ILR Granted today at Croydon

[ilr_appln]

First of all thanks to all the Gurus and members for providing valuable guidance.

Details below:
HSMP+Tier 1. 28 days before the visa expiry.
Strike by PCS union did not create any issues.

Documents : I kept all the mandatory and optional documents in a folder. They took the whole folder without removing any additional/optional documents. Please make sure that you don't put any conflicting or unwanted documents in the folder. Documents i had with me are
Payslips, Bank statements, Photos, LIUK, Co-habitation document for 2 years, Set(o) old form, passports, letter from employer for paid annual leaves ( less than180), appointment letter.

Additional documents
marriage certificate, 4 P60s, Earnings worksheet, absences worksheet and copies of all documents.

Paid the new fees using Visa debit card.

I had one FPN for entry into a restricted road and 2 PCNs(Bus lane and Box junction). Did not mention any of those as it was not through court and it was not required to declare the same.

I do use childcare vouchers provided by employer, which is not part of public funds.

Thanks again for all your support.

[alanwong]

Congratulations on your success. Enjoy your freedom now.

[pegakrishna]

First of all thanks to all the Gurus and members for providing valuable guidance.

Details below:
HSMP+Tier 1. 28 days before the visa expiry.
Strike by PCS union did not create any issues.

Documents : I kept all the mandatory and optional documents in a folder. They took the whole folder without removing any additional/optional documents. Please make sure that you don't put any conflicting or unwanted documents in the folder. Documents i had with me are
Payslips, Bank statements, Photos, LIUK, Co-habitation document for 2 years, Set(o) old form, passports, letter from employer for paid annual leaves ( less than180), appointment letter.

Additional documents
marriage certificate, 4 P60s, Earnings worksheet, absences worksheet and copies of all documents.

Paid the new fees using Visa debit card.

I had one FPN for entry into a restricted road and 2 PCNs(Bus lane and Box junction). Did not mention any of those as it was not through court and it was not required to declare the same.

I do use childcare vouchers provided by employer, which is not part of public funds.

Thanks again for all your support.

ilr_appln, nice to hear this... can you kindly share the " letter from employer for paid annual leaves ( less than180)" ??

[sheraz_aries]

Congratulation.

You had any unpaid absences during Tier 1 General visa?

[ilr_appln]

Hi,
I did not had any unpaid absences. For paid absences I got a letter from employer saying that I was on paid annual leave on those days.
Employer need/can not confirm whether you went outside uk unless it is a business trip. In the letter list only the holidays you where you went abroad not all leaves you have taken.

I have a 5 day working week, I asked the employer to mention that in the letter. So that weekends will be taken care especially when you go for a weekend trip abroad.

It is possible that you went on friday night and came back on Monday morning without taking any leaves at all!

[Mind_The_Gap]

Hi,
I did not had any unpaid absences. For paid absences I got a letter from employer saying that I was on paid annual leave on those days.
Employer need/can not confirm whether you went outside uk unless it is a business trip. In the letter list only the holidays you where you went abroad not all leaves you have taken.

I have a 5 day working week, I asked the employer to mention that in the letter. So that weekends will be taken care especially when you go for a weekend trip abroad.

It is possible that you went on friday night and came back on Monday morning without taking any leaves at all!

Could you possibly share a template of your paid annual leave letter?

Thank you.

[hsmp1412]

Congrats on your sucess!
Did you have any other absences at all - like while being unemployed or self employed?

[ilr_appln]

I was working for same employer for the last 5 years, so no break/self employment.
Unfortunately i don't have a copy of the letter. However it like below.

To,
UKBA Croydon
....

Sub: Letter of employment.

Sir,
Mr. Xyz is an employee of our company since xx/07/2008. He is desigantion is xxxx and his annual salary is £xxxx.xxx.

I can confirm that he has taken the following paid annual leaves.

xx/xx/2009 to xx/xx/2009 - 5 days
xx/xx/2010 to xx/xx/2010 - 12 days
....
....


Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any other details.

Yours Sincerly

.....
HR Manager

[Mind_The_Gap]

I was working for same employer for the last 5 years, so no break/self employment.
Unfortunately i don't have a copy of the letter. However it like below.

To,
UKBA Croydon
....

Sub: Letter of employment.

Sir,
Mr. Xyz is an employee of our company since xx/07/2008. He is desigantion is xxxx and his annual salary is £xxxx.xxx.

I can confirm that he has taken the following paid annual leaves.

xx/xx/2009 to xx/xx/2009 - 5 days
xx/xx/2010 to xx/xx/2010 - 12 days
....
....


Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any other details.

Yours Sincerly

.....
HR Manager

Thank you ilr_appln