• Both you and your partner's passport
• Life in the UK test certificate
• 20 documents from five sources between past two years.

The first two are straightforward, but the third one is the complicated one.  My visa got turn down in Croydon on 9th Jan because they ask for the same number of documentations for each year (in my case is 2006/2007),ie 10 documents from five sources for both of us in each year. I have bought more than 20 documents from five sources but the ones in 2006, I only got 4 different sources for my husband. The clark there told me that I haven't got enough documents so they can't consider my application form. I was really angry and said that they should make it more clear on the form if its the way they looking at the documentation but they still refused my appplication form.

Luckily, there was another appointment in Liverpool on the following day. So I booked it and travelled to Liverpool with my husband. The whole process was much straighforward and their attitute just much better than Croydon. I got my PR visa within one hour. The way they checked my documents is to fill in the form with date for past two years. So they know that my husband and I lived together throughout the two years period.

There are few suggestions for people who need to apply for Settlement visa

1) Make sure that you have got 10 documents at least for each year from 5 different sources

2) Avoid Croydon office

3) Take your British partner with you

Hope this helps. Any question please let me know

Good luck x

一年多前剛找到工作時, 在這裡分享了一些求職小技巧跟相關網站. 在有了一些工作經驗後, 接下來找相關工作, 會比一開始容易許多. 想起之前找工作, 都是苦苦追著agency跑, 而現在有了工作經驗後,履歷一送出, 第二天agency一定會很熱情的打給你.

Anyway, 這邊就分享一些interview的skills

Behavioral Questions: 這類型的面試問題有越來越流行的趨勢. 不同於傳統的面試, 這類型的問題會要求你舉出實例, 答案不能是假設性的未來式, 而是你在這樣的情勢之下, 你做出的反應與決定.這類的問題, 會讓面試者很容易建立起你在應付各種情況的反應和表現, 而不像傳統的問題只是單方面的自我描述.

以下是幾個最常見的問題:

1. Communication

Can you tell me a time when you dealt with an angry customer? What was the situation? How did you deal with it, and what was the outcome?

2. Adaptability

Tell me about a time when you have changed a way of doing things? Why did you want to change things and how did you go about implementing this?

3.  Team Work

- Can you tell us about a time when you have worked well in team?

- How have you managed a situation of conflict within a team?

d.   Work under pressure

Can you give me an example of a time when you have worked well under pressure?

4. Problem solving

Tell me about a time when you solved a problem, and how you went about it?

e.   Strategic thinking

Can you give me an example of a task you have successfully completed that has benefited the company?

處理這樣的情境問題, S.T.A.R 策略是個好辦法.

·         Situation – 大略解釋當時的情形, 前因後果

·         Task – 在這個情境中自己的任務

·         Action – 怎麼解決這個問題

·         Result – 結果

其實想一想, S.T.A.R 其實是個非常理智, 也幫助自己有條有理的回答問題. 好好在面試前準備這些問題, 才能更有自信的在面試中 stand out from the crowd.

哈..今天終於被我發現怎麼在公司電腦打中文了..完全就給最近很閑的我一個裝忙的好方式.

好久沒用中文打字啦…真是開心.

來寫寫最近的生活吧. 其實也沒什麼大事情, 就是下個月等搬家跟持續學開車.

現在家裡堆滿超多箱子..垃圾場也去了很多次,家裡的垃圾真的是累積的很誇張(都是DARREN的錯啦…超愛留東留西的).

學車嘛!距離上次update我的學車過程已經是2個月以前了…只能說是倒吃甘蔗,越吃越甜. 為什麼呢?因為手腳不協調的我非常討厭踩煞車(怕引勤熄火)還有右轉(英國是右駕)..一慌亂就會亂踩..該踩煞車時踩成加油之類的…我的教練真是非常的有勇氣…也很有耐心…哈哈…加上他的mini cooper真是太好開啦*_*

好了…我還有漫長歲月可以UPDATE最近的生活..每天一篇日記都沒問題!改天在來寫!!