ILR (non JR): previous earnings less than last extension

[hsmp_to_tier1]

About myself: came to the UK at 2 oct 2007 with HSMP (non JR), first tier 1 extension at mar 2009 (got extension until sep 2012), second tier 1 extension at oct 2011 (current visa valid until oct 2013).

My ILR (Set(O)) appointment is due in Solihull next week and in the previous earnings I'm going to claim 29K, this is less than the amount I claimed in my last extension (30K), same amount of points though.

Having read other posts in this forum I understand that according to the immigration rules, when applying for (non JR) ILR one should satisfy the same income criteria as the last extension and not earn more than the last extension.

However, I do remember (again from descriptions of people in the forum) that at least at some point, caseworkers in PEOs asked about this issue and people who earned less than the last extension (even when they scored enough points) faced problems.

Has anyone been in an ILR appointment in a PEO in the last few months and faced this kind of problem? What do you think the best way to tackle this?

Help would be much appreciated. In any case I'll report my PEO experience.

[uksettlement]

As per the rules you should not have any issues if you are scoring the requisite points!