ALL PRAISE BELONGS TO ALLAH
hi all,
First of all big thanks to people behind this Forum and all those who have contributed to this . I have been a silent member of this forum and have gained allot of knowledge that helped me get my ILR last month
, (specially when my employer changed their office address it was from this forum i confirmed initially that i need to inform HO of the address change , this probably has saved me from any unwanted complication that i may have suffered during my ILR application process) so i thought i should share my experience with other members hoping that some one may benifit from it.
here is my application background.
-got my work permit on 25th august 2000
-since then i have worked with the same compay.
-booked an appoinment with the croydon office for 29th July 2004 (
STRONGLY recommend booking an apppoinment with them , this will
save you hours in standing in the que ! although you have to wait for 10-
15 minutes on the phone to speak to someone but beleive me its worth it)
-went to croydon office at 10AM went straight to the first floor after telling
that i have an appoinment .
-Initially a person checked my documents and forms and asked me go to
the Payment window and pay £250 which i did .
-went to the waiting room and was called by the IO who took my form
and papers and after few minutes ( some of which was taken by the
computer searching software which could not find me on their database ,
apparently my name was misspelled !) finally the Good Lady asked me to
come after two hours to collect my Passport .
-that was it every thing in about 40-45 minutes !
came back after 2 and half hours and by the Grace of ALMIGHTY GOD
was given my passport stamped wit ILR and a letter confirming that.
here is a list of documents that i took with me.
-Passport
-form
-P60
-letter from employer ( my good employer gave me a very good letter,
big thanks to them)
-payslips ( they just asked me to show that , did not took them from me )
-bank statements ( again the IO lady just had a look at it , probably just
confirmed the address , name with proof of salary coming in )
thats all they asked from me , although i had other papers with me
aswell but was not asked to produce anything .
thanks to every one and best of luck to all .
Yahya
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