Hi! We're celebrating our ILR that we also got in Croydon today so we probably met there :D I was applying under a combination of WP+Tier 2 extended for the same employer doing the same job. Absences from the UK were 212 days, 3/4 of these were buisness trips, no single trip exceeded 90 days. Docume...

Called Border Agency the other day. Despite the warning at the top of the document that it may be out-of-date, I was told it is still valid. Back to business trips - the wording is that short "absences abroad, for example for holidays (consistent with annual paid leave) or business trips (consi...

Thank you! sitting at the computer going through 3 passport and 112 stamps in and out! Lucky me, each time I go anywhere even if it is my home country, I get stamped. Have to renew my passports a lot as I run out of pages but at least I have all the dates at the ready unlike the EEC guys :D Does any...

Hi! I'm getting ready to apply for ILR in a month. I have read posts in the forum and other sites on the internet that for ILr absences from the UK over the 5 years should not exceed 180 days. Can someone send a link to the UKBA webside page confirming this? I cannot find anything? I have 213 days o...

Got the extension in Croydon office. The case worker was quite pleasant but a bit absent-minded, I had to point that it was not a new visa that I had but a tranfer of the visa from a previous passport. The application was decided there and then with us sitting in front of the caseworker. No problem ...

Hi, I'm WP holder applying under Tier 2 under transitional arrangements in POE Croydon on April 26th. Question: what is the procedure for application in practice? Do you have an interview with a caseworker and can give extra explanations/additional documents as required when they are going through t...