ILR Application Checklist... Ready to Submit this week... Finally!! :)

Hi all,

I thought I would post this as a new thread and hopefully do a better job of outlining what the online ILR application asks for as in required documents vs what we are planning on submtting.
Hopefully it will help others as well!


----------------------------------------------- ONLINE ILR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED -----------------------------------------------

MANDOTARY DOCUMENTS   
1)   The passport issued by United States of America for (Me)

2)   Declaration signed by partner Your partner should download, sign and return the following declaration: (Your partner's relationship declaration)
 
OTHER DOCUMENTS
3)   6 letters and/or other documents addressed to you and your partner at the same address to show that you have been living together during the past
        2.5 years

4)   Personal bank statements showing that at least the level of cash savings relied upon in the application has been held in an account(s) of joint
        throughout the period of 6 months prior to the date of application, Acct: XXXXXXX

5)   The United States of America passport, identity card or official letter for (Me) to prove the level of English language required
   
6)   The Canada passport, identity card or official letter for (Me) to prove the level of English language required
   
7)   Documents supporting my other reasons to stay in the UK
   
8_) Evidence of council tax costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live
   
9)   Evidence of (Wife’s) settled status in the UK

10)   A declaration by joint of the source(s) of the cash savings, Acct: #######

11)   Current Biometric Residence Permit (Me)

12)   All previous passports, travel documents or national identity cards that you have used to travel to or remain in the UK

13)   Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live

----------------------------------------------- ONLINE ILR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED -----------------------------------------------



----------------------------------------------- WHAT WE'RE SUBMITTING -----------------------------------------------

1)   My current/valid USA passport
   
2)   Completed/Signed – Declaration for spouses, civil partners, proposed civil partners, fiancé(e)s, and unmarried partners
   
3)   1. August, 2017
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement (Source 1)
   2. January, 2018
   • Wife’s Name – DVLA Acknowledgment slip that confirms she’s not the registered keeper of our last car. (Source 2)
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement
   3. June, 2018
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement
   4. November, 2018
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Savings Account Statement
   5. April, 2019
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement (Dated March 03, 2019, since nothing available in April with both our names)
   6. September, 2019
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement
   • Wife – NHS Letter (Dated August 29, 2019) (Source 3)
   7. February, 2020 (Optional)
   • Both Names – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement.
   
4)   • TSB Bank Savings Statement 1 (Covers Nov. 2nd, 2018 to Nov. 3rd 2019)
   • TSB Bank Savings Statement 2 (Covers Nov. 4th, 2019 to Feb. 2nd, 2020)
   • In-Branch printed statements accompanied by a letter from local TSB Branch showing sufficient funds in the account with each page stamped
        and within 28 days of application.
   
5)   Already Submitting
   
6)   Already Submitting
   
7)   Reason given: “My wife and I have two young children here. Our oldest has been in school in the UK since Primary 1 and our youngest attended
        school here since nursery, so the children and our
   family would be greatly affected, if I was not allowed to stay.”
   Submitting: 
   • Marriage Certificate
   • Kids Full Birth Certificates
   • Letter dated within 3 months from kids school showing that they are registered with school and shows their current address.
   • Kids British Passports
   
8_)   Last Local Council Tax Bill with current address and both our names(Dated 16th Of October, 2019).
   
9)   Wife’s current British Passport.

10)   Signed/Dated declaration letter that declare the sources of our cash savings are from our employment.
   
11)   My Biometric Residence Permit (Card)
   
12)   Current US passport, expired Canadian passport.
   
13)   Our Private Residential Tenancy Aggreement.
 
----------------------------------------------- WHAT WE'RE SUBMITTING -----------------------------------------------


Also I think for my previous FLR(M) I sent a collage 4x6 with family pictures over the years, do I need to do that again?

Oh dear... I was hoping someone can review this checklist... we're really hoping to be able to apply asap and pay already to kick off the next step I'm assuming biometrics appointment.

Also regarding 13)   Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live.

From previous FLR(M) applications we only submitted a private rental tenancy agreement... Are we going to also need a letter from the landlord?  I read online some people submitted that, but not sure if because of a different situation and the online ILR application never requested it.  Any advice always appreciated of course!

Again, not sure if we should also send a couple pictures... I would hate to send more than what is required and annoy them

Oh dear... I was hoping someone can review this checklist... we're really hoping to be able to apply asap and pay already to kick off the next step I'm assuming biometrics appointment.

Give us some time. We all have busy lives and most of us work full-time as well as helping out on the forum. For example, I was in bed early last night and up at 5:30am for work this morning.

Also regarding 13)   Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live.

From previous FLR(M) applications we only submitted a private rental tenancy agreement... Are we going to also need a letter from the landlord?  I read online some people submitted that, but not sure if because of a different situation and the online ILR application never requested it.  Any advice always appreciated of course!

