I would like to share my Glasgow PEO ILR experience where I have been granted ILR this week. You guys gave the support and valuable advices, I thank you all for your valuable time by providing your feedbacks.
Once I had a question regarding ILR and I emailed Levens solicitor (by seeing the Ad on TV). Just had one question, they asked me to pay upfront 55£ for a telephonic call. It will be just a YES or NO answer but still they asked me to pay. Finally I decided not to and kept asking questions in immigration board. Well, I grabbed the confidence from many of the posts in immigration board and applied for ILR.
Finally I was elated after getting imy ILR but i was so confused for 2 days, its just me but if you have all the right documents then you should be fine. I will try to keep it brief, thanks for going over this message. I have attached certain templates which might be useful for your reference. Its not perfect but atleast it will give you an idea.
CASE:
- 5 year Tier 1 (general) completed and applied for ILR
- Applied in GLASGOW PEO
- Applied on my own, not went through consultants/ agencies as they charge a fortune, I don't have that extra money so I need to make sure I read through all the requirements and double/ triple check the documents I submit. Immigration board was a big help for me
- Due to Glasgow PEO site refurbishment, slots are only released for 2 weeks time in Glasgow, i was about to book in solihull or Liverpool which is way far from where i stay but i waited enough and finally got the appointment slot.
- PEO is in Prime location (Brand street), best means of transport is SUB (underground), Buchanan SUB to Cessnock SUB (12 min) and brand street is just 5 minutes walk towards the back of the station
- Don't come too early for appointment, due to limited place on the site its better come to the centre just 15 min before your slot, you should be fine.
- Outside the centre there is an excellent Cafe shop (George porgies, if i remember the name correct) which sells sandwiches to everything, reasonable price and great quality.
- The staff at Glasgow PEO were excellent, everyone from security staff to the person who collected the documents and the reviewer, everyone were so polite, informative. was an excellent experience. But I was traumatized when my application process got delayed. It took around 3 hrs to get the final answer. Guessing its a normal waiting time. My special thanks to the document reviewer, the way he carried himself was elegant and so polite, i was so happy that he reviewed my application.
- After security check (baggage etc.) the document collector will ask 4 or 5 questions, i don't remember all 4/5 questions, but one of the important one is are you applying within 28 days rule. So make sure you are within that period while applying
- Other 3 or 4 questions are relatively simple like, do you think you have all the supporting documents, is that the right category you are applying etc. You need to be confident while replying to those questions.
- The next stage is they collect all your documents and leave for verification,
- I thought I will be called at my appointment time and I have to submit my documents one by one but its not the case. So make sure you have all the documents in the right order and all the documents included for handing over as there will be no interaction until they deliver the verdict. My biometric card was in my wallet and I forgot to give it initially as I was thinking I will be asked one by one as happened during my tier 1 extension. But after 15 minutes I realized my mistake and submitted my biometric card, luckily they accepted. I dont think anyone will do this but it was panic moment as i could see almost everyone over there came with consultant staff.
- one applicant forgot to bring payslip documents, he has been asked if he could bring it in couple of hours, not sure if he did. But it all depends on the document reviewer, he is so kind enough that he accepted to bring the documents within app. 2 hrs. I happened to see a rejection case because her husband was not physically present during her application. Her fee was refunded except 100 pounds (Admin charge). If rejected they provide the exact reason why its been rejected which will help you for your re-application
- After they collect all the documents from you, they normally come back after 30 minutes or 1 hr to take your biometrics. At that time they will reveal how long will the processing take, probably 2 hrs. Due to refurbishment they will request you to leave and come back after certain time.
- All the documents must be originals and exact photo copies of all the original documents must be submitted
- If you have pre-paid already the whole amount you don't need to tick any relevant boxes in application form
- While booking the appointment slot, it asked me to pay the entire amount so I did paid.
- do not forget to take the payment confirmation with you
LIST OF ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS: (see attachments in this mail)
1. MAIN COVER LETTER
2. EARNINGS COVER LETTER
3. ABSENCE COVER LETTER - WORD
4. ABSENCE COVER LETTER -EXCEL
5. COHABITATION LETTER
MAIN DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED:
- Please refer to the entire list in the attached documents (cover letter attachment)
PHOTO:
Photo cost me just 25P. I have attached a powerpoint as well.
Steps:-
1. just place your photo in the required box in the powerpoint page, attached document (see the photo requirement in ILR form, how the photo must look like)
2. FYI, The final picture size will be 6 inches x 4 inches (6" x 4")
3. 8 photos can be cropped from that single large box when finally grouped using Ctrl.G in Powerpoint
4. when all 8 photos placed, perform Ctrl. A, which chooses everything in that page. Right click choose Group option or Ctrl.G
5. When grouped all the pictures are now as a single file.
6. right click on the picture choose SAVE AS PICTURE (Jpeg format).
7. Go to boots store and choose 6" x 4" option.
8. I am not good with scissors to crop the individual photos exactly, hence I used a ruler and a knife and it did the job exactly as reqd. write your name on back of the photo (ILR requirement)
This is my ILR experience and I hope you guys have a smooth ride too. Wish you all the best. Thanks again guys for everything especially immigration board.
Sorry guys, it allows only 3 attachments to be uploaded. I will try to upload the rest in the reply to this post if it allows. Even immigration board doesn't allow power-point (photo sizing) to be uploaded. I will give a try, if not I am sure how to upload here
The below attachments doesnt seem to reveal entirely, but you can always right click the below documents and save it as a image file which then you can open from your downloads section
- Cover letter - Page 1
- MAIN COVER LETTER-page-001.jpg (167.52 KiB) Viewed 4072 times
- Cover letter - page 2
- MAIN COVER LETTER-page-002.jpg (113.36 KiB) Viewed 4072 times
- EARNINGS COVER
- EARNINGS COVER LETTER-page-001.jpg (155.96 KiB) Viewed 4072 times
