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congrats wunderwunder wrote:So, it is finally my turn to write 'ILR success' message
I applied under the terms of HSMP Judicial Review, so my experiences differ a little from those of Work Permit holders - hope this will be useful for fellow HSMPians.
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I arrived to Croydon PEO at 8:15 with appointment scheduled for 9:30 (I planned to be there at 8:30, but tube and rail worked surprisingly well ).
Guard told me to come back at 9:00 - D'OH! So much for waking up early.
Eventually I was let in at 8:50.
Security check was fairly quick, and could have been even faster if not for some people keeping things in pockets when told not to
Then queued for initial document check (separate queue for people with form SET/O: mostly people with WPs, I think I was the only one with HSMP) - about 10 minutes.
Initial documents check: asked for application form, current passport, previous passport. Got ticket number, and was sent to pay.
Payment queue: roughly 15 minutes. Paid by credit card, but person in front of me paid by cash (so it is definitely accepted).
I also had debit card, cash, and cheque with me - in case if credit card would not work
After payment was sent to the other part of the same floor, but nearly immediately called and told to go to the floor above (no idea what was that about - possibly they do biometrics there, but I'm non-biometric ).
Waited for about 10 minutes and got called by case-worker. She took the application form and payment receipt, and asked me which documents I have prepared (she did not ask for specific documents herself!).
I gave her (in addition to the application form):
- current passport
- old passport (with my initial 1 year HSMP permit)
- reference letter from the employer (standard "To whom it may concern" format with mention of role title, salary, and start date)
- 4 payslips (from the last 7 months; I was unemployed several times in 2009 so had only 1 payslip in the last 3 months)
- 10 months of bank statements (including statement for the last month that was printed and stamped at my local bank branch; in total about 6 salaries in statements; I marked salaries with post-it notes for convenience)
- police certificate
and that was it (no P60s, no old statements). Then I was told to wait for 40-60 minutes.
40 minutes later case-worker lady called me, told me that I was granted settlement and that I need to go to the other floor (to "non-biometric customer service" window) to collect my passport (oh, and she gave me documents back, obviously). Imagine how happy I was... I mean, I shouldn't have worried that much because I knew I fulfilled all criteria, but still - you never know what may happen.
Went to customer service, waited for about 20 minutes and got my passport (and ILR leaflet basically confirming that there is no more limitations, that no more police registration needed, etc).
And that was it. 15 minutes later I was in the train to London Bridge, a new permanent resident of this country
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Total time:
2 hours and 20 minutes from entry to exit.
Experience:
Very good - everyone at PEO was very polite; people know what they are doing, and visitors are literally guided from window to window to speed up the process
In my case it was pointless as my credit card worked, but better to be safekamalin10 wrote:These bloody cards just stop working when you most need them!
Well, not the tracksuit for sure, I was joking about that - I don't think I even have onekamalin10 wrote:So, what did you wear and did you go out while waiting?
The only thing mentioned was that the certificate will be cancelled if I will get ILR - nothing else. I lived in 4 places in 4 years - but I wasn't asked for any address proof (to be fair my current address was on employer's reference, payslips, and bank statements - so enough proof I guess).kamalin10 wrote:Did she check or say anything about your police registration certificate? You have mentioned that you have moved a lot – so did i. well, 5 times to be exact. I’m bringing ALL my docs with me just to prove that I actually lived at those addresses.
I called them last week for clarification and was told that the exact calculation is up to case-worker but the person on the phone thought that most likely they will count first day after the end of your 4/5 year period as the 28th day (so basically it is 27 days, not 28 ).Jk2007 wrote:You mentioned that you qualify to apply on the 4th (calculated by HO over the phone). Is this 28 days before 4 years? What is your arrival date in the UK? Just want to know how HO calculates the qualifying date.
UKBA answer to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request N 68215 (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h ... ming-68215):wunder wrote:I called them last week for clarification and was told that the exact calculation is up to case-worker but the person on the phone thought that most likely they will count first day after the end of your 4/5 year period as the 28th day (so basically it is 27 days, not 28 ).Jk2007 wrote:You mentioned that you qualify to apply on the 4th (calculated by HO over the phone). Is this 28 days before 4 years? What is your arrival date in the UK? Just want to know how HO calculates the qualifying date.
Thanks very much for the link. The answer from the example clarifies very well.vito0514 wrote:UKBA answer to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request N 68215 (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h ... ming-68215):wunder wrote:I called them last week for clarification and was told that the exact calculation is up to case-worker but the person on the phone thought that most likely they will count first day after the end of your 4/5 year period as the 28th day (so basically it is 27 days, not 28 ).Jk2007 wrote:You mentioned that you qualify to apply on the 4th (calculated by HO over the phone). Is this 28 days before 4 years? What is your arrival date in the UK? Just want to know how HO calculates the qualifying date.
"The guidance advises applicants not apply any earlier than 28 days from the date they are due to complete the required period for settlement (five years for work permit holders). As such providing the date you submit your application is not more than 28 days before this date it will not negatively affect your application. If you submit an application for settlement more than 28 days before you are due to complete the required period, your application is likely to be refused on the basis of not having completed the period required."