u/Valuable_Film3496

My employer's lawyers have submitted my ILR application and I noticed that the "Download and sign the verification checks consent form" is under Mandatory actions on the application portal. This is also on my supporting documents checklist.

However, the law firm that my employer (Big 4 firm) uses for ILR is insisting I don't need to do this and can ignore this. I've searched on Reddit and it seems like when people miss this, Home Office reaches out and asks for it again.

1. Has anyone else been they can ignore this? My instinct is their advice is wrong. I'm applying for myself (dependents aren't eligible yet) so I just need to sign Part 1 of the forms.
2. Biometrics have been scheduled already. Can the form still be uploaded?
3. They've booked self-service biometrics. I've seen on Reddit that some people have had luck asking the staff to upload this form - for someone who has done this, did you flag this to the staff before starting the biometrics process at the process?