scenario?

My biometric appointment is'nt till 27th December so I have time to add further documents if anyone thinks this will help.

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Re: ILR & biometric ID card application

Post by zimba » Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:28 pm

You must add as many documents as you can to prove specifically that you were not absent for more than 2 years from the UK and so preserved your ILR status. Add as much evidence as possible. It is reasonable that you do not have much evidence from ages ago.
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Re: ILR & biometric ID card application

Post by Smpenguin78 » Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:52 am

Zimba wrote:
Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:28 pm
You must add as many documents as you can to prove specifically that you were not absent for more than 2 years from the UK and so preserved your ILR status. Add as much evidence as possible. It is reasonable that you do not have much evidence from ages ago.
Thank you very much, Zimba.

I'll upload the stamp page from the passport I used at the time to show I was back in the UK for that break; I'll also upload as many school reports as I have just to make sure they have no excuses to say 'no'!

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