ILR-9 Months Unpaid Maternity Leave on Teir 1

[Monasheikh]

Dear users/mods,

I stumbled onto this board a few weeks ago and the info here has been very useful; thanks to all who have taken initiative to post/write.

I hoped to have some advice on my situation.

I am due to apply for ILR in July

I have spent:
2 years on HSMP
3 years on tier one migrant- completing in July

During 2009 -my first year as Tier 1 Migrant- I took 9 months of unpaid maternity leave/break.

I was financially independent and used savings and lived okay-ish for 9 months when I did not work. I could not work due to pregnancy related sickness and when the job I was working came to an end I decided to take it easy till I have my baby.

I am applying on my own with my son who is my dependent who is UK born.

My question is what should I show as evidence of my economic activity for the 9 months of unpaid maternity break?

Is this period going to disqualify me from ILR? I was resident in UK all of the 9 months except for 6 weeks when I went home after delivery.

Thanking in advance for your suggestions.

[Monasheikh]

Hi All,

Sad to see that no one has replied to my post.

I have read through SET0 Form + Guiadance + relevant Immigration rules that apply to ILR via Tier 1 Gen. And I have not managed to get any indication if its alright or not.

Will my application be accepted? Or is a 9 month unpaid maternity break disqualify me.

Is it too complex for PEO application and I should be better off posting it?

Hoping for some suggestions. Thanks

[pkumar]

You should be fine ..... given that for ILR they ask for last 12 months salary ... also one of my close friend who is a banker was sitting at home for 8 months without work in 2008-2009 ... and he got his ILR last month ... So i think you should be fine .. I would suggest you go to POE office ...

[Monasheikh]

Thanks for response, I appreciate it.

[jan77]

You should be fine ..... given that for ILR they ask for last 12 months salary ... also one of my close friend who is a banker was sitting at home for 8 months without work in 2008-2009 ... and he got his ILR last month ... So i think you should be fine .. I would suggest you go to POE office ...

kindly throw more light why would you suggest she uses PEO?... Thanks

[jan77]

Dear users/mods,

I stumbled onto this board a few weeks ago and the info here has been very useful; thanks to all who have taken initiative to post/write.

I hoped to have some advice on my situation.

I am due to apply for ILR in July

I have spent:
2 years on HSMP
3 years on tier one migrant- completing in July

During 2009 -my first year as Tier 1 Migrant- I took 9 months of unpaid maternity leave/break.

I was financially independent and used savings and lived okay-ish for 9 months when I did not work. I could not work due to pregnancy related sickness and when the job I was working came to an end I decided to take it easy till I have my baby.

I am applying on my own with my son who is my dependent who is UK born.

My question is what should I show as evidence of my economic activity for the 9 months of unpaid maternity break?

Is this period going to disqualify me from ILR? I was resident in UK all of the 9 months except for 6 weeks when I went home after delivery.

Thanking in advance for your suggestions.

just provide all the necessary doc. covering the period...you should be ok I think it is a straight forward case