Delighted to share the good news
ILR granted this morning at Glasgow PEO office. Overall nice experience.
Our Scenario:
1. WP + HSMP + Tier 1
2. Main Applicant + 1 Adult dependant
3. No Major complications
Summary:
Appointment at 10:00 AM
reached PEO office at 9:30 and collected the token number. Case Worker called us within few mins.
Case worker was very polite and friendly. Asked us the following documents:
1. SET O form
2. LIUK test for me any my dependant
3. Employer Letter
4. Salary Slips
5. Bank Statements
6. Co-habitation proof
For Co-habitation i had carried almost 2 kg of paper work for last 2 years. The case worker did not see even a single document. All he saw was that me & my dependant had travelled to Europe few times and our travel out and return to UK was on same date. The case worker mentioned that this is more than enough to proof that you both stay together( Interesting Logic).
What a waste of 2 kg of evidence I was carrying
for co-habitation proof. This PEO works slightly differently - So a word of caution for others.
When the case worker took all the documents he checked some details on the system and asked us some general questions. Then he said that he needs to carry out further checks and it might take about 1.5 hr. He asked to go out and come or sit in the office which ever is convenient to us. We decided to sit in the office.
Please note TILL this point the case worker did not comment anything on our case whether everything is fine or if anything is missing. All we were told is that further checks will be carried out.
We waited there for almost 3 hrs with no information and no update. After 3.5 hrs our token number was called and we were told your ILR has been granted and it is now stamped on your passport, here is your passport and original documents congratulations.
Surprisingly we were not informed earlier, the payment was deducted directly based on the information given on SET O form about the bank card details. Unlike other PEO office this office did not ask us to go an make the payment infact the payment was deducted and passport stamped already when we were called second time.
I have been tracking this forum for quite some time now and never saw any other PEO office following this process. What i mean is there is no different payment counter and we were not even informed earlier that payment will be deducted. We met the case worker only 2 times. First time he took all the documents and said further checks will be done please wait. Second time when we were called we were given our passports back with the ILR stamp on it.
Anways we were happy to get our ILR and dint bother the long wait nor about this strange way of working compared to other PEO offices
Many thanks to this forum for valuable information and guidance and great good support from moderators. Our special thanks to the moderators.
P.S. There is plenty of free parking available just outside the Glasgow PEO office. There is also a nice coffee shop outside incase you go early and want to take coffee or tea or use their washroom/restroom