ILR for Jan 2023- How to work out correspondence months?

Hi,

I want to start off by saying a huge thanks to everyone who helped me last time I used this forum for my husband's FLR application. Now it's time to start the ILR prep- time flies and it's amazing how quickly I've forgotten all the processes/rules. I have a few questions and would really appreciate any help once again.

Husband arrived in the UK on Jan 27, 2018- so technically we could apply from Dec 31 2022 onwards? We were hoping to apply in the first week of January 2023. My husband is paid weekly every Friday so are planning to use July 1 2022- January 6 2023 payslips if that makes sense?

I am a bit unsure about the exact months that are needed for the correspondence requirement. If we apply in January 2023, am I right in thinking that the correspondence needs to start from August 2020? Also, what is the spacing, is it a letter needed every 5 months? Quite stuck on this one!

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Hi,

I want to start off by saying a huge thanks to everyone who helped me last time I used this forum for my husband's FLR application. Now it's time to start the ILR prep- time flies and it's amazing how quickly I've forgotten all the processes/rules. I have a few questions and would really appreciate any help once again.

Husband arrived in the UK on Jan 27, 2018- so technically we could apply from Dec 31 2022 onwards? We were hoping to apply in the first week of January 2023. My husband is paid weekly every Friday so are planning to use July 1 2022- January 6 2023 payslips if that makes sense?

I am a bit unsure about the exact months that are needed for the correspondence requirement. If we apply in January 2023, am I right in thinking that the correspondence needs to start from August 2020? Also, what is the spacing, is it a letter needed every 5 months? Quite stuck on this one!

Thanks in advance for any replies.

The instructions say the correspondence should be evenly spaced since your last grant of leave to remain. For most people, that's 2.5 years so one piece each/one joint piece every 5 months.

You need to make sure the whole 6 months are covered. When people are paid monthly, they usually send an extra month, for you, I'd say an extra couple to make sure you have the exact same time frame covered by your pay slips and bank statements.

Yes, you can apply from 28 days before the anniversary of the date of entry.

Has he passed the life in the UK test?

Thank you so much for your reply.

Okay so should the correspondence start from when FLR was granted so that would be Oct 2020 or 2.5 years before we apply in Jan so that would be Aug 2020?

Yes he passed the test this summer.

Yes you’re right because it’s weekly payslips it does throw me off a little bit to make sure it’s exactly 6 months!

Thanks again.

Thank you so much for your reply.

Okay so should the correspondence start from when FLR was granted so that would be Oct 2020 or 2.5 years before we apply in Jan so that would be Aug 2020?

Yes he passed the test this summer.

Yes you’re right because it’s weekly payslips it does throw me off a little bit to make sure it’s exactly 6 months!

Thanks again.

Well done on the pass.

If the instructions still read the way they used to, they will say "since your last grant of leave to remain"  then it should  be October but I don't see anything wrong with doing the more average 2.5 years either. Maybe you could do evenly spread from October and stick an extra one in before hand and that would cover it either way. 

If you look at the more recent doc on here it goes through each step.... Good luck!

Thank you that makes sense. So just thinking aloud here the months I need to cover would be:

Dec 2022 (most of our mail arrives end of the month so wouldn’t have much for Jan 2023)
Jul 2022
Feb 2022
Sep 2021
Apr 2021
Nov 2020 (or October?)

And then just to cover the time frame of 2.5 years one piece of correspondence from Jul 2020

Or have I made a hash of this?

Thank you mbmoffat for the invaluable guides you have put together I have been reading them regularly!

Thank you that makes sense. So just thinking aloud here the months I need to cover would be:

Dec 2022 (most of our mail arrives end of the month so wouldn’t have much for Jan 2023)
Jul 2022
Feb 2022
Sep 2021
Apr 2021
Nov 2020 (or October?)

And then just to cover the time frame of 2.5 years one piece of correspondence from Jul 2020

Or have I made a hash of this?

Thank you mbmoffat for the invaluable guides you have put together I have been reading them regularly!