If you are both named on the tenancy agreement, then you do not need a letter from the landlord. You will also need your latest council tax bill for this section as well.

So, you include:
- tenancy agreeement
- council tax statement

Again, not sure if we should also send a couple pictures... I would hate to send more than what is required and annoy them

You do not need to send any pictures. They are not needed for ILR and they were not needed for FLR(M) either.

You only need to send pictures for the initial spousal visa, but even then, you should send only 1 photo (2 at most), with no one else in it other than you and your spouse... this is to meet the initial spousal visa requirement that you have met 1 time in person.

Give us some time. We all have busy lives and most of us work full-time as well as helping out on the forum. For example, I was in bed early last night and up at 5:30am for work this morning.

Oh sorry... totally understand,  just panicking a bit with all that's going on in the news lately   Thanks so much and wife and I really appreciate your guys help!  so valuable!

I'm at work and doing this when I should be working! (facepalm).  again Really appreciate, ksand24, you've been the BEST!

Okay, your post is kind of confusing, so I'm going to try to rearrange the documents you are submitting into the different requirement sections, so I can see them more clearly.

Application Documents
- Your current/valid USA passport
- Any other USA passports you have held since arriving in the UK 5 years ago
- Your BRP card
- Canadian passport
- Your wife's UK passport
- IHS surcharge number/receipt
- Completed/Signed – Declaration for spouses, civil partners, proposed civil partners, fiancé(e)s, and unmarried partners
   
Residence in the UK
Proof of housing costs
- tenancy agreement
- Council tax statement

Proof of correspondence
Since you are applying in March, you now need to cover September 2017 to March 2020.

September 2017
1) You: TSB Bank Checking Account Statement (Source 1) - dated August but probably okay to use
1) Your Wife: DVLA Acknowledgment slip that confirms she’s not the registered keeper of our last car. (Source 2)

February 2018
2) You: ?
2) Your wife: ?

June 2018
3) Joint – TSB Bank Checking Account Statement

November 2018
4)  Joint – TSB Bank Savings Account Statement

April 2019
5) You: ?
5) Your Wife: ?
A March 3rd statement is a month too early.

September 2019
6) You: TSB Bank Checking Account Statement (joint names)
6) Your wife: NHS Letter (Dated August 29, 2019) (Source 3)

Optional extra: March 2020
7)  You: ?
7) Your Wife: ?
   
Proof of Finances
- TSB Bank Savings Statement 1 (Covers Nov. 2nd, 2018 to Nov. 3rd 2019)
- TSB Bank Savings Statement 2 (Covers Nov. 4th, 2019 to Feb. 2nd, 2020)
- In-Branch printed statements accompanied by a letter from local TSB Branch showing sufficient funds in the account with each page stamped and within 28 days of application.
(Why do you have so many items here? If TSB statements 1 and 2 cover all the dates, why are you also including all the in-branch statements too?)

Other documents:
- Marriage Certificate
- Kids Full Birth Certificates
- Kids British Passports
- Letter dated within 3 months from kids school showing that they are registered with school and shows their current address.

Thanks ksand24, really appreciate, okay I'll go with the format you have put it in.

- Any other USA passports you have held since arriving in the UK 5 years ago

Yes, only one USA passport (one that has initial UK Visa), when entering the UK (visiting) previously I was using my Canadian passport, so as long as I submit both, should be fine.  Luckily American passports last for 10 years unlike Canadian adult passports, which are valid only for 5 years, unless that changed since.

February 2018
2) You: ?
2) Your wife: ?

Should be able to find something, and will dig them out tonight, thanks!

April 2019
5) You: ?
5) Your Wife: ?
A March 3rd statement is a month too early.

I'm afraid, we don't have anything in that month with my wife's name on it, I have TSB bank statement in my name only (again, TSB Bank messed up and started sending statements with names separately and some months they never sent her statement, even though nothing changed, it was obviously something on TSB side of things - completely out of our control).

So the only thing I can do is include something (probably will include my TSB bank classic account statement) that's in my name for April, 2019 and maybe type up a letter explaining this?.... Also the home office, should clearly see that the account number is the same for all the TSB Bank statements submitted.

Optional extra: March 2020
7)  You: ?
7) Your Wife: ?

Easy... can easily use our TSB bank statements, luckily TSB fixed their system and about 6 months back, and they started sending us just one statement with both our names on it, since it's always been a joint account!!

(Why do you have so many items here? If TSB statements 1 and 2 cover all the dates, why are you also including all the in-branch statements too?)

Because from what I understand you have to prove finances up to at least 28 days before the application date.  So using today's date even... that puts us of having to prove finances for the last 6 months up to Feb 12th, 2020... and the mailed statements only go up to Feb 2nd, 2020.

