Can you tell me how you prepared for the interview besides familiarizing yourself with the documents that were submitted with the application? No, I didnt do anything more than keeping myself calm and focused in addition to recalling the detailed facts of my case. Did you have to wait for a long ti...

No! No! You are overtly nervous! You will have to muster strength to face this! I am sure, if you think systematically you will be able to figure out what kind of questions they might ask you. Read your case documents that you have submitted to the ECO carefully. The questions come from them only. H...

Dear Khan! Its very sorry to read that you have been treated thus by the ECO. They do refuse cases by such narrow observations. You should have provided more documents with your visa application like letters from your MBA University head, annaul/semester/trimester exams score cards etc.. Have you tr...

Can you shake their hands? No you cannot shake hands with them as there is a glass frame! Can you ask for their names? Depends! But they may refuse to tell their name which may make you feel a little uneasy, or even if they do tell their name, it wont help you much! The best is to maintain your com...

Thanks JD!

Thanks Nileshatan!

It took me almost 19 mths ( Aug 2005 to Feb 2007) to travel from HSMP application to Entry Clearance.

It was taugh waiting this long. But with the support of the members of this form and well wishers I could manage to walk this path.

Thanks
PPra

Hello Nikunj My HSMP case was approved under the old scheme. I had got the HSMP permit letter in August 2005, under 28 category. My case had gone in for appeal after EC refusal. Since the HSMP rules have changed since then, I would request you to look for the new set of documents for HSMP. My list o...

Hello John, Golauk!

Thanks a ton!

I cleared the interview on 27th Feb, 2007
And today I got the passport with the visa stamped for 2 years.

Thanks a million times to you all for your guidance and support.
God bless you all!
Regards
PPra

I got the Entry Clearance on 27th Feb 2007. I wish to share with the forum members what all I was asked in the interview in that sequence. I hope this will be of some use to anyone who would be answering interviews for visa. Q. 1. Are you healthy and fit to answer the interview? Q. 2. What language ...

Dear All, I got my passport today with visa stamp valid till feb 2009. I wish to thank everyone on this forum for both the guidance and support that I got from them in this whole process of applying for the HSMP to getting the visa. I wish to exdend a very special thanks to John! No words will be su...

Thanks GolaUK!

My interview is on 27th Feb,2007 8:30 am Tuesday.

I am going through all the papers i had submitted with the visa last year.
I am carrying all the original documents.

Thanks again!
PPra

Thanks John!
I will go with my socks pulled!
I am going with a winners mind!
(What ever it is, it will only be good!)

I will post the good news soon!

Thanks & Regards
PPra

Hi John, I am quoting below from the DETERMINATION & REASONS Letter 6. Reasons for the Refusal In support of the application, the Appellant submitted a letter of employment which was relevant to the application. As a result of checks made by the British High Commission, detailed in a document ve...

Hello to all, I had applied for EC on monday (19th Feb,2007). Today I got a call asking me to appear for an interview. I wish to know what do they ask/enquire in such interviews? What is their objective? What documents should I be carrying? What kind of answers should i be ready with? I shall be ver...

Wish you all the best!
You will get the Visa!

Send your copy of the decision to the BHC and follow up with calls and e-mails. They will however wait for their copy from home office. Thanks alex2000 for this guidance. The HSMP letter is still valid U mean that I dont have to get a reprint of my HSMP letter? But the letter was issued in August 2...

Hi Everybody! I wish to know is there anyone on this forum who has won the appeal against the EC refusal? I wish to know what is the process after one has received the appeal decision from Tribunal.The BHC is saying that they havent received their copy even after 21 days of the promulgation of the d...

Thanks for your warning sushdmehta! I will try to show adequate cash. say 4000 BP in my Bak account. Plus I am also likely to get an Appointment Letter. Actually since I had no idea when the appeal would be decided, i could give no commitments to any British Company about my likely date, so was in n...

Touk!

I will suggest not to delay much in applying for the EC. Keep a buffer time of atleast 30 days. In case you have to reapply for the EC at the embassy.
I wish and pray that u dont have to do that.. but please keep the buffer in your favour...

I learnt that the hard way!

PPra

From what I read from the New HSMP guideline (paragraph 60), I dont have to apply for a new HSMP as of now. I will only have to get a reprint just like a candidate asks for a duplicate copy of the HSMP approval letter in case it does not reach him in 6 months of approval. This clause is there that i...

ya!

Thanks John for the the good wishes!

I had read the new HSMP guidelines... the document says I can get a fresh reprint of the HSMP approval.

But as I am not much clear about all this.. so seek confirmations and guidences on this.

Regards
PPra

Hi All! As per the letter received from AIT sheffield, My appeal filed against the visal refusal (HSMP case) in November, 2005 has been allowed. The appeal decision was promulgated last week. It took them almost 1 year to open and look into my case. But finally I got the justice. I am more happy tha...

Hi! Go for the interview with all the supporting documents regarding ur employment with the company you have mentioned. Take for example letter addressed to you in your official capacity, Company correspondences sent to you etc.. Take 1. proof of your company's existance, 2. its nature of business, ...

Thanks K! The link is indeed closest we could have got. I have skilled though all the relevant sections on the link above. All I can find about "appeal to be decided on papers without hearing" is that they also call it paper hearing. This is the 2nd kind of hearing of the appeal. The first...

Could anyone help me in understanding as to what exactly does the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal mean when it says "appeal to be decided on the papers without a hearing". This relates to an appeal against the decision of Entry Clearance Office for refuring VISA in HSMP case in october 200...