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I'm at the "Evidence of your absence from the UK and Crown Dependencies" section of my ILR application and I'd like to hear what people actually uploaded.

My situation:

- I've worked for 3 different UK employers during the qualifying period.

- My current employer has given me a letter confirming all my absences were authorised paid annual leave.

- I haven't approached the two previous employers yet. I could, but chasing HR at former companies is likely to take weeks and I'd rather not hold up the application if it isn't necessary.

- Nearly all my trips were to my home country to visit family, no other reason.

- My absences are small: at most around 30 days in any 12-month period, nowhere near the limit.

- I have some boarding passes but not all of them. I can get an official travel history document from my home country's border authority showing every entry and exit date.

What I'm trying to work out:

1. With absences this low, does the Home Office actually scrutinise the reasons, or is the employer letter mostly there for people close to the limit?

2. Is one letter from the current employer enough? Or should I add an official border entry/exit record to, or do people really submit a letter per employer?

3. Did anyone tick "Other" and upload a personal covering letter listing each trip with dates and reason? Which would be duplicate information. I have already provided answers to them in the previous questions.

Route: Skilled Worker. Happy to chase the old employers if it genuinely matters.

Just trying to work out whether it does.

Thanks.

Embedded software engineer, ~9 years experience, UK-based (moved here in 2021). Trying to work out whether I'm over-thinking the CV side of a decision.

My history:

Jul 2017 – May 2020 (~3 years)

May 2020 – Oct 2021 (~1.5 years)

then relocated to the UK

Nov 2021 – Sep 2024 (~3 years)

ended in redundancy

Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 (~1 year)

I took as a bridge. I had already accepted an offer (in the company I am working at), but an administrative error on the employer's side meant I couldn't start on time, and I needed to be employed, so I took this instead due to my skilled worker visa.

It wasn't my dream job but I left the company on good terms. They are happy to prove any references if needed.

Sep 2025 – present (~1 year)

the company whose offer originally fell through

So the last two roles are both roughly a year, for reasons that weren't my choice.

Now I have an offer from a pre-seed London startup. Founding-engineer position, significant pay increase, product I find genuinely interesting but still questions in my head. They said they have 20-30 months runway( not sure how much accurate it is)

The obvious risk is runway: if it doesn't survive, my last three roles are all ~12–18 months and I'm job hunting again with what looks like a hopping pattern.

Questions I'd really value answers on:

Does a run of two or three ~1-year roles actually read as job hopping when the earlier history shows two 3-years?

Who is actually filtering on resume? Recruiters? My worry is being rejected before I get the chance to explain anything.

How well does "the employer made a paperwork error, so I took a bridge role to stay employed" hold up in an interview? How do you say that in one sentence without sounding like you're blaming a previous employer?

Does "startup shut down" read differently from "left after a year"?

For anyone who joined an early-stage startup in embedded/hardware and it folded within ~2 years: how hard was the next search, honestly?

What would you negotiate up front to de-risk this such as notice period, equity, visibility into runway and funding, severance terms? What did you wish you'd asked for?

Thank you so much for all your help.

Hi,

I am trying to get a proton pass family subscription to my account where I have proton mail plus.

The payment went through but I got "More active addresses than available for selected plan" error message.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thank you

Looking at Pass Family, it's showing £3.99/month (£47.88/year) with £5.59 struck through. The £3.99 is flagged as a "limited-time" price. For anyone who's been on it for more than a year: did it renew at the same £47.88, or did it jump to the standard rate after the first 12 months? Trying to work out the real long-term cost before committing.

Thanks.