Hi All,
I attended my appointment at Solihull PEO today(10 A.M).I received the approval letter by 12:30 P.M.
1.Went to PEO at 9:25 A.M and gone through regular security checks and finished all the security checks in 3 minutes.People at reception told me to wait till they assign a token.After 15 minutes, they have given me a token number.
2.At around 10:30, I have been asked to go to the case worker at counter1.I just went there and case worker first asked me for application and passports.She went through the application and when she reached pages in the application which shows the points claimed, started asking me the documents one after the other.She didn't ask me a single question except for the documents.At the end, she asked me, whether I am applying for 1st or 2nd extension.I said 1st extension.That's it.Then she asked me to go to the counter6(Fee counter) and asked me to make the payment.After making the payment I went back to the case worker counter and as soon as I went there, she told me to wait for 5 minutes.She said she has to do some security check on my passport.Donno what checks????She came back after 5 minutes and told me to go through biometrics and collect the approval letter after 1.5 hours.After coming out of Biometrics room, I heard a big loud speaker announcement saying that IT systems are down and it is a national issue.There could be delays for applicants further.I can compare that announcement to the announcements I used to hear for movies in late 1980's in Villages with loud speakers.After that I left PEO for break.If you are scheduling appointments with PEO, I would advise you to book morning slots, if available.
3.I went to PEO again after 1.5 hours and my approval letter is ready by that time.My only concern was approval letter doesn't mention new visa start date or I didn't understand it properly?If I get the new visa start date from today, I have to go for another extension.I asked the lady who handed over the approval letter and docs to me about the new visa start date and she mentioned me it is valid from today.I had small argument with her and she pointed me to a rude security guy(He is an Asian settled in UK and as usual showed arrogance and attitude as expected.For a moment he considered himself as Ajay devagan in Singham and shouted at me and said the same sentence what the lady said as if has has written the immigrations laws) to answer my question.Then I had no choice and left PEO in disappointment.That was the only disappointment otherwise my experience with Solihull PEO is very good.
Documents submitted:
Main applicant form
Passports
2 Photographs name on back
PBS calculator self assessment copy(I should say it is must as case worker was looking at this document with gr8 interest)
Payslips and bank statements
Take copies of all the docs you are submitting.That helps you and the case worker.
I felt Original degree certificate is optional but case worker has asked me to provide a copy and I am glad that I have carried degree certificate.So I would advise you to carry this as well.Just in case CW asks, give a copy.
Thanks for listening to my story.
Regards,
Chandra
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