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For 1st question, I am not sure that you are eligible to apply. Although you can apply 28 days earlier, I think that you need to have 5 years valid leave to remain from the date of your entry. This is the straight forward question, I would advise you to check with HO when you book your appointment.lavishpatel wrote:Dear friends
Please help me, I am in need of your expertise. the matter is very urgent for me.
I have some doubts and looking for a good advice.
I am on workpermit for the past 4 years and I am working for the same local authority and I never changed the employer. I am due to run out of my Work permit VISA on 15th June2010. My entry date into UK was 11th July 2005. I will be finishing my 5 years only on 11th July 2010.
1. Am I eligible to apply for PR or indefinite leave to remain?
2. Am I eligible to apply for PR within 28 days of my qualifying period that is 11 July 2010 (I have counted the days and found 14th June is my 28th day) special request!! Please count the days for me to make sure my count was currect.
3. If I am eligibile to apply for PR am I allowed to apply personally or I need to send through post?
Quicker suggestion please!! as I am in bit of tense, I will be very greatfull for your early reply.
regards
Patel
senthil78, I am afraid that the first part of your statement contradicts with the second one...senthil78 wrote:... Although you can apply 28 days earlier, I think that you need to have 5 years valid leave to remain from the date of your entry.
WRONG. Please dont make uninformed comments when you do not know about the rules. Plus there is usually no point ringing UKBA , as the people in their call centres are not experts and in many cases they give useless or wrong advice, plus it will take a couple of months of continuous dialling before you can get through.senthil78 wrote:For 1st question, I am not sure that you are eligible to apply. Although you can apply 28 days earlier, I think that you need to have 5 years valid leave to remain from the date of your entry. This is the straight forward question, I would advise you to check with HO when you book your appointment.lavishpatel wrote:Dear friends
Please help me, I am in need of your expertise. the matter is very urgent for me.
I have some doubts and looking for a good advice.
I am on workpermit for the past 4 years and I am working for the same local authority and I never changed the employer. I am due to run out of my Work permit VISA on 15th June2010. My entry date into UK was 11th July 2005. I will be finishing my 5 years only on 11th July 2010.
1. Am I eligible to apply for PR or indefinite leave to remain?
2. Am I eligible to apply for PR within 28 days of my qualifying period that is 11 July 2010 (I have counted the days and found 14th June is my 28th day) special request!! Please count the days for me to make sure my count was currect.
3. If I am eligibile to apply for PR am I allowed to apply personally or I need to send through post?
Quicker suggestion please!! as I am in bit of tense, I will be very greatfull for your early reply.
regards
Patel
@ dimsav, Are you 100 % sure? If yes, Can you provide some reference from the HO guide. Did you or your friends have any personel experience? I can't see any contradiction in my statement, If you can't understand the meaning of "5 years valid leave to remain", then my statement will be contradict to you.dimsav wrote:senthil78, I am afraid that the first part of your statement contradicts with the second one...senthil78 wrote:... Although you can apply 28 days earlier, I think that you need to have 5 years valid leave to remain from the date of your entry.
Generally, you are allowed to apply for settlement within 28 days before the end of the qualifying period (which is 5 years from the date of entry into the UK). So, lavishpatel is eligible to apply for ILR on 13 June 2010, as already said earlier twice.
[Don't be confused with naturalization which indeed requires 5 years sharp, or more.]
If you say wrong, Can you provide some reference from the HO guide.mrlookforward wrote:WRONG. Please dont make uninformed comments when you do not know about the rules. Plus there is usually no point ringing UKBA , as the people in their call centres are not experts and in many cases they give useless or wrong advice, plus it will take a couple of months of continuous dialling before you can get through.senthil78 wrote:For 1st question, I am not sure that you are eligible to apply. Although you can apply 28 days earlier, I think that you need to have 5 years valid leave to remain from the date of your entry. This is the straight forward question, I would advise you to check with HO when you book your appointment.lavishpatel wrote:Dear friends
Please help me, I am in need of your expertise. the matter is very urgent for me.
I have some doubts and looking for a good advice.
I am on workpermit for the past 4 years and I am working for the same local authority and I never changed the employer. I am due to run out of my Work permit VISA on 15th June2010. My entry date into UK was 11th July 2005. I will be finishing my 5 years only on 11th July 2010.
