Tier 2 to ILR unpaid leaves

[ExpertUser2019]

Hello all

i am on tier 2 general visa sponsored by NHS since May 2014 and i am hoping to apply for ILR next month.

i have taken unpaid leaves approved by my employer as below

19-Jan-15 14-Feb-20115 15 unpaid leaves bought in Oct 2014 and employer approved leaves in Oct 2014
21-Nov-15 20-Dec-2015 15 unpaid bought in Oct 2015 authorised by employer

first is wedding
second is father illness

i have consulted couple of solicitors on my case, one said to write cover letter explaining absences along with evidence if we have any, where as other said not to mention paid / unpaid in the absence letter as it is employer responsibility to report home office when unpaid leaves were taken.

Which approach i can go with? inform home office and submit evidence and letter of unpaid leave authorisation or make the application simple without mentioning paid / unpaid and just submit previous employer absence letter ?

Any experts please suggest

Thanks in advance

[zimba]

As long as the employer confirm these in the letter you should be fine

[ExpertUser2019]

Many thanks for reply.

You mean not to mentioned paid / unpaid column in the absence letter and submit application without unpaid leave father illness absences to make this simple ?

[zimba]

They do not need to mention that. You can provide the reason for these in your application form though

[grmisc3]

Hey ExpertUser2019, could you please share if you got your ILR or not?

[CR001]

Hey ExpertUser2019, could you please share if you got your ILR or not?

The user received ILR in April.

Kindly refrain from digging up and tagging onto older threads.