ILR - Success story - Croydon PEO - WP + Tier2
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:58 am
Hi all,
First of all, thanks to every one here for so many useful posts that helped me over the years. I got my ILR on 25 Sep at Croydon. The whole process was pretty straight forward - except for total IT (both biometric checks and ticketing system) failures on that day which delayed the process by over 3 hrs. Went in at: 8:50am; came out at: 13:40pm.
My case: WP + Tier2 : 5yrs work route. I qualified for 10yrs route as well a month ago, but preferred this route.
One thing I gathered from here is that some people overload the caseworker (CW) with loads of unnecessary documents. This will only cause extra delays and more work for the CW. I did carry some extra documents to PEO, but only gave bare essentials to CW. The guy said he will call and ask me for more documents if need be, so I wasn't worried.
All that I gave was:
a) Absences letters (both employers)
b) Employment details letter (saying you are still required and you are employed at correct SOC code, payrates, salary, etc. )
c) Last month pay slip (within one calendar month)
d) Last month bank statement (within one calendar month) - this has to be the same account where salary is paid. They want to see you are paid the same salary mentioned in payslip.
e) 5yr P60's - originals
f) 2011 P45 - because I changed job in March (that year P60 is not complete, so I gave P45 too)
g) Original work permit document - from previous employment
h) Life in the UK pass letter - original.
and of course, along with application + 2 photos + old and new passport + BRP card
First of all, thanks to every one here for so many useful posts that helped me over the years. I got my ILR on 25 Sep at Croydon. The whole process was pretty straight forward - except for total IT (both biometric checks and ticketing system) failures on that day which delayed the process by over 3 hrs. Went in at: 8:50am; came out at: 13:40pm.
My case: WP + Tier2 : 5yrs work route. I qualified for 10yrs route as well a month ago, but preferred this route.
One thing I gathered from here is that some people overload the caseworker (CW) with loads of unnecessary documents. This will only cause extra delays and more work for the CW. I did carry some extra documents to PEO, but only gave bare essentials to CW. The guy said he will call and ask me for more documents if need be, so I wasn't worried.
All that I gave was:
a) Absences letters (both employers)
b) Employment details letter (saying you are still required and you are employed at correct SOC code, payrates, salary, etc. )
c) Last month pay slip (within one calendar month)
d) Last month bank statement (within one calendar month) - this has to be the same account where salary is paid. They want to see you are paid the same salary mentioned in payslip.
e) 5yr P60's - originals
f) 2011 P45 - because I changed job in March (that year P60 is not complete, so I gave P45 too)
g) Original work permit document - from previous employment
h) Life in the UK pass letter - original.
and of course, along with application + 2 photos + old and new passport + BRP card