1. Am I eligible to apply for PR or indefinite leave to remain?
2. Am I eligible to apply for PR within 28 days of my qualifying period that is 11 July 2010 (I have counted the days and found 14th June is my 28th day) special request!! Please count the days for me to make sure my count was currect.
3. If I am eligibile to apply for PR am I allowed to apply personally or I need to send through post?
Quicker suggestion please!! as I am in bit of tense, I will be very greatfull for your early reply.
regards
Patel
It is not a common knowledge. I know that you can't give any reference. It may be right. Nothing is wrong to get confirmed from UKBA. We are not expert in immigration and we are just sharing our knowledge. Anyway it is not your case, if something goes wrong, you will not be affected. I consider myself as lavishpatel and advising him more safer way of handling the situation. For your info, you can ask UKBA when you book your appointment for ILR at PEO. I am may be doubtful about everything since there are many grey areas within the UK immigration. I would prefer to be more doubtful as far as the UK immigration is concerned.mrlookforward wrote:What dimsav has said is right. Its common knowledge. Dont see the need to point to guidance whenever anyone raises doubts because they are used to be doubtful about everything.
Read the Set (O) guidance and then come back and make comments.senthil78 wrote:It is not a common knowledge. I know that you can't give any reference. It may be right. Nothing is wrong to get confirmed from UKBA. We are not expert in immigration and we are just sharing our knowledge. Anyway it is not your case, if something goes wrong, you will not be affected. I consider myself as lavishpatel and advising him more safer way of handling the situation. For your info, you can ask UKBA when you book your appointment for ILR at PEO. I am may be doubtful about everything since there are many grey areas within the UK immigration. I would prefer to be more doubtful as far as the UK immigration is concerned.mrlookforward wrote:What dimsav has said is right. Its common knowledge. Dont see the need to point to guidance whenever anyone raises doubts because they are used to be doubtful about everything.
The link is for the SET(O) guide, I have already read. Can you provide in which section, it says that you can apply with less than 5 years leave to remain visa?mrlookforward wrote:http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... o04091.pdf
@senthil78, dimsav already kindly provided the link to the UKBA website which confirms the 28day scenario. We havent just made it up. Please go to the link provided and read for yourself (you have to click on where it says 28 days before the end of the qualifying period ) . You will find there it sayssenthil78 wrote:I read SET(O) form, better you read it properly, I too don't want to waste my time to argue with you. I apply your statement for the people who are advising blindly without any reference.mrlookforward wrote:And yes its not common knowledge for people who do not have any knowledge at all.
Can I apply using this form?
The How to apply page explains who who can apply for settlement using application form SET(O), and the amount of time they must have spent living legally in the UK before they can apply. This is called the 'qualifying period'.
Please do not send us your application more than 28 days before the end of your qualifying period. If you do, we may refuse your application with no refund of the fee. However, you must apply before your current permission to stay in the UK ends.
I am not sure I disagree with Senthil78 here. The guidance only states that you can apply 28 days before the completion of your qualifying period. It then states that the qualifying period for a work permit holder is 5 years.mrlookforward wrote:http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... o04091.pdf
I know that you can apply 28 days before qualifying period. It doesn't say anywhere that one can apply 28 days before, eventhough they have less than 5 years leave to remain visa. I can understand 28 days before applying clause. I suggested the safer way since it is not exactly mentioned in the guide. I haven't said any of your suggestion is wrong, What is wrong to advise someone to speak to UKBA while booking their appointment.f2k wrote:@senthil78, dimsav already kindly provided the link to the UKBA website which confirms the 28day scenario. We havent just made it up. Please go to the link provided and read for yourself (you have to click on where it says 28 days before the end of the qualifying period ) . You will find there it sayssenthil78 wrote:I read SET(O) form, better you read it properly, I too don't want to waste my time to argue with you. I apply your statement for the people who are advising blindly without any reference.mrlookforward wrote:And yes its not common knowledge for people who do not have any knowledge at all.
Can I apply using this form?
The How to apply page explains who who can apply for settlement using application form SET(O), and the amount of time they must have spent living legally in the UK before they can apply. This is called the 'qualifying period'.
Please do not send us your application more than 28 days before the end of your qualifying period. If you do, we may refuse your application with no refund of the fee. However, you must apply before your current permission to stay in the UK ends.