Had a successful application with Croydon PEO today, 21-Feb-13. I submitted the application on my own and was lucky enough to book an appointment by waking up at midnight some 42 nights before
I own my Ltd Company with 100% Shares. I did not burden the case worker with too many documentation.
Docs Shown:
1) Salary Slips
2) Dividend Vouchers
3) Bank Statements
4) Accountant Statement (IFA Certified accountant)
Docs In Hand:
1) VAT Registration Certficate
2) Business Bank Statement (Printed and stamped till 20-Feb-2013)
3) Printout from HRMC showing no VAT due as of 20-Feb-2013
4) Company Accountants for the first year (Sep-2011 to Aug-2012)
5) Interim Company Accounts Approx From Aug-2012 Upto Jan-2013
6) Print out of VAT re-payments
7) Print out of PAYE + NIC Payments made to HRMC (Upto Jan-2013) (You get this as email everytime you make the PAYE payment)
8)_Degree Certificate (Master's)
9) Tax Return filed for last year (2011-2012)
10) UTR Reference Number
11) NI Number/Card
12) P60 for 2011-2012
13) Print out of Online Calculator with points acquired.
14) Invoices
15) Corporation Tax filed but not paid, however business bank balance is twice of what I will be paying as Corp Tax and more importantly not due until May-2013
I also did not take any photocopies, I am against wasting paper and also did not have any cover letter. My Salary/Dividend ratio is about 1:3
From the time I gave my docs to CW and got the decision it was about 1.15 hrs. Overall I was inside the UKBA office for about 3 hrs. While leaving i ensured the visa will be given for 3 years although i hope the new visa will be valid from the day of current expiry, 15-Mar-2013. The returned all the originals I gave except for the accountant's letter.
Bottomline keep it simple and be honest it should be a walk in the park