Yesterday I received the wonderful news that I had been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK! Since this board has been very helpful to me over the years, I thought I would post an overview of my application so that it might inform others in future. I applied for SET(O) at a premium service ...

I have my appointment for ILR (UK ancestry route) booked later in September. There's one thing that still worries me, so I thought I would ask the hive mind of this forum, who have been so helpful in the past: The "document checklist" I downloaded after booking my appointment says that I n...

You may be too late to make an in-person appointment but perhaps you can still make a postal application for ILR.

Yes, lucky indeed! Thanks for the wake-up call, or I would have missed the window to make an appointment...

Also started working for me after midnight. Took about 10 minutes to eventually get through to see the time slots, but there seemed to be plenty available. Booked and paid.

Thanks for the tip! I managed to get a slot on Sep 28 at the closest office to me, so it looks like I just made it! Booked after midnight, when the site started working.

Thanks Char and FreshFromTheGrave,

The visa start date was the day before my first full day, i.e., 30 September 2013.

Are you saying that the appointment slots begin 45 days from today's date, i.e., 29 September!!

Hi, I'm South African with a UK Ancestry visa soon to be applying for ILR and I have a few questions after scouring the board for info... 1. I've been with my current employer for 3 years, so their letter covers absences in this 3 yr period. How do I prove absences less than 180 days for the first 2...