I think that looks great, I'd go with November 20 if you can.

Thank you once again- now off to match my Mail up!

Hi all,

Have spent past few days sorting through all our mail for the last 2.5 years and have come up with this list if anyone could cast a quick glance over it that would be great:

Dec 2022
Dental hospital appointment letter (Myself)
Lloyds bank statement (Husband)

July 2022
Joint Savings account statement

Feb 2022
Broadband bill (Myself)
Car Insurance claim letter (Husband)

Sep 2021
Joint savings account statement

April 2021
Broadband bill (Myself)
DVLA tax renewal (Husband)

Nov 2020
Broadband bill (Myself)
Car Insurance renewal (Husband)

July 2020
GP surgery letter (Myself)
Lloyds bank statement (Husband)

Would this work?

Hi all,

Have spent past few days sorting through all our mail for the last 2.5 years and have come up with this list if anyone could cast a quick glance over it that would be great:

Dec 2022
Dental hospital appointment letter (Myself)
Lloyds bank statement (Husband)

July 2022
Joint Savings account statement

Feb 2022
Broadband bill (Myself)
Car Insurance claim letter (Husband)

Sep 2021
Joint savings account statement

April 2021
Broadband bill (Myself)
DVLA tax renewal (Husband)

Nov 2020
Broadband bill (Myself)
Car Insurance renewal (Husband)

July 2020
GP surgery letter (Myself)
Lloyds bank statement (Husband)

Would this work?

That looks great. 

Thanks so much larrabee really appreciate your time.

What I have left to do is the employer’s letter and land registry deeds. This is the first time we will be applying using electronic pay slips. They do look exactly the same as if they were posted but I think the employer letter needs to mention that they are genuine?

Thanks so much larrabee really appreciate your time.

What I have left to do is the employer’s letter and land registry deeds. This is the first time we will be applying using electronic pay slips. They do look exactly the same as if they were posted but I think the employer letter needs to mention that they are genuine?

Yes, the online payslips need to be accompanied by a letter verifying that they are authentic. This can be covered in the employers letter or in a separate letter.

Thank you larrabee for the clarification!

Hi all... I've got myself into a right mess and hope someone can knock some sense into me.

1. Just been downloading all the payslips we need (they are issued weekly so its quite a lot) and have realised that for 23 September there are two payslips, one is my husband's normal basic wage and the other is a payment of £23.00 because my husband was underpaid by this amount in the previous week. At first, I thought we don't need to include this payslip but then realised it will still come up on the bank statement and HO will still see it and it may cause issues? Any advice on how to explain it- Could we attach a quick note explaining it? Or should it be mentioned in the employer's letter?

2. As the payslips are online and the employer's letter needs to confirm their authenticity, does this mean the employer's letter should not be dated before the date of the last payslip we are relying on? So our last payslip will be January 6 2023, therefore the employer's letter should be dated on or after this?

Sorry if none of that makes sense- I thought everything was going smoothly and this has just thrown me!

Hi everyone sorry to bother and bump this up again but have tried to Google and can’t find anything similar as to the issue described above.

I am thinking to attach a note explaining why we have 2 payslips for one week. My husband is non salaried so even with this payslip of £23 once it’s divided and multiplied by 52 weeks we are still above the financial requirement.

However I’ve fallen into a spiral of paranoia thinking that the caseworker may work us out according to salaried rules and therefore our £23 multipled by 52 will bring us nowhere near the requirement.

If I explain that my husband took 2.5 hours paid emergency leave but for some reason this leave was not registered on the electronic system and that after speaking to HR the 2.5 hours were reinstated albeit on a separate pay slip, would this make sense and is it clear to understand? Both payslips are dated with the exact same date and paid into our bank account on the same date but as 2 transactions.

I really don’t understand why they didn’t put it all on one payslip. 

Also would it be better to attach this note just before the payslip in question or as a separate file?

I understand that no one can tell me what the caseworker will do or think but I greatly value the opinions of members here. You have all helped me so much for previous applications including when I was just a lurker here.

Thanks again everyone.