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What Co-habitation docs did you provide Travis ?Travis wrote: 1. Company Letter.
2. Pay slips.
3. Bank Statements.
4. Co-Habitation Docs
5. Life in the UK results.
Travis wrote:Me and 3 Dependants were granted ILR on the 17th of Nov.
I've been a silent reader of the forums and by the time I left for my appointment I had no new threads to read on ILR. I will try to provide all relavent details in this post.
Background
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1. 2003 / Sep : Arrive in the UK as a Student, 2006: complete the degree
2. 2006 / Dec : Work permit for 5 years.
3. 2007 / July : Wife brought in as a dependant.
4. Company being bought over, Name changed , Home office informed of the change.
5. 2010 / 11 : Two daughters born in UK no visa obtained.
6. Absences - ~100 Days
Things I Worried about
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1. That Theresa May would scrap the ILR WP->ILR scheme before I
complete 5 years.
2. I lost the p60 for 2006 - 07, company couldn't provide me with a copy
as the accountants were changed.
3. Poor Bank balance.
4. Kids Visas. (They both did not have visas as they were born here)
Measures Taken to counter the above mentioned.
1. Pray to god that Theresa May's problems continue.... that she messes
up everytime she opens her mouth (So far so good!!!!!!).
2. Lost P60 - Obtained a document on letter headed paper from the
company certifying the figures in the P60
I also spoke to the HMRC and they were able to provide a
statement of tax paid for the year in question.
3. Bad bank Balance :
I transferred the money I saved up to pay for the Visa , to
a ISA account and took a balance statement. I also had
another current account that I used for my daily expences.
I obtained copies of last 3 months statements of this account
as well.
4. Kids Visas :
I've read in this forum that it's not a must to have visas for
kids born in the UK. I checked with the Home office, they
said that it's not a must.
Documents I prepared.
1. Company letter Mentioning the SOC code.
2. Last 3 months Pay slips.
3. Last 3M bank statements.
4. P60's
5. Cohabitation Docs.
6. Life in the UK test pass certificates.
7. Work Permit related Docs
8. Spreadsheet for absent days with number of days itemised
9. Daughters Birth Certificates.
I also prepared another set of docs with back up documents, such as cohabitation , Bank statements.
On the day
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After a lot of arguing / Thinking Me and my wife agree that I should go alone. and It proved to be the right decision.
Appointment at 11.15 , left really early as I wasn't really sure about my Daughters Picture. got another set printed from the boots in the shopping center.
Approached the door 1 hour before, hoping they would allow me in .
Allowed in, Airport style checking.
10.30am :They have a few counters downstairs checking to see if all your
docs are in place.
10.50 : I was at the payment counter .
11.00 : waiting for the number to be called in for the interview.
11.10 : called in for the interview, The guy asked me to provide him the
following docs.
1. Company Letter.
2. Pay slips.
3. Bank Statements.
4. Co-Habitation Docs
5. Life in the UK results.
He then said that he will have to take lunch in between , so for me to sit in the waiting area in a place
where He can see me , that he will let me know how it goes.
I was a bit upset as the couple who went before me were granted visa before me and their case worker
asked a lot of questions from them and was friendly.
11. 30 : Waiting.... pretending to read a book .. but nothing registers.
11.45 : Still Waiting..... 2 pages down , but I dont remember anything.....
11.55 : he calls me over... I think... "This is it... I'm going to be told that They cannot grant Visa... oh god make it
fast!!!!" . NO Wait!!! I hear him say a lot of things... but in between I hear " Your application is Pre-
Approved!!!!".. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I dont hear anything else.... eventhough I pretend to....
12.00 : Make a call to my wife to let her nkw of the result.... we decide to wait till we get the passports to tell friends
/ Family
3.10 pm : I receive the passports after waiting for 3 hours!!!! It's worth it cos all our passports were stamped with
ILR!!!!
I meant to explain everything in this forum as it has been immensely helpful. Please dont hesitate to ask any questions. Mind you I've read almost all forums on ILR so I might know a thing or two.
Best Wishes