ILR Set (M) Checklist, urgent for 16 July appointment

[superjuma]

Hi,

Some feedback on my final documentation for ILR (PEO aptt) would be appreciated.

Imigration history:

Spouse visa issued:10/03/2013
Spouse visa expiry: 12/12/2015
FLR M BRP issued: 29/12/2015
FLR M BRP expiray: 19/07/2018

ILR Appt – 16/07/2018

SET (M) Checklist:

Introduction & Identity:

Appointment booking confirmation print out
Payment confirmation print out
Application Form (SET M) (not stapled)

Proof of language:

1. LITUK Test certificate

2. B1 Certificate from Trinity college

Personal Documents:

Applicant’s Current Passport
Applicant Previous Passport (Cancelled)
Applicant current biometric resident card
Marriage Certificate
Sponsor’s Passport (British)
Daughter’s passport (British)
Daughter’s birth certificate
Son's passport (British)
Sons's birth certificate
Passport Photos for Applicant (2) – Full name on back
Passport Photo of Sponsor (1) – Full name on back

Accommodation:
We lived at the sponsor mothers home from 18 April 2013 to 19 April 2018, as our family got bigger with birth of our second child we moved home, we have the following evidance:

Sponsor mother home:
Tenancy agreement
House inspection report used in my initial spouse visa and FLR (M)
Letter from sponsors mother she was happy for us to stay during the peroid above

Current home:
Tenancy agreement
Recent rent statement

Sponsors mother is currently away and my husband has written a letter stating that and a direct contact number for her if they need her confirmation?

Financials:

Applicant 6 months bank statements
Sponsor Letter from employer confirming employment details
Sponsor Letter from employer confirming the authenticity of the printed payslips.
Sponsor Recent promotion letter
Sponsor Payslips – 6 months
Sponsor Banks Statements - Corresponding 6 months

Salary was going to into a HSBC Advance saving account from Jan 2018 to April 2018, Now into Natwest current account from May 2018 payment, We are submitting 6 months of both accounts, the payslips also show which account payment went into, hopefully this is fine, do we need a letter in the application to explain this?


Correspondence:

Applicant Natwest bill printed and stamped in branch with branch manager business card attached. (Feb 2016)
Applicant Specsavers appointment letter (July 2016)
Applicant NHS letter (Mar 2017)
Applicant Hosptial discharge letter after birth - stamped by GP (Aug 2017)
Joint Council tax - new address (Apr 2018)
Joint SW energy bill (June 2018)

Sponsor British Gas bill (Jan 2016)
Sponsor Argos card statement (July 2016)
Sponsor Scotish widows work pension calculations (Feb 2017)
Sponsor Student loan statement (July 2017)
Joint Council tax - new address (Apr 2018)
Joint SW energy bill (June 2018)

We also have letters addressed to my daughter/son– GP registration, hospital apt. Do we take these?


5 years continues residency:

Applicant college letter - printed ans stamped by college (Dec 2013)
Applicant GP registeration letter (Apr 2014)
Applicant First Child hospital discharge report (Oct 2015)
Applicant Natwest bank stament (April 2016)
Applicant Second child hospital discharge letter (Aug 2017)
Applicant A&E visit letter (Feb 2018)

Do we need Evidence for the Sponsor as well? If so, we have letters and bills

Do we need to Evidence of the Applicants trips out of the UK as well? we have printed airline bookings just in case.

Is there a set number of days the applicant can be away during the 5 years residency?

We will appreciate if someone can have a look please? Thank you so much for your time.

[CR001]

Spouse visa issued:10/03/2013
Spouse visa expiry: 12/12/2015
FLR M BRP issued: 29/12/2015
FLR M BRP expiray: 19/07/2018

On what date did you ENTER the UK with your spouse visa??

We also have letters addressed to my daughter/son– GP registration, hospital apt. Do we take these?

No.

Do we need Evidence for the Sponsor as well? If so, we have letters and bills

For proof of residence??? No. You only need letters to each of you or jointly addressed proving cohabitation.

Do we need to Evidence of the Applicants trips out of the UK as well? we have printed airline bookings just in case.

No.

Is there a set number of days the applicant can be away during the 5 years residency?

No.

[superjuma]

Thank you so much for the quick reply CR001!

I entered the UK on 18/04/2013

OK is 1 peace a year for each of us OK, 1 for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Yes they are bills, letters from NHS and statements.

On what about accommodation?

