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kunal parikh wrote:Hi

I have recently got my Tier 1 extension and now I am elligble to apply for 10 year ILR in June 2013. However, the rule has changed and we have to provide evidence such as council tax bill, utility bill or tax returns, employer letter.

What if we dont have council tax bill as I used to share flat with my friend in london where we got exemption in council tax being student. also dont have may be any utility bill. I can surely call up HMRC and get tax returns.

Does anybody or aware of these new rule guideline??? Do we have to provide all these evidence or just one or two evidence will be fine as well??

Will appreciate your help.

Thanks
Kunal

Evidence of continuous long residence in UK under private life route wrote: Evidence of length of residence

You must consider all of the points raised by the person in relation to the application. Decisions must not be taken on the basis of mere assertions by the applicant about their residence in the UK and their ties with another country.

You must carefully assess the quality of any evidence provided.
To demonstrate length of residence in the UK, applicants will need to provide credible evidence from an independent source, for example letters from a housing trust, local authority, bank, school or doctor. You must be satisfied that the evidence provided has not been tampered with or otherwise falsified, and that it relates to the person who is making the application (see related link: Fraud and forgery).

To be satisfied the UK residence was continuous, you should normally expect to see evidence to cover every 12 month period of the length of continuous residence, and travel documents to cover the entire period, unless you are satisfied on the basis of a credible explanation provided as to why this has not been submitted.

For an application made 28 days or less after the expiry of previous leave, when considering a continuous period, you can disregard any periods of overstaying between periods of leave.