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All experienced expert,

I am about to apply for my ILR NEAR end of Oct, just wondering when the employment letter should be issued? There is no guideline on how advance the letter can be issued, I’d like to get it ready so I don’t have to worry about it. there is still 7 weeks to go, if I ask my employer to issue the letter now, would UKBA think it is too early so might consider it not valid?

Thank you very much for your kind help!

chuchu_law wrote:All experienced expert,

I am about to apply for my ILR NEAR end of Oct, just wondering when the employment letter should be issued? There is no guideline on how advance the letter can be issued, I’d like to get it ready so I don’t have to worry about it. there is still 7 weeks to go, if I ask my employer to issue the letter now, would UKBA think it is too early so might consider it not valid?

Thank you very much for your kind help!

as u said there is no guideline but it should be as recent as possible. try to get it a week or two before applying.

xyz123 wrote:

chuchu_law wrote:All experienced expert,

I am about to apply for my ILR NEAR end of Oct, just wondering when the employment letter should be issued? There is no guideline on how advance the letter can be issued, I’d like to get it ready so I don’t have to worry about it. there is still 7 weeks to go, if I ask my employer to issue the letter now, would UKBA think it is too early so might consider it not valid?

Thank you very much for your kind help!

as u said there is no guideline but it should be as recent as possible. try to get it a week or two before applying.

employment letter as principle is valid for three months. Preferably get 6 to 7 weeks before you apply. I It has more valu than the the one issued at a later stage since your payslip issued will be after the date of letter confirming you are in employment. I have been strong supporter that people under JR need no employment letter because their requirement is to be economically active and your pay slip does indicate you are active. Unfortunately now this has become a norm that every one is submitting employment letter. There is no mention of this in any guidance or immigration rules.

Give or take 7 weeks isn't a big deal in my opinion. If you are worried that a caseworker may make an issue out of it, just tell your HR to mention specific a contact and phone number that UKBA can call to verify the information in the letter, if they need to.

thank you all for the kind advice, I'll request the letter probably about 3-4 weeks prior to the appointment date!

Every company's HR has differ way or working , with mine, they are very fussy issuing refernce letter and can take 3-4 weeks, so i have asked them yesterday so that its up to date for my application in october .

Cheers

chuchu_law wrote:thank you all for the kind advice, I'll request the letter probably about 3-4 weeks prior to the appointment date!

[quote="chuchu_law"]Dear experts

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