Accommodation:
We lived at the sponsor mothers home from 18 April 2013 to 19 April 2018, as our family got bigger with birth of our second child we moved home, we have the following evidance:

Sponsor mother home:
Tenancy agreement
House inspection report used in my initial spouse visa and FLR (M)
Letter from sponsors mother she was happy for us to stay during the peroid above

Current home:
Tenancy agreement
Recent rent statement

Sponsors mother is currently away and my husband has written a letter stating that and a direct contact number for her if they need her confirmation?

[CR001]

Thank you so much for the quick reply CR001!

I entered the UK on 18/04/2013 You could have applied for ILR in March already, before the fee increase.

OK is 1 peace a year for each of us OK, 1 for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Yes they are bills, letters from NHS and statements. You need items for every 3 or 4 months, either in joint names or addressed individually to the same address, for the 2 years preceding your ILR application.

On what about accommodation? Depends how long you have been in your own accommodation.

Accommodation:
We lived at the sponsor mothers home from 18 April 2013 to 19 April 2018, as our family got bigger with birth of our second child we moved home, we have the following evidance:

Sponsor mother home:
Tenancy agreement
House inspection report used in my initial spouse visa and FLR (M) Not relevant if you are no longer living there.
Letter from sponsors mother she was happy for us to stay during the peroid above Not relevant if you are no longer living there.

Current home:
Tenancy agreement
Recent rent statement

Sponsors mother is currently away and my husband has written a letter stating that and a direct contact number for her if they need her confirmation? Not relevant if you are no longer living there.

[superjuma]

Really!! I was told by lawyer that I should apply within the last 28 days of my BRP expiry.

"You need items for every 3 or 4 months, either in joint names or addressed individually to the same address, for the 2 years preceding your ILR application."

We have these spaced out 4 months and 6 months on other occasions as almost all of my stay in the UK was at my sponsor mothers home.

"Depends how long you have been in your own accommodation."

We moved in on 19/04/2018 and have
tenancy agreement - joint name
1 joint council - tax joint name
2 joint bills - joint name
rent statement from landlord - joint name

Ok does the rest of the application look OK to you?

Oh yes, a very important question:

Salary was going to into a HSBC Advance saving account from Jan 2018 to April 2018, Now into Natwest current account from May 2018 payment, We are submitting 6 months of both accounts, the payslips also show which account payment went into, hopefully this is fine, do we need a letter in the application to explain this?

[CR001]

Really!! I was told by lawyer that I should apply within the last 28 days of my BRP expiry.

Lawyer was wrong. You can apply within 28 days before reaching 5 years residence, which starts counting from the date you entered the UK.

"You need items for every 3 or 4 months, either in joint names or addressed individually to the same address, for the 2 years preceding your ILR application."

We have these spaced out 4 months and 6 months on other occasions as almost all of my stay in the UK was at my sponsor mothers home.

Should be fine then.

"Depends how long you have been in your own accommodation."

We moved in on 19/04/2018 and have
tenancy agreement - joint name
1 joint council - tax joint name
2 joint bills - joint name
rent statement from landlord - joint name

Ok does the rest of the application look OK to you?

Then what you have prior to your own place is fine, but you don't need the property inspection report or letter.

Oh yes, a very important question:

Salary was going to into a HSBC Advance saving account from Jan 2018 to April 2018, Now into Natwest current account from May 2018 payment, We are submitting 6 months of both accounts, the payslips also show which account payment went into, hopefully this is fine, do we need a letter in the application to explain this?

Not an issue and should be fine.

[superjuma]

Then what you have prior to your own place is fine, but you don't need the property inspection report or letter

18/04/2013 to 19/04/2018 almost 5 years we lived at my sponsor mother home. For my initial visa and FLR M applications we used:
property inspection report
sponsor mother tenancy agreement
letter form from sponsor mother to say she happy for us to live there.

This year on 19/04/2018 we have moved out to our own property.

My question is do I need to provide the above documents and sponsors Mother letter confirming we stayed from 18/04/2013 to 19/04/2018 to prove our 5 years continues residency? We only been in our property for 3 months and have correspondence for that period only.

[CR001]

Won't do any harm to include the letter.

You do not need the inspection report as you are no longer living there.

[superjuma]

Thank you so much CR001

Sorry another question, our bank statements are paperless and had to order last 6 months statements but they never arrived, so we printed out from online banking and got NatWest branch manager to Stamp sign and attach he's business card to every statement, I believe this is ok?

