I have passed liuk test today and ready to fill SET(O) ILR application form and start preparing supporting documents, I have few more questions. Please guide:
Question 1:
From April 2014 to Dec 2017, I was a member of robotics research group (a volunteer role) and I travelled number of times to different countries to attend robotics competitions/conferences. Some of my travel was personal trips and other for competitions. Do I need to provide absense letters for all foreign travel? even the travelling before Tier2 when I was on Tier4?
Just want to mention that I used my annual holidays allowance for these trips and these trips were authorised by my employers.
Following are the details about when I travelled:
Travel during Tier 4:
Year Exit from UK Entry in UK No. of Days Reason of Travel
2014 18/1/2014 First Entry to UK
16/7/2014 29/7/2014 13 Robotics Competition
30/7/2014 4/10/2014 67 Personal trip
28/11/2014 1/12/2014 3 Robotics Competition
2015 14/1/2015 9/2/2015 26 Personal trip
8/4/2015 16/4/2015 8 Personal trip
21/4/2015 27/4/2015 6 Robotics Competition
21/5/2015 8/6/2015 18 Personal trip
14/7/2015 27/7/2015 13 Robotics Competition
Travel during Tier 2:
2015 23/9/2015 5/10/2015 12 Personal trip
26/11/2015 7/12/2015 11 Personal trip
2016 2/4/2016 10/4/2016 8 Robotics Competition
9/5/2016 16/5/2016 7 Personal trip
27/6/2016 5/7/2016 8 Robotics Competition
2017 22/7/2017 7/8/2017 16 Robotics Competition
2019 4/4/2019 23/04/2019 19 Personal trip
Total Days I was away from UK: 235
Question 2:
My 1st Tier 2 VISA application was approved on 12 August 2015, and my current Tier 2 VISA from 2nd employer is expiring on 12 August 2021.
I am completing 5 years on 12 August 2020, can anybody please confirm when I can apply earliest? Is it ok if I apply on 15th July 2020 which is 28 days before when my 5 years are completing?
Question 3:
I have been doing 2nd part-time jobs (Upto 20 hours per week) in same SOC:
1st part-time Job in 2015-2016 for about 6 months for second company while on Tier 2 VISA. (20 hour sper week)
2nd part-time Job in 2017 for about 3 months for second company while on Tier 2 VISA (20 hour sper week)
Just checking if this can cause any issues for my ILR or do I need to provide any payslips/P45 from those companies?