ILR is looming!

Hi all

Been a while, hope everyone is well.

Tre moved to the UK on 3rd October 2019, so we're looking to get everything lined up ready for ILR which will come as a huge relief

So technically I think he can apply from around 7 September, but we're actually away with my folks in Greece until Monday 16th, so we'd like to get the application in later that week. I believe it's £2,885 (no additional biometrics fee), and you can opt to pay an extra £500 for 1 week turnaround (tempted), or £1000 for 24/48hour turnaround (less tempted).

I've tried to pull together a list of what we'll need to submit from other threads and t'internet.

My passport (sponsor)
Tre's passport
Tre's BRP (he still has a card)

Sponsor declaration (not sure what this needs to say? - is it just part of the online procedure like before?)

Life in the UK test reference number

7 months of bank statements stamped in branch, showing earnings of £18,600+. This will be easier for me as Tre changed jobs recently. Being paid monthly this will therefore probably go back to cover pay dates at the end of Aug, July, June, May, April, March and Feb. 
Payslips with net figures to match the ban statements - my job has payslips available to download only, but I assume that's ok as I'll also have:
Letter from employer, to verify gross pay figure for the above months (to be dated within 28 days of online application).

Latest mortgage statement (Apr 2024 I think)
Latest council tax bill (March 2024 I think)
Land registry document

Marriage certificate
Tre's divorce certificate

Cohabitation (3 different sources) - he got his FLR email 2 April 2022, so thinking something like:
June 2022
October 2022
Feb 2023
July 2023
November 2023
March 2024
July 2024

From other threads it looks like it will be fine to say 'been in UK for 4 years 11 months' when asked.

How is this looking? Anything that needs to go in, or could be removed?

Appreciate any guidance as always
Greg

If you look at the most recent update to this Reference Doc it should be a good start.   

https://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=100139.0

It's a year or two now but it should be mostly relevant.  Perhaps someone will take it over and keep it up to date for the next few years.

Best,

Matt

Thanks Matt

I have an additional question.

Tre has a small business of his own now, and we need to submit his UK tax return to HMRC before January 2025 (that's HMRC's cutoff date for 2023-2024 taxes).

We want to to ILR in September, and citizenship asap after that, hopefully by the end of the year.

When's the best time to slot in doing the tax return? I'm not sure I'd want to do it while an application was pending in case it threw up questions, so maybe we're best to get it done this month before the ILR goes in? Or between ILR and citizenship?

In theory after citizenship is also possible but if that runs on past the end of January he'd be late with the return.

But if we do it now and HMRC have questions I don't want it jeopardising his ILR as that's the most important thing! So maybe do ILR on the one-week turnaround, then take a week to submit a tax return, then put the citizenship application in??

If anyone has any advice or experience it would be appreciated!
Cheers
Greg