Did you use a covering letter to inform UKBA of the fact that "previous passports are retained by the relevant authorities of your country of citizenship when issuing a new passport"? The fact that, for applications under long residence, usually the "lawful" stay is most conveniently proved through ...

Hi I sent my application on 22nd of October 2011 for ILR under the 10 year rule, do not have any gaps and therefore thought it is a really straight forward case. However, today received a letter from the HO asking to provide original previous passports and photocopies are not accepted. Unfortunately ...