I preferred to park in John Lewis which is 10 minutes away from PEO, extremely easy access to both PEO and shopping center.
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I was on Tier1 (General) throughout, no conviction or dependants, employed and applied under rules before 6 April 2010.
Below is my visa history:
Visa granted: 16-Oct-2008
Entered first in UK: 3-Dec-2008
Extension granted: 23-Nov-2012
Visa expiry: 23-Nov-2013
First of all I would like to thank this forum and everybody who replied to my questions and ease the process of ILR. Secondly to polite and friendly UKBA staff at Solihull.
Booked an appointment for 9:00AM and reached 30 minutes before appointment for security checks. On the security check counter they will ask you to empty pockets for e.g. take out wallet, key, fobs, coins, etc… and put them on the tray.
Once security checks are ok, they will ask you for PEO receipt (which is basically postal letter you receive from UKBA on registering online appointment). After then they will register you for PEO service in their internal system and ask you to take a seat.
In few minutes a person will come to you and give you a ticket number along with the PEO welcome leaflet explaining what will happen today. Soon they will start calling ticket number (it will also appear on the big LCD screen) and ask to go to a desk number.
On the desk, UKBA staff will ask you for application form; check it quickly by turning pages (they check if form is filled fully). They might ask you for the cover pages of passport and give you a consent form (that you know immigration law) to read and sign it. Once you sign it, staff will ask you to wait in the waiting room for biometrics. In this stage your case is registered for the biometrics enrollment.
After few minutes your ticket number will be announce again for biometric registration on the desk number 9 and after biometrics your case will be registered for the PEO consideration. All stages will appear on the big LCD screen.
In 30 minutes a person will come and say that you can wait or come after 2 hours. I went out for shopping to grab Solihull bargains
After an hour and half I received call from them on mobile to visit PEO.
TIP: Don’t forget to charge your mobile on the night before you plan to visit PEO.
All went through fine and a member of staff smile and congrats me on success.
Happy days
List of documents:
Compulsory
• SET (O) Form
• 2x Recent photographs with full name written on the back of each
Evidence of English and Life In The UK
• Life in the UK test pass notification letter
Evidence of Absence
• Letter from employers for both business and personal leaves
Evidence of leave or permission to stay
• Current and previous passport
• Biometric Residence Permit
• Self Assessment Summary
Evidence of Previous Earning
• 12 month payslips
• 12 month bank statements
Evidence of Qualification
• Qualification not on the points based calculator, but a UK NARIC letter and/or Certificate was provided with a previous Tier 1 (General) application
Evidence of Age
• Passport
Evidence of UK Experience
• Appointment letter from employer
Optional
• Driving Licence
• Counter Part
• Medium of Instruction letter
• 5 years P60 letter from HMRC
• UK NARIC letter
• BCOM degree and transcript
• MBA degree and transcript
• Biometric letter from Post Office
• Funds maintenance letter from bank
Copies
• Life in the UK test pass notification letter
• Letter from employers for both business and personal leaves
• Current passport
• Previous passport
• Biometric Residence Permit
• Self Assessment Summary
• 12 month payslips
• 12 month bank statements
• Appointment letter from employer
• Driving Licence
• Counter Part
• Medium of Instruction letter
• 5 years P60 letter from HMRC
• UK NARIC letter
• BCOM degree and transcript
• MBA degree and transcript
• Biometric letter from Post Office
• Funds maintenance letter from bank
• Itinerary
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General questions asked in this forum:
Q1. 90 days concession period - When I am eligible for ILR? The date visa was granted or when I first entered in UK?
In my case visa was granted on 16-Oct-2008 and entered first in UK on 3-Dec-2008. I applied for ILR on 20-Sep-2013 which is 26 days before 16-Oct-2013.
Q2. How can I provide evidence of absence during unemployment?
In my case I haven’t provide any evidence of 42 days absence during unemployment. No questions were asked by UKBA staff either. I totally agree with seniors that if you are absent less than 180 days in a year then you don’t need to worry about it. However, I got letter from the current employer showing last year absence.
Q3. What should I write in section 5 - YOUR HOME AND FINANCES?
I have written Company name under income source, monthly in intervals and NET Salary (Salary after deduction) in the amount column. Total is same as NET Salary.
Q4. What should I write in Social cultural or family ties point 7.12 and page number 20?
Copied from another post.
Country Name - Family Ties - Country of Birth. Parents, Siblings, Aunts, Uncles, In-laws and some Friends live there.
UK - Family Ties – Wife, sister and friends live here.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions.