Thanks to all who always share experiences on this forum as it help others to gain insight on what possibly could happen when they find themselves in similar situations.
I got my ilr thru employed and self employed having had a previous refusal of application for tier extension- my last extension and a follow up appeal success!
documents submitted:
*Passport and Biometric
*SET O FORM and the required 2x pictures
*life in uk test result
*educational certificate (Msc ) and other certs in relation to my self employment
PAYE(oct 12-sept-13)
*12 months payslips
*12 months bank statements
*letter from employer confirming both earnings and absences(60days)
*statement of earnings from the tax office as the homeoffice had previously misplaced one of my p60s when sent previously and the rest of the p60s I had
SELF EMPLOYED(THIS WAS 10%OF TOTAL EARNINGS-OCT 12-MAR 13)
*Accountants letter with ACCA cert copy attached
*Business and personal bank statements highlighting payments by clients
*I also made a spreadsheet of these payments and the bank accounts they were paid into and the case worker recommended this was brilliant and made his work easier finding the payments
*I have several clients but managed to get some letters off them about 10 of them and I also used emails shared btwn myself and some of my clients and also provided a list of some available telephone numbers of some clients
*print out of 12/13 tax submitted and copies of all previous tax years submission( ie 10/11 ,11/12 and 12/13)
*Small earning exemption certificates for period btwn 2010-2013 and 2013-2016)
*Receipts(copies) issued to clients,expenses receipts, train tickets and other transport expenses
*other correspondence with the tax office
( remember you don't have to send all these but I didn't want to leave any stone unturned due to my experience with the appeal process I had in 2011)
NOW THE REAL DEAL
My appointment at Solihull was for 9.30am and as per the booking was asked to get there by 9am for security
I was at a conference which ended last Friday at Birmingham close to the airport so waited for Monday to make it for this appointment got the bus 966 from the airport to Solihull less than 30mins for £2- very convienient
-so booked premier inn-good service and really enjoyed my stay( didn't know how close it was.....amazing less than 3 mins walk from hotel to peo) so got there too early about 8.45 but was let in and was given a ticketat the appointment time I was called in to the case worker who just asked for ALL the documents I had brought in- he also asked if I knew the forms had changed, his reason was to make sure I was using the correct version of the form which I was- so I handed in everything which I had labelled and kept in clear poly pockets with headers and title pages .
then the case worker also asked if I had a degree in English of which I had the certificate with me and I answered yes as had proved this previously- he said he asked this due to the fact that theres been recent changes and wanted to be sure I was aware of that- which I answered yes- he was a fine gentleman and though friendly was straight on point for what he has been assigned to do.
he then handed me the payment page and said this isn't necessary as I already had the payment confirmation page handed in- he then asked me to go and wait for my number to be called for the biometrics after which I would be asked to go out and return in about 1.5hrs
BIOMETRICS
an elderly woman did the biometrics and she really is nice and calmed my nerves, she asked why I came all the way from Glasgow to Solihull for the appointment and I explained due to the self employment- then I requested she makes sure the picture is nice so I can show my card off proudly as she had said pictures for id are normally not nice- she was really good enough to take a couple of shots and showed me till I got a very nice picture
So after the biometrics this was around 10am.....
I was then asked to go and return at 12.30 so went back to my hotel to pack up and had a bit of sleep too
.....went back and voila ilr approved!!!!!Huh that was long but wanted to share everything in detail so people with similar situation may know.....please feel free to ask any questions and I will try and answer if I know....thanks for your audience
