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by knigh7 » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:11 pm
Hi,
I have had an HSMP visa initially not cover by JR, then had an extension under Tier 1.
I have applied for ILR and this is what they took
1-Passports
2-Payslips for past year
3-Bank statements for past year
4-Employer Letter
5-Form
6-Two Pictures
7-My biometric card
The guy was nice, he even tried to see if I was cover by the HSMP JR. That was it, it took about 2.5 hours and I got the ILR. I was worried because I was unemployed for about a year but that was not a problem. He did not ask for P60 or anything else.
Here is how it went,
1-I went to the home office, i went through security
2-someone checked my documents and validated it, he then gave me a ticket and asked me to go upstairs to make the payment and then take a seat
3-I went and made the payment
4-I took a seat till my number was called
5-The guy was nice and professional, I gave him my payment receipt and my ticket
6-He asked for my passports and the form, I gave him the passports, the form and my biometric card.
7-He looked at my passports and saw my HSMP stamp, he then asked me when I got my hsmp letter to see if i was covered by JR. He said that it would be much easier if I was. I said that i was not covered unfortunately.
8-He asked for salary evidence, I then gave him my payslips and I also gave him bank statements for the past year, what i did with the statements is to put small posted notes to indicate payments from my employer, I did not write or highlight anything on the statement . I also gave him my employer letter which contained my info, salary and my start date and the fact that I was employed on full time permanent.
9-He asked me if I had photocopies of the documents I provided, I said no. He said thats fine
10-He asked me to take a seat and that it would take 40 minutes.
11-I took a seat and in one hour he called my number and said that everything is ok. He returned my old passports, bank statements and payslips. My payslips were open, it looked like he photocopied them also i put small posted notes on the pages of my bank statements to indicate payments coming in. Those tags were removed, I am assuming that it was removed because he photocopied them. I asked about my bimetric card he said that I do not need it anymore. He then said that I should take a seat and in 20 minutes I will get my passport with the ILR visa.
12-half an hour later I got my passport with the ILR visa, I was asked to check it for mistakes before I leave
Thanks,
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knigh7 on Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:01 am, edited 1 time in total.