Hello Everyone, I had been granted ILR more than a year ago, and now is the time for me to apply for British Citizenship, but I am emotionally confused as to go ahead or not ??? :( Personally my Indian Citizenship is my identity, and I DO NOT want to loose it...I have 2 children (10 and 15), will th...
Hello All, My work-permit was issued on 12/03/03. British High Commission, New Delhi Visa Stamp : 01/04/03 to 01/04/08. Arrived in the Country on 19/04/2003. My questions are :- (a) Do I have to apply for a visa extension first, and then apply for ILR. (b) Acceptable format for letter from the emplo...
As far as I know, I think that the rules are that you should be in a continuos employment for 5 yrs (the same job or a combination, i'm not sure), but you can have a combination permits, like HSMP, and work permit, i.e. if you have worked on a HSMP for 2 rs and on a work-permit for 3 yrs, it will co...
Hello all, I came to this country in Sep-2000 on TWES for 2 years. I went back to India in Sept/Oct-02 and then again came back to UK on a 5 years work permit, in April 2003. Now my company wishes to send me to their USA office (its the branch office of my UK-company ,who had got my WP issued) on a ...
[/quote] Moni69, You will have 28 days before your WP expires to apply for ILR as you attain the 5 year mark and your employer does not get involed in that.[/quote] What if (god forbid!!!) the application for ILR is rejected...in that case the deadline for getting a WP extension will also pass.....a...
Hi, Can anyone advise me on the following :- (a) My WP expires on 19-04-08 and I complete my 5 years on 19-04-08 (i) Will I have to apply for ILR only. or my employer will have to apply for my WP extension?? (b) Will the WP extension be simply enough for the employer, or will it be on "point ba...
Hello All, I have been going through the same torture as Earl Grey, I too had applied for tax credits in 2003 (after arriving from india) with family. When i discovered that the tax-credits are now in the list of public funds and HMRC did not intimate me or otherwise put a stop to my credits, I wrot...
Sooner or later all the people affected by this change will gain the right to vote in this country. I guess all the hundreds of thousands of people affected will remember which political party was behind the change when they cast their votes. I really don't understand why the Labour party is so wil...
Hi all, I have a friend, who came to this country a year ago, he came here on HSMP visa (Teacher), but did not get a job in his relevent field, so he is been working in a warehouse for about 6-8 months. Is there a chance that he will be getting his extension, without a problem, and for how long ??? ...
Hi all, I have a question on the same subject... Can anyone have a definite answer for this ??? Arrived in UK on a TWES Visa for a year in Sep-2000 TWES Visa got extended for another year in Sep-2001 Went back to India in Sep-2002 Came back to the UK in Apr-2003 (on a 5 yr work-permit) Is there any ...
Your employer can therefore write a very short letter. Something like: Re: Mr X Y DOB: xx/xx/xxxx Pursuant to para. 134 (iii) to the Immigration Rules, I hereby certify that Mr X Y is still required for the employment in question. Can somebody post a draft of letter required from the employer ?? It...
Hi all, I am from India, and I am getting CTC since April 2003. I rang up the IR before going forward with CTC, told them exactly what was my status etc was (work-permit holder), and when i had arrived etc. and the operator told me that I can claim, and she posted the form to me. When I filled up th...
Hi, I had arrived in the UK from India, in April-03, on the advice of one of my colleague, I applied for Tax credit.(CTC) Although my visa was stamped with "no recourse to public funds", I got through the tax credit application, and till date I am getting tax-credit every month. Now, one ...
