Firsly I want to thanks to forum members for answering my questions and sharing their valuable experience with other fellow members. Today (as on 4th Feb) I received approval for my SET(O) application as limited company director.
Application Details:
1. HSMP + Tier(1) General applied 26 days before 5 anniversery of visa stamp date
2. Main applicant + 2 dependents
3. Didn't include my UK born son
4. Croydon PEO
5. Earnings claim period from 01/12/2011 to 30/11/2012
6. Total application processing time 4.5 hours (not bad)
7. I am unemployed since one month. Caseworker didn't ask anything about this.
Documents Submitted:
1. Application from Set(O)
2. 3 passports
3. Photos (2 each, total 6 photos)
4. Life in UK certificates
5. 12 payslips, 4 dividend vouchers.
6. 12 months (Dec 2011-Nov 2012) personal bank statements (salary & dividends marked using highlighter)
7. 12 months business bank statements(salary, dividends, paye & VAT payements marked using highlighter)
8. Accountant letter detailing salary, dividend and my 55% shareholding etc
9. Company Incorporation certificate
10. VAT reg certificate
11. Most recent company annual report detailing P&L (Aug 2011 t0 Jul 2012)
12. Original invoices for 1 year (signed and stamped by agency. My invoices were generated by my agency on weekly basis)
13. Corporation tax letters & HMRC reconcilliation statements.
14. Cohab docs(10 docs from 4 different sources like council tax, driving license, voter registration, bank statements)
Some interesting bits which I observerd or caseworker asked for:
1. The moment case worker reached earnings page, he looked very disappointed after finding my aplication as self employed
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2. asked me specifically for invoice summary document which I didn't have
3. asked for invoices generated during 12 months claim period
4. asked for company annual P&L statment. I gave him my last annual return statement
5. checked whether I have worked for multiple clients during earnings claim period
6. I gave him assignment confirmation letter from my agency which I got a year ago for some other purpose. Thankfully I have it.
7. Photocopy of all above mentioned documents. I didn't have photocopy of invoices (54 pages ) and he had to do it himself
8. No P60 submitted and case worker also confirmed these are only required for period while someone is on Tier 2 visa
After submitting all these documents he asked me to come back after 90 mins - 2 hours. I went out for the lunch and also visited HSBC to take copy of current month temporary statement. I came back around 3:35 PM and voilla he asked me to provide him copy of last 3 months personal bank statements and photocopies
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I hope I will receive my BRP soon. Next step is submit MN1 form after getting BRP for my self.
Few Questions:
All I reecived from UKBA was letter (having name + DOB + nationality) saying my application has been accepted and I shall receive BRP in 7-10 orking days. No where it says ILR has been granted. Although there was annexure attached which is kind of FAQ and says I will get ILR but this document can't be use as ILR.
- I am bit confused because some people have mentioned they were asked to sign some documents but I didn't sign anything except at time of BRP
- the signed letter doesn't say ILR granted. Did I miss something?
Appreciate if someone can answer my questions.
Once again big thank you to everyone. I am happy to answer any questions if you have.