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by benneviss » Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:35 am
Hi Guys ,
I am very much delighted to announce(or Shout) that my ILR has application was successful yesterday at Liverpool PEO .
Time line for ILR
Tier-1 in UK application - 2009
Extension - 2012
ILR- 2014
Income - Employment + Self Employment all five years .
Documents attached:-
Cover Letter
Set(o) form after 6 April 2014 (with fee sheet - fee paid before 6 April 2014 - no fee difference paid )
Point based Calculator - PDF
Earning :- Employer letter confirming Income + E- Pay slip signed and stamped by HR manager
Accountant's Report with Invoices explanations
Invoices
Self-employment registration with HMRC 2009 letter
NI demand notice
Bank statements ( High lighted Employment and Self -employment income , HMRC NI deduction )
Master Degree from UK ( Already provided with initial approval 2009 )
Life in the UK pass notification letter
Transcript for Master Degree
A letter from ex-employer for absence less than 24 days in only one year
Experience at PEO :-
Very friendly staff .
They allowed me to enter 1 hour before my appointment time .
First, token was given and asked to sign front page of a letter ( read all immigration rules , application is within 28 days etc. )
Asked to take a seat with a new token number.
After 15 Minutes she called out my number .
Lady at the desk asked me to submit all documents ( I provided her with my originals + a set of Photo copies )
She handed over my passport back and asked me to wait for a Bio-metric.
I show that she then handed over my documents to a case worker after 20-25 minutes and she started working on my file exactly one hour after my initial entry in to PEO . Liverpool PEO has very good sitting arrangement and you could see what is happening with your file . They have open plan office and you just sit few feet away from a case worker's desk.
Within five minutes a case worker called me and asked me about my Bio-Metric , when she realised that I still have to do my Bio-metric , she asked me to go for it , my token was called out for a Bio-Metric , I came back within five minutes . I sat just opposite my case worker and kept eye on her to judge her expression while she was dealing with my documents .
I noticed that she quickly went through my file and noted down few things on her pad and computer . However, she carefully checked and telly my income in salary slips, invoices and accountant reports with my bank statements . She completed everything in 55 minutes and kept originals and photocopies in separate folders( provided by me) and forwarded my file to a senior case-worker . However , in these 55 minutes she had a talk ( gossips , chocolate sharing etc. , normal office stuff) with her colleague.
It appeared to me that a senior case worker already had 3-4 files and he was very slow . He sat on my file for 30 minutes and then asked for help from another senior worker and gave my file to him . The first senior worker did not open my file.
Second senior worker then dialed a number and was on phone for almost 15 minutes . I became little nervous that whom did he call and why was he taking long on phone ? He put his phone and opened my file . At the time I realised that the phone was not related to my file .
He looked at the page prepared by a case-worker . Then he went to collect papers to print , made a photo copy of my passport , printed out page ,collected both folders and called out my token number and said my application was successful . He then asked me to sign a letter . What a great relief!
Actual minutes taken by a senior worker to work on my file 3-4 minutes .
Overall - case worker and senior case-worker took less then 60 minutes to decide my case and to hand over me a decision .
However, I came out almost after 2 hours and 50 minutes of my initial entry in to PEO . The delay caused by the staff , I think it was inevitable and could have happen in any public office.
Other observations :-
I noticed that each and every case is decided by two people , a case-worker and a senior case- worker . I observed that all case- workers handed over files to senior to look over before handing over decisions .
Additional -
Please take all additional documents along with you , if you require to clarify anything . I saw that a case-worker told one guy that his case would be pending for some query . The guy asked questions, provided few documents and tried to clear all queries. So, she again gone over the file and gave him a positive decision.
It appeared to me that they called you to clarify any doubts if they have in your case , so it is always good to go with all necessary documents like employment history etc.
I am now moving in to Naturalization forum , however should you require any info , or wish to discuss any my post on ILR board please PM me.
Thanks again and Good Luck to all.