I have been a silent reader of this forum from a long time. Thank you all the members of the forum in sharing their experiences and insights which has helped me through the Tier 2 (General) -> Tier 1 (General) & now ILR.
I was at Croydon PEO on the 20/01/2015 for the ILR Application and was successfully granted the same! However I am still awaiting the the Biometric
I had the appointment at 8:30 am, got there by 8:10 (just to be safe). I was let in straight away, no queues and I assume I was the 2nd/3rd applicant for the morning; so the entire place looked like it was deserted!!! Following is the journey:
8:12 - I had cleared security and was escorted to Application Verification/Token allocation
8:14 - I had the token allocated
8:17 - SET(o) form, passports, photographs and all my documents was collected/verified (have the documents grouped/filled by sections as per SET(o) form - will help to speed up!) & Biometric allocated. By the time I got up, my token number was being called at Biometric!!!
8:30 - BioMetric Done & I was asked to wait in the waiting area.
9:50 - I got the letter confirming the ILR grant and all the originals returned.
My overall experience was really good and I felt paying extra for the premium service was worth it!
Following is my details:
1. Applicants - 2 (myself & 1 dependent)
2. July 2009 First Entry (Tier 2 General)
3. Switched to Tier 1 General in Feb 2010 & renewal in Feb 2013
4. Dependent moved to UK in April 2012
5. Following were the documents I submitted:
a. Passports (4 main applicant + 2 Dependent)
b. 4 Photographs ( 2 each )
c. 2 biometric cards
d. Section 4:
- Life in the UK pass notification letters ( 1 main applicant + 1 dependent )
- UK NARIC Letter (confirming the my Masters degree to UK Equivalent) ( 1 main applicant + 1 dependent )
- Original Degree Certificates ( 1 main applicant + 1 dependent )
- Original University letter confirming the degree was taught in English ( 1 main applicant + 1 dependent )
e. Section 5:
- 12 months Bank statements ( I had highlighted the salary payments and house rent payments )
f. Section 6:
- Letter from current employer & Previous employer confirming that I travel for work
- I had attached a summary table + a list of all the travel I had done between Jan 2010 - Jan 2015 ( it was 3 pages long!!)
g. Section 7:
- None
h. Section 9:
- 12 Months Payslips (on company letter head with a company seal + HR Signature)
- 12 Months Bank statments (already attached in Section 5)
- Print out from Points based Calculator
i. Section 11A: (cohabitation )
- 1 Council tax bill details with the list of payments in last 12 months
- 8 Quarterly Utility Bills ( Electricity )
- 8 Quarterly Telephone Bills
- 24 Joint Account statements
j. Section 11L ( For the period before you were granted leave as a Tier 1 (General) migrant )
- Original Work Permit Authorization Letter
- Letter from Previous Employer (already attached in section 6)
- Payslips for the period before I was granted Tier 1 General i.e. June 2009 to Jan 2010
- P60s covering the same period
Hope this helps some one. Happy to answer any of your questions.
Cheers
