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by mo8 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:40 pm
Me My Husband and 11 year old month son, applied for my ILR visa at Croydon PEO on 25-07-2012 09:10, we arrived 2 hours late, and were allowed to still submit our application.
The process of going in to Lunar house is the same that has been mentioned many times on the forum.
We put together cohab docs, spread over the 2 years of the spouse visa dates.
Submitted husband bank statements 3 months, mortgage statement 2012, husband has lived at permanent address for 32 years, UK credit card statement latest of his and mine, CB acceptance letter, Life in UK cert, baby birth cert, GP letters addressed to the parents/guardians of baby.
My passport and passport with maiden name, my husbands passport, babies passport (just copy)
Everything submitted a photo copy of each was clipped to the original, organised 2010 to present
forms filled out dated and signed, with photographs attached.
1 plastic folder for forms and passports
1 plastic folder for my docs
1 plastic folder for my husband docs
1 plastic folder for baby docs
1st Arriving late, formalities
2nd told we could be seen (we had drove 6 hours starting at 4am)
3rd Token number given
4th, taken to the 1st floor by lift, as we were with the baby push chair
5th paid at the cashier counters
6th number called out, lady asks for payment receipt, token number, forms and passports, said she would enter into the system.
all above happened one after another instantly 30 mins later lady gave back what was submitted.
7th an hour wait and biometrics were taken,
8th, after and hour and a half number called out again, asked to submit forms, passports, and docs, told would take a couple of hours, could go out if we liked/
9th went out to the town center got dairy things for baby, back to car park, then back to the PEO after 90 mins
10th 30 mins later number called out, all originals given back and letter of approval stating biometric card would be sent within 7 working days, this was received on the 27th, 2 days later
My husband told me, that he is British and this is his country, we are married, we dont need benefits for living, and that he had never ever claimed any benefits, had nothing to hide, and he would apply in person without the need of a solicitor or agent, to pay to tell you the obvious.
The UKBA website is confusing, this is to deter fake people but in this real people are confused, and end up paying double fees using a solicitor or agent.
It was a long day as it took 6 hours to get there, entered PEO at 10.40, and left at 16:20, all staff at the PEO were helpful, good mannered, and doing their job.
Hope this can help others in similar situations UKBA want assurances of being married, having a home, having savings, and your not going to take advantage of State Benefits, good behaved characters basically.
