SET (O) ILR success @ Sheffield PEO- 23 Feb 2012
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:38 pm
Hi, I've got my ILR granted (with one dependant) at Sheffield PEO today. It was a very straight forward case (5 contunuous years with WP under same employer) and my application was processed and approved within a mere one and half hour only. Obviously I'm very happy about the outcome and therefore would like to share some of my experiences that might come of help for other fellow applicants planning to apply @ this PEO in near future.
1. Try to book an early appointment. It seemed to me that there is no hard and fast rule and people were being seen as first come first serve basis. My appointment was @10.30 but I entered the building @9.15, got myself registered @9.25, made payment and deposited all documents @ 9.50 and finally seen by the case worker @11.30 to be told about the successful outcome. So I was in fact all done within an hour of my original appointment time!
2. Airport style security check @ the entrance by two officers. My only sugesstion is - don't take more than one mobile phone with you cause you'll be asked to remove the batteries before putting them on the tray provided which is an unnecessary hassle in my view. Also try not to wear any waist belt- you will have to remove it and then put back on after passing through the metal detector arch. So why bother wearing at all.
3. Organise all your documents in advance- put them in a ring folder, in appropriate order, properly labelled and seperated by file dividers. I did same for both the orginal and photocopied set of documents and it was highly appreciated by the case worker. As I've said before, I was seen by the case worker only once just to tell me that he had looked at all my documents which seemed OK to grant me ILR today and my passports will be ready for collection from the reception in 10 minutes.
4. The staffs were very gentle and polite- not commanding in their attitude at all which gave me a very comfortable feeling while I was in the building. However, the facilities seemed not enough to support the volume of customers- not enough seats for all, no extra facilities (apart from a 32'' LCD TV) to keep the children satisfied.
Hope this would help some of you to plan your PEO appointment in future. Wish you all best and thank you everyone, particularly the people who are doing a great work from behind the scene through this online forum, for the help and encouragement. Thanks again.
1. Try to book an early appointment. It seemed to me that there is no hard and fast rule and people were being seen as first come first serve basis. My appointment was @10.30 but I entered the building @9.15, got myself registered @9.25, made payment and deposited all documents @ 9.50 and finally seen by the case worker @11.30 to be told about the successful outcome. So I was in fact all done within an hour of my original appointment time!
2. Airport style security check @ the entrance by two officers. My only sugesstion is - don't take more than one mobile phone with you cause you'll be asked to remove the batteries before putting them on the tray provided which is an unnecessary hassle in my view. Also try not to wear any waist belt- you will have to remove it and then put back on after passing through the metal detector arch. So why bother wearing at all.
3. Organise all your documents in advance- put them in a ring folder, in appropriate order, properly labelled and seperated by file dividers. I did same for both the orginal and photocopied set of documents and it was highly appreciated by the case worker. As I've said before, I was seen by the case worker only once just to tell me that he had looked at all my documents which seemed OK to grant me ILR today and my passports will be ready for collection from the reception in 10 minutes.
4. The staffs were very gentle and polite- not commanding in their attitude at all which gave me a very comfortable feeling while I was in the building. However, the facilities seemed not enough to support the volume of customers- not enough seats for all, no extra facilities (apart from a 32'' LCD TV) to keep the children satisfied.
Hope this would help some of you to plan your PEO appointment in future. Wish you all best and thank you everyone, particularly the people who are doing a great work from behind the scene through this online forum, for the help and encouragement. Thanks again.
