I am very pleased to inform you all that I have received my ILR at Solihull PEO on 6th March 2012.
My category was Tier 1 though the 5 years leave was made up of 1 year of WP and 4 years of Tier 1.
Following were the documents I carried along for the appointment:
1. Passport (Current and Expired) and copies
2. Duly filled in application form
3. Work permit Letter + HSMP Approval letter + Tier 1 Approval letter + Tier 1 extension letter and copies
4. Salary slips for 12 months and copies
5. Bank statements for 12 months and Copies
6. Employers letter and copy
7. P60s for 4 years and Copies
8. Employment history letter from HMRC and copy
9. Work Permit deputation letter and copy
10. Life in the UK test result and copy
The process:
- Entered the building and had a security check.
- Was issued a token and waited till my number was called by case Worker
- Case Worker was a very polite lady and she first asked for the passport and WP letter
- Then she asked for the Salary slips and Bank statements and checked that the figures matched
- Then she asked for Life in the UK result.
- She did checks on my Work Permit and Passport
- Asked me about the absences and I produced a document with Absences outside of UK (Thanks to the attachment on one of the sticky threads)
- I had 83 days of absence in all of which 13 days are unpaid and the rest are annual holidays and are consistent with my Pay in the UK
- She took all the photocopies of the above documents
- Told me that she was happy to grant me the ILR and directed me to the payment counter and advised me to pay the amount
- Paid the amount and went in for Biometrics.
- The biometrics were taken and I was told to return with 1.5 hours so that they can do some CRB checks.
- Returned after 1.5 hours and they gave me my approval letter and the original documentation.
- Was advised that the Biometrics card will arrive by secure delivery in 7 working days.
- I came out with a big grin on my face and went to the National Motircycle Museum to have a good relaxing time ....
FC