Hello all, I hope someone can help me with this. I stopped by at Stratford Post Office this morning to send off the passport applications for myself and my husband. The lady checking looked at my old and current passports and checked the vignettes. She then asked if the last grant of leave, ILR, was...

Update: Invitation letter received received today. Date approval received: criteria: 2 yrs HSMP +3 yrs Tier 1 +1 yr ILR (Joint application - spouse was a dependant till ILR) Language criteria met: PBS documents - both degrees on PBS, print out of page used) Current nationality: West African Method o...

Update: Approval received today. Date approval received: criteria: 2 yrs HSMP +3 yrs Tier 1 +1 yr ILR (Joint application - spouse was a dependant till ILR) Language criteria met: PBS documents - both degrees on PBS, print out of page used) Current nationality: West African Method of application: Pos...

I guess you can. When I was applying for my son's passport using post office check and send, my referee forgot to put how she knew us. The lady at the till gave it back to me insisting that I should take it back to the referee. I simply went back to the office, got an identical pen and wrote it as c...

Update: Application fees debited today. Date approval received: criteria: 2 yrs HSMP +3 yrs Tier 1 +1 yr ILR (Joint application - spouse was a dependant till ILR) Language criteria met: PBS documents - both degrees on PBS, print out of page used) Current nationality: Method of application: Postal (R...

I used my son's nursery manager as well and it was approved.

Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP +3 yrs Tier 1 +1 yr ILR (Joint application - spouse was a dependant till ILR) Language criteria met: PBS documents - both degrees on PBS, print out of page used) Current nationality: Method of application: Postal (Recorded delivery) Application sent: 12 Nov 2013 Paym...

Hello all For people still looking for the fact sheet from the Home Office on using the PBS calculator as proof of English Language proficiency, the information on section 6 of the fact sheet has now been included on this page on UKBA website. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/app...

Hi Jhumbo

Which email address did you send your enquiry to?

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Hello lotstoread, I recently got my ILR too and have applied for child benefit for my son and the first payment was received last week. I didn't send original copy of my BRP card, just a photocopy with my son's original birth certficate. To my understanding, it is the birth certificate that must be ...

I got my ILR approved today together with my husband. My visa was due to expire on the 21st of November. I entered the UK on the 19th of December 2007. I am the main applicant with my husband as dependant. We also have a little boy born in the UK who was not added to the application. Appointment was...

Thanks Smam,

I will surely post my experience on the forum.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks Push, Yes, that answers my question. For clarity (sorry if I'm being thick here, just want to get it right) as our visa expires on the 21st of November which is exactly 28 days before our qualifying period does that mean that the caseworker cannot reject our application if we apply on the 15t...

I may be wrong then, please forgive my error if it's never happened but you still haven't answered my question.

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Good evening everyone, I am hoping someone can help with this query either from experience or knowledge. My HSMP visa was granted on the 21st of Nov 2007, entered on the 19th of December 2007. I am currently on tier 1 that expires on the 21st of November 2012. I am preparing for my ILR with a depend...

Alladin,

I did not give any reason for applying early, I did not even mention it. I think they treat all applications the same whether you apply early or not.

mvent00,

It was from the expiry of the current one ie Nov 2009 to Nov 2012

Newbie, As you rightly pointed out, the employer's name is not on the statment for my job paid by cheque. It's so bad that the only thing that is put there is the branch name, for instance if the cheque was paid in at a branch in Maidstone, the payment reference only shows Maidstone. I explained thi...

My experience at PEO Croydon Apointment date and time: 28th July at 9:00am 8:15 - Arrival at PEO and security checks, went through a different line for premium applications 8:23 - Initial check on the ground floor. Appointment booked in, Our passport photographs were checked, form checked, payment d...

Dear all, I just want to express my sincere appreciation to everyone offering valuable advice on this forum. I stumbled on this forum earlier in the year and this was where I discovered the possibility of early extension. Before some people will crucify me, I had a genuine reason for applying early,...

Dear all, We were able to get an appointment this morning for the 27th of July, though the introductory message and the long wait could easily discourage someone. Anyway, thanks to those who helped. The lady we spoke with did however say that the visa will start from the date of extension rather fro...

Thanks everyone,

We will keep trying until we get an appointment.

Thanks everyone that responded. I just spoke with my husband to confirm and that is what they told him. We will still call them tomorrow again hopefully, we'll speak with someone else. He just told him that there are no appointments and when he said maybe July or August, he still said there are no a...

Hello all, My husband tried to call the PEO in Croydon this morning to book an appointment for our extension from HSMP to tier 1. He was told that there is no appointment even till August that all applications must be sent to the HO through the post. Is that right? Has any one had this experience or...

Tnk you all for the valuable responses.

Can anyone please tell me what the letter from the employer will look like. My employer does not have a clue how togo about this, so I have to give him an idea of what I want.

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