PEO June 22 Success Croydon. 289 Days out of UK

[chosenaik]

WP + Tier 2 + Tier 1. 5 year since 2007. I was applying ILR only for myself.

Appointment was at 9:00 am. I was allowed in when i arived whichwas at 8:30 am.

My documents were checked on the ground floor where they took the payment.

I then had to go to the above 2 floors for Bio Metric and review of documents.

I waited in the UKBA office the whole time sitting cleraly visible to the case workere.

The case workere signalled me to come collect the documents at approx. 11:15 am. The ILR had been granted.

I had 268 dasy out of the UK, and in my covering letter I had clearly stated how many business days + how many paid annual leave and that if you also exclude weekends / public holdiays I actaully had spent only 68 days outside UK.

No questions were asked of me at all from the case worker and the only 2 times he spoke to me was when he collected my documents and when he told me to wait 5 - 10 days befopre my Biometrioc comes through.

[Smam]

Hi

Lots and lots of heartiest congratulations on getting your ILR and thanks a lot for sharing your valuable PEO experience with us on the forum.

Good luck for the future.

[ITGraduate]

Dear Chosenaik,

Many Congratulations on your success!!!

You say you had 268 days out of uk and also 68 days out of uk. what do you mean by that. Please can you clarify?

Thanks,

[chosenaik]

In my cover letter I separated Business Travel, Annual paid Holidays, Weekends and Public Holidays. I showed that if you discount these, only 68 days are left. The case worker didnt say anything to me at all during his entire review however I am guessing that he was happy with my explanation as he didnt question the fact that I had more than 180 days outside UK.