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Successful ILR at Solihull PEO - 18 Jan 2013 (HSMP + Tier 1)

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:32 pm
by kamb1ng
Hi all. Thank you very much for this fantastic forum and super helpful members.

I applied with 2 dependants (wife and daughter). During the day also tagged along my 3-yr old son whom I didn't include in the application because I plan to apply UK citizenship for him.

We live 2 hours drive away from Solihull and was originally planning to drive on the morning of the appointment day. However after seeing the heavy snow storm forecast for the day, decided to drive the night before and stayed at a hotel. We stayed at Ramada Solihull, which has free parking and is a 15-minute walk away from the PEO.

Appointment was at 10:40.

-Arrived at 10:00
-Passed through security and was given a number
-At 10:30 called to see officer. He asked to see documents one by one. He then asked for photocopies of everything at once at the end.
-At 11:00 officer was happy and told me to pay and wait to be called for biometric
-At 11:15 we were called for biometric
-At 12:20 we were called to see officer again. He congratulated us and returned all original documents.

Documents requested:
-Set (O) form
-Passports, including the one containing the student visa I originally used to enter the UK (wasn't expecting this but luckily brought it along)
-Photos
-Life in the UK pass certificates
-Payslips (12 months)
-Bank statements (12 months)
-Daughter's birth certificate
-Our marriage certificate
-Cohab documents (3 years council tax bills)

Hope this is useful for some people. Thanks again.

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:48 pm
by hsmpaspirant2008
Congratulations to you.


Solihull PEO is consistenly proving to be a very good PEO for most cases.

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:50 pm
by ilrupdates
Dear kamb1ng many many congratulations to you and your family on this success.
I am sorry to bother you but will be really very very thankful to you if you help me by giving the answers of follows queries please because i also have my PEO appointment at solihull next month.

1. what was the payment method at Solihull please?
2. were you Employed OR Self employed OR Employed+ Self employed?
3. Age points you were awarded at your Very first HSMP Visa and your age at that time?
4. Age points you were awarded at the extension of HSMP and your age at that time?
5. Age points awarded to you at this ILR application time and your current age please?

Actually i want to confirms whether you were awarded the exact same Age points at all your three applications i.e
HSMP Entry Clearnce, HSMP Extension and ILR Application


Dear brother I am waiting for your kind reply and will be very grateful to you for your help in this regard. Thanks

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:13 pm
by kamb1ng
Hey bro, here are my answers:

1. I used Mastercard credit card
2. I was employed
3. 30 (5 points)
4. 32 (0 points)
5. 35 (0 points)

So I was not awarded exact same age points at all three applications. To be honest, I don't think it matters. As long as you have enough points in every application stage, you'll be approved.

Hope that helps.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:55 am
by stokbrig
kamb1ng , congratulations.
please advise on the following;
1- Getting an appointment with 2 dependents!
2-Did you choose Solihul ?why
3-cohabitation documents.
Thanks in advance

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:44 am
by ilrupdates
kamb1ng wrote:Hey bro, here are my answers:

1. I used Mastercard credit card
2. I was employed
3. 30 (5 points)
4. 32 (0 points)
5. 35 (0 points)

So I was not awarded exact same age points at all three applications. To be honest, I don't think it matters. As long as you have enough points in every application stage, you'll be approved.

Hope that helps.
Thank you very much dear for your kind reply.

Hi seniors gurus please can you explain this that why this person was not awarded 5 age points (which were awarded to him in his very first application) in his later two applications times i.e at HSMP Extension and ILR application.

I am asking this question again and again because ukba rules and many posts in this forum say that age points at the ILR application times are awarded on the basis of the age at the time of Initial HSMP Visa grant and not on the basis of age at the HSMP extension time.

Seniors please post your comments as it has already happened to one of the fellow at liverpool PEO.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:50 pm
by kamb1ng
stokbrig wrote:kamb1ng , congratulations.
please advise on the following;
1- Getting an appointment with 2 dependents!
2-Did you choose Solihul ?why
3-cohabitation documents.
Thanks in advance
1. Keep trying every night between midnight and 2am.
2. Because I heard positive feedback about it.
3. Joint bank accounts (past 12 months) and council tax bills for the past 3 years.

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:13 pm
by appsmaje
hi did you need to photocopy answered set(o) form?

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:06 am
by kamb1ng
appsmaje wrote:hi did you need to photocopy answered set(o) form?
No need for photocopy of the filled Set(O) form (unless you want a copy for personal records).

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:17 am
by samisha
congratulations on ur success, i just want to know if p60 is compulsory or not,