However HSBC will not stamp statements, also original have not arrived when ordered by phone, so I made angry call yesterday and they told me, they sent and email to my local branch manager to sign the statements and attached their business card with a letter of authentic, is this also OK?

[CR001]

Thank you so much CR001

Sorry another question, our bank statements are paperless and had to order last 6 months statements but they never arrived, so we printed out from online banking and got NatWest branch manager to Stamp sign and attach he's business card to every statement, I believe this is ok?

However HSBC will not stamp statements, also original have not arrived when ordered by phone, so I made angry call yesterday and they told me, they sent and email to my local branch manager to sign the statements and attached their business card with a letter of authentic, is this also OK?

Should be fine yes.

[superjuma]

Thank you so much CR001 for all help.

[CR001]

You're welcome. Feel free to continue here if you have any further questions and let us know the outcome.

[superjuma]

Hi CR001

Does this letter from the sponsor mother look OK to you?

Sponsor Mother Name

Address



To whom it may concern,

RE: Applicant: xxx, D.O.B. xxx, Sponsor: xxx, D.O.B. xxx.

I, Mrs xxx – mother of sponsor xxx confirm that the applicant xxx and her sponsor, xxx lived with me at [ADDRESS], since [applicant name] arrived in the UK on 18/04/2013 to 19/04/2018 when they moved to their own home with their children.

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us on the details above.

Yours Faithfully,


Mother of SPONSOR

[CR001]

Should be fine yes

[superjuma]

Forgot to add, the letter was date on 22/06/2018 when she was here in the UK, she is currently in Kenya, does my sponsor need to add letter that she out of the country and provide her direct number, or does she need to write a new letter and scan it to us stating she is out of the country and provide her direct number.

Or will the current letter be enough and we are worrying too much?

[CR001]

Current letter is fine as it is dated within 28 days before your appointment.

[superjuma]

Thanks!

Is there a limit my on my absesnse from the during my last 5 years, we callculated all the days and total days spent outside the UK was 228 from 18/04/2013 to today.

The longest trips were in:

2014 for 49 days where I visited my family and attended my sisters wedding.
2015 for 69 days I spent my pregnancy with my mother and family.

We have listed all trips in a spreadsheet and provided the reason of the trip.

So question: is there a limit on the number of days I can be away during the last 5 years or a limit allowed to be away in a year e.g 2015 i was away for 69 days, longest i was away?

[CR001]

So question: is there a limit on the number of days I can be away during the last 5 years or a limit allowed to be away in a year e.g 2015 i was away for 69 days, longest i was away?

No, as already advised in my first response.

Is there a set number of days the applicant can be away during the 5 years residency?

No.

[superjuma]

On the SET M Version 04/2018 (this is the correct one right?) It says:

SECTION 2C: YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILD - Complete if you
are applying as a parent of a child who is present and settled in the UK

SECTION 2C: Complete this section if you are the single parent of a child or children in the UK and you
have had leave to remain as a parent for a continuous period of at least 60 months and you continue to
have sole or shared responsibility for the child or children, or access rights to them.
If you are applying on the basis of your relationship with more than one child, please photocopy this
Section and complete the details for each child separately and enclose it with this form.

I think we leave this section blank? as im applying as partner to person settled in the UK.

Then section 3 says:

SECTION 3: CHILDREN UNDER 18
You are required to provide details of any children under 18 who are living with you in the UK, and who are
applying for indefinite leave to remain as your dependants.
If more than 2 children are applying, please give their details on a photocopy of this page, enclose it with this
form, and place the photographs in a sealed envelope attached to section 1 as instructed there.

Do we skip this section too? If yes then how about Question 3.1 it says:

Do you and your partner have any children
together?

And yes we do, we have 2 do we answer this section or not?

[CR001]

On the SET M Version 04/2018 (this is the correct one right?) It says:

SECTION 2C: YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILD - Complete if you
are applying as a parent of a child who is present and settled in the UK

SECTION 2C: Complete this section if you are the single parent of a child or children in the UK and you
have had leave to remain as a parent for a continuous period of at least 60 months and you continue to
have sole or shared responsibility for the child or children, or access rights to them.
If you are applying on the basis of your relationship with more than one child, please photocopy this
Section and complete the details for each child separately and enclose it with this form.

I think we leave this section blank? as im applying as partner to person settled in the UK.

Correct yes.

