Here are my details:
Entry Clearance date (HSMP) : 19-Oct-2007
Entered UK : 25-Oct-2007
Switched to Tier1 ( Extended visa ) : 19-Oct-2009
Have been in permanent employment since coming into UK and with the same employer.
Booking an Appointment Process:
1. Calculated the earliest date which I could attend the appointment which is 28 days before my first entry date. This was coming to be 27th Sep. But I chose to go there on 01st Oct.
2. Calculated 42 days before the desired date of appointment. This was coming to 20th August.
3. Midnight of 20th August 00:00 I logged on to UKBA's website and kept refreshing the page for booking an appointment.
4. At 00:10am appointments were available and was able to book for my desired date of 01st October (I think it takes 10 - 15 mins for the server to refresh and show available appointments for the 42nd day)
On the day of appointment:
1. Appointment at Croydon : 12:00 PM
2. Reached at: 11:35 AM
3. Security check done at : 11:40 AM
4. Card payment done at :11:50 AM
5. Basic checks on passport and Data entry: 12:15
6. Biometric done at : 2:10 PM (For my 2 year old only photograph was taken and no biometrics)
7. Called by the caseworker : 4:00 PM
8. Case worked approved ILR : 5:00 PM
At point 5 and point 7 above no questions were asked at all.
Documents submitted:
Application Form
Photographs
Appointment Letter
Life in the UK Test
HSMP Approval
TIER-1 Extension Application letters received
Co-Habitation Proofs - Council Tax (5 years), Tenancy Agreement (last 2 years), Bank Statements (Last 2 Years)
Marriage Certificate
Birth Certificate Long
Graduation Degree Certificate (Even though these were not required)
English Letter
Official Transcript
12- Months Payslips
5 Years P-60
5 Years P-11D
12 Months Bank Statements
Letter from employer
Travel Details (In and Out from UK - on a spreadsheet printout)
Passports
Photocopies of every document listed above including every page of passports (Current and previous for all applicants)
Application form specifics:
1. Only checked 11A and 11L
When Case worker called us at 4pm she asked for application form, passports, all originals, photocopies and just asked us to take a seat. She spent 1 hr looking at our documents. After that she called us and handed back all the originals with a letter stating ILR had been granted. Now I am just waiting for my Biometric cards to come.
Piece of advice: It will take a minimum of 4 hours to process your application. So ensure you have your smartphones or tablets fully charged to watch some movies or read some books
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Please let me know if anyone has any questions.