Yes, everything counts irrespective of whether the absence is weekend, public holidays, work related, personal etc.

Paid Personal leave = 125
Work related = 18
Weekend+public holidays = 150

Total = 293.

mozhi12, More than 180 days is not OK, but the caseworker can apply discretion. In my case my absences were in line with my annual leave entitlement. I had 293 days total absences of which 125 days were paid annual leave, 18 days were work related and 150 days were a combination of weekends and publ...

I mentioned my absences (annual/weekend) separately to highlight the fact that my absences are consistent with my annual leave entitlement. I think, 180 days is not set in stone. It is an indicator for the caseworker, to check if you have breached 'continuous residency requirement'. The case worker ...

Parasiteslost - I used the template on this forum. But I modified it a little bit. I split the reason for absences into three columns: one for annual leave, one for weekends/publics holidays and one for unpaid leave. The total for annual leave was 143 (125 personal leave + 18 business). The total fo...

BRP received, within 48hrs of approval!

timesofindia - I did not have to show the additional documents that I carried with me either; I was not asked for any photocopies

Singhmohit - I did not have a cover letter because I left it for last minute. I think it is better to have one though.

I have been following this forum silently for almost six months now. I am grateful to all those who shared their experience and the moderators, of course. It is my turn now. I applied for ILR under Tier 1 (G) yesterday (06 June 2012) at Cardiff PEO. I entered UK on Work Permit in June 2007 and chang...