Also... btw for correspondence "4)  Joint – TSB Bank Savings Account Statement" does this count as a separate source?   Although it's a savings account also with TSB Bank, technically it's a separate account (not same as our Checking account).  For something to be counted as different source, does it have to be another company?

- IHS surcharge number/receipt

Oh!... also what's this that you added!?  If it's the nhs surcharge... it never came up during the online process like it did for my last flr(m) application? So i just assumed didn't apply to ILR?

Who does not need to pay or get an IHS reference number
You’ll be able to use the NHS without paying the surcharge or getting a reference number if:

you’re applying for indefinite leave to enter or remain
....

okay I think we're good, because I grabbed this right off the gov.uk website... And also when trying to pay it on the gov.uk website, ILR is not one of the available choices in the dropdown, only things like FLR, etc...


Thanks again ksand24!  It's looking like we're almost there then!!

Thanks ksand24, really appreciate, okay I'll go with the format you have put it in.
Yes, only one USA passport (one that has initial UK Visa), when entering the UK (visiting) previously I was using my Canadian passport, so as long as I submit both, should be fine.  Luckily American passports last for 10 years unlike Canadian adult passports, which are valid only for 5 years, unless that changed since.

That's good - yeah, you should be fine with those.

Some people renew their passport while in the UK, either because it's expiring, or because they are changing their name, so they will have 2 (or more) US passports to submit.

I'm afraid, we don't have anything in that month with my wife's name on it, I have TSB bank statement in my name only (again, TSB Bank messed up and started sending statements with names separately and some months they never sent her statement, even though nothing changed, it was obviously something on TSB side of things - completely out of our control).

So the only thing I can do is include something (probably will include my TSB bank classic account statement) that's in my name for April, 2019 and maybe type up a letter explaining this?.... Also the home office, should clearly see that the account number is the same for all the TSB Bank statements submitted.

Ah, did you mention this previously? It seems familiar. If so, I'd forgotten... which is why we recommend keeping everything in one thread, then we can recall your situation and we don't have to rehash the same advice all over again.

I would include both the March and April 2019 statements and include a note explaining the issue.

Easy... can easily use our TSB bank statements, luckily TSB fixed their system and about 6 months back, and they started sending us just one statement with both our names on it, since it's always been a joint account!!

Great .

Do you not have any other bills or anything at all that you could use? Annual council tax statements, water bills, gas or electricity bills, phone bills, TV/internet bills etc.? You may have already covered this in a previous post but it's not in this thread, so I don't know.

Because from what I understand you have to prove finances up to at least 28 days before the application date.  So using today's date even... that puts us of having to prove finances for the last 6 months up to Feb 12th, 2020... and the mailed statements only go up to Feb 2nd, 2020.

Oh, okay, so what you mean is, you have:
- Nov 2018 to Nov 2019 original statement
- Nov 2019 to Feb 2nd 2020 original statement
- Feb 2nd to Feb 12th 2020 partial statement printed by the bank and stamped/accompanied by a letter

I thought you meant you had two sets of full statements covering November 2019 to Feb 2020.

Also... btw for correspondence "4)  Joint – TSB Bank Savings Account Statement" does this count as a separate source?   Although it's a savings account also with TSB Bank, technically it's a separate account (not same as our Checking account).  For something to be counted as different source, does it have to be another company?

No, it's all one source, because they are all statements from a bank.

Oh!... also what's this that you added!?  If it's the nhs surcharge... it never came up during the online process like it did for my last flr(m) application? So i just assumed didn't apply to ILR?)

Oh, sorry. I keep forgetting that there is no IHS surcharge for ILR. So, just ignore that.

Thanks ksand! as always much appreciated!!

Ah, did you mention this previously? It seems familiar. If so, I'd forgotten... which is why we recommend keeping everything in one thread, then we can recall your situation and we don't have to rehash the same advice all over again.

I would include both the March and April 2019 statements and include a note explaining the issue.

Do you not have any other bills or anything at all that you could use? Annual council tax statements, water bills, gas or electricity bills, phone bills, TV/internet bills etc.? You may have already covered this in a previous post but it's not in this thread, so I don't know.

I noticed that some of the months were not evenly spaced out (every 5 months), so I revised my list tonight to:

• September 2017
• February 2018
• July 2018
• December 2018
• May 2019
• October 2019
• March 2020

We pretty much have every month in the above list covered except for May 2019, where the TSB bank statement is only in my name, again same account number, so I'll also include our March tsb bank statements and a dr. letter addressed to my wife in August.  Plus the case worker will easily see from all the other tsb bank statements that it's a joint account and the same account number.  So I'm pretty confident (and happy ) now that we'll be submitting 3/4 different sources and evenly spaced out letters/documents

Again thanks very much for your help and always great to get a 2nd opinion on this stuff!  You rock!

Now I get the pleasure of going shopping on the UK immigration site and spending over £3200!!