Then section 3 says:

SECTION 3: CHILDREN UNDER 18
You are required to provide details of any children under 18 who are living with you in the UK, and who are
applying for indefinite leave to remain as your dependants.
If more than 2 children are applying, please give their details on a photocopy of this page, enclose it with this
form, and place the photographs in a sealed envelope attached to section 1 as instructed there.

Do we skip this section too? If yes then how about Question 3.1 it says:

Do you and your partner have any children
together?

And yes we do, we have 2 do we answer this section or not?

You need to complete Section 3 as appropriate and whichever questions are relevant.

So am guessing your answers would be as follows.

3.1 YES
3.2 NO (assuming they are your/partners children born out of the marriage and not 'step children')
3.3 NO (assuming partner has no children from previous relationships)
3.4 Depends on answer to 3.3.
3.6 Self explanatory and needs to be completed
3.7-3.9 As applicable or relevant. If not, leave blank.

[superjuma]

Thanks CR001!

Section 8A Financial Requirement it asks:

8.3 From the list below, please indicate the financial source(s) and the amount of income you and/or your
sponsor wish to rely on to meet the minimum income threshold.
Income from salaried employment: - complete section 8.3A
Current annual salary: £
Indicate which option you are relying on: category A or category B

Sponsor got a pay rise on June's salary payment so thats the income we add here correct, I don't work. (we have the promotion letter from he's work).

We apply under category A right because he has been with company he's working for since 2009.

This question is very vague:

If you or your sponsor have had more than one job, you must provide the full details for each job held and
the specified evidence for each job.
You and your sponsor’s total combined income from salaried employment?

He only works for one employer since 2009, we still put he's current salary here (after promotion) as its our only income?

[CR001]

Current salary yes, after promotion.

[superjuma]

2.27 Do you or your partner have any shared financial responsibilities?
If Yes, provide details below:

Don't know what is exactly the meaning of this question, is it things like rent, food, clothing and kids stuff?

Section 6 BRP it asks:

7. Have you had your fingerprints taken as part of a previous United Kingdom immigration
application made in the United Kingdom or abroad?
8. Give details when your fingerprints were taken:
9. Give details where your fingerprints were taken, including the town or city and country:
10. Give details of the British diplomatic post(s) involved if the application(s) was/were made abroad:

These ask about my last BRP right, so for:
7. Yes
8. don't remember the date but it was december 2015, is that ok
9. I have the post office address i did
10. do i ignore this question?

When combined does your annual income and your sponsor’s annual income from current employment
meet or exceed the minimum income threshold you must meet?

Yes

You or your sponsor must have been employed by the same employer for 6 months prior to the application and your combined total earnings must meet the specified amount at 8.3A (xiv) for this 6 month period. If not, does you and your sponsors income from salaried employment received in the 12 months prior
to application meet or exceed the minimum income threshold you must meet?

It's Yes or No question, not sure what to tick? My sponsor has been with the same employer since 2009.

SECTION 8B: MAINTENANCE
You must complete this section if:
(i) You were granted leave to enter or remain as a partner under Part 8 of the Immigration Rules following
an application submitted before 9 July 2012.
(ii) You are applying as a partner under Appendix FM and you qualify for an exemption from meeting the
minimum income threshold element of the financial requirement.
(iii) You are applying as the parent of a child who is settled in the UK.
You must provide evidence that your sponsor (or you if you are applying as a parent) is able to adequately
maintain you and any dependants in the United Kingdom without recourse to public funds.
All applicants must provide specified evidence set out in Appendix FM-SE of the Immigration Rules unless
they have had leave under Part 8 of the Immigration Rules before 9 July 2012. For further details see
SET(M) guidance notes.

Do we have to fill in this section?

9.13 How long have you lived in the UK?

From 18/04/2013 to today is 5 years and 2 months

11.1 Is your valid passport, national identity card or travel document enclosed?
11.1.1 Which document are you providing? (please tick at least one box):
Passport
Travel document
National identity card

We tick passport, this is separate the BRP right?, as its not in the list and has a separate section.

11.5 Have you enclosed the valid passport, national identity card or travel document for a
dependant?
11.5.1 Which document are you providing? (please tick at least one box)
Passport
Travel document
National identity card

This is the same question and we tick passport again, correct?

[superjuma]

Hi CR001, can you have look at the above questions please?

Thanks so much!

[CR001]

Hi CR001, can you have look at the above questions please?

Thanks so much!

Been out with family today and only just got home. Will look in a while