ilrstatus wrote:Hi,
My wife will be eligible for ILR on the 5th of October. When can she book an appointment for the same day service (POE) on the 5th or a few days before that ?
The reason for the question is we are planning to travel in the first week of October and the earlier she gets the ILR the better.
She will be on HSMP + Tier 1 for 5 years and is applying on that basis.
Thanks
She can apply by post or in-person 28days before the 5th anniversary of either EC or her initial date of entry into the UK, depending on whether she switched immigration categories in-country or applied for EC. See Q3, Q4, Q5 under the following sticky for further information.
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=79378
PEO appointments only appear online upto 42 days before the app date. So count 42 backwards from the date you want an appointment for, to determine when you should login to the website to book your appointment. Note that as there is a very high demand for PEO appointments, the best time to find one has been found to be at midnight (i.e. which is when new/cancelled appointments get released).