Dear all,
My wife and I have our ILR approved yesterday @ Glasgow PEO, and I would like to share my experience with all of you as I also benifit from this forum a lot before I apply.
My case: WP 2 years + T1(G) 3 years. With Spouse, married on 08/10/2009 but switched to T1 dependant in 10/2010, my wife was a PhD Student just graduated this year. WP stamped on 01/12/2006 and switched to T1(G) on 17/12/2008. Therefore made an appointment on 03/11/2011.
Arrived at 8:30, pass security check and have to wait until 9:10 to start(strongly recommend to book appointments after 9:30). The case should be very straight forward, I have been working for the same company and have no convictions. However, I did have some troule. The officer checked my documents in 10 minutes and told me they will approve my one but not wife's. I was so suprised as I'm so confident that she should be eligible as we lived together for more than 2 years. I was told my wife was on her dependant visa for only 1 year and can't apply. I argued with the officer for at least 10 minutes then the officer called the headquater and finally I was told the application will be processed.
They let me wait in the hall and at around 12:00 I was told we are both approved, our passports would be ready soon (but I waited until 13:10), just wait.
Was called again around 13:10 and given back all the documents back, checked passports and signed for it, then leave.
My experience was fine but personally I wouldn't recommend this PEO. As I lived in Edinburgh and don't have a car so this one is the most convenient for me but a few of my friends who lived in Scotland chose solihull and liverpool.
Reasons:
1. Most of the officers are Scottish has strong accent and you might not get used to that if you don't live in Scotland.
2. The counter is not so private. I can hear all the cases while I'm waiting in the hall. I clearly heard one WP case was rejected as the applicant declared one conviction in 2007 and he was told the conviction will be spent in 2012.
3. A bit more strict? There are quite few people apply SET(O) and SET(M), when I left there were only 8 cases under consideration. So I think they have enough time to check every case throughtly.
Finally, my documents are listed below. Officers seem very professional. The only question is: you are T1(G), do you earn more money than before. I answered yes.
Then asked for documents:
1. Passports
2. police registration forms
3. Payslips
4. bank statements
5. life in the UK
after they agreed to approve my wife's application, the request:
6. Marriage certificate
7. 6 x cohabitation documents( I was told to give only 6, no need to be joint, so I randomly picked some)
The documents I prepared but not used:
1. Employer's letter
2. 5 x P60
3. council tax bill
4. degree certificate
5. all other cohabitation documents -- I prepared a lot, also with bankstatement covering two years, but only requested 2 piece.
That's all my experice, now feeling relieved! I wish all the ILR applicant in this forum good luck!
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