1. Introduction 2. Formulation of a General Simple Method for Calculating Consolidation Settlements of Multi-layered Soils Exhibiting Creep under Staged Loading 3. Verifications with Fully Coupled Finite Element Method and Measured data 4. Conclusions and Remarks Case I: Consolidation Settlements of a Clay Layer with OCR=1 or 1.5 Case II: Consolidation Settlements of Layered Soils with Vertical Drains under Staged Loading-Unloading-Reloading Case III: Consolidation Settlements of Test Embankment on Layered Soils with Vertical Drains under Staged Loading