ILR Success with 217 absences at Croydon PEO - 4th Oct 2012

[parasiteslost]

Hi guys,

My ILR (HSMP+Tier1) was approved yesterday at Croydon PEO.
Appointment was at 10:30, arrived at Lunar house at 09:40 but got asked by the door security to come back in 20mins.
Got in the building at 10am
Passed security check at 10:20
Passport and payment form checked at 10:40
Paid fees at 10:50
Got called at 10:55 at a counter for basic checks and data entry
Then got biometrics taken at 11:40
Called by a CW at 12:00
And approved at 12:45.

The CW only asked for my application form, 12 months salary slips, 12 months bank statements, 5 years' P60s, confirmation of employment from my employer and Life in the UK letter. He also asked for photocopies which I had.
I had 217 absences outside the country - all paid leave from employer. He did not even ask about the absences and I did not have to provide any supporting evidence at all.

This forum has been invaluable in prepping my application. Thanks everyone for all your advice!

[renzokuken]

Congrats, could you please share your employer letter template? did you explain about your absences?

[arifahmmed]

Many many thanks and congratulations.

[naresh25]

Hi,

I am due to apply for my ILR and i got a difficulty now. I am on Self employment category. As you know, i transfer funds from business account to my personal account but unfortunately some of my transactions not aligned which means i had transferred more money than i should and transferred less money next time to balance the figures. But overall i had only transferred the money which i should take.

Can anyone please advise me if this is going to be na issue for my application or what else i can do at this stage for my application to go through smoothly. Your help is very much appreciated.