Both my mate and I came to the UK on WHM visas. In my experience most companies do prefer not to have to sponsor - and they are not that keen on the WHM visa either. Simply because they know for a full time position that they have to sponsor. Further I encountered a bit of a perception that by being...
Yep. Basically, my girlfriend has both UK/Aus passports - we met in Australia and lived together for about a year before we decided to move to the UK. (May '04 - May 05) I got a Working Holiday Visa in Australia and we travelled over, spending a 3 months (June-August '05) travelling in between. We t...
Hey. Ok.. In Australia (so possibly the same for NZ) you can apply in person. I went to the British consulate where they offered a same day application for WHM. Pretty sure other visas were being processed at the same time. Pretty sure you'd be able to apply as soon as you arrived, although not sure...
Hey. As I understood it when I was doing my application - you need documents linking you both to the same address, Having some documents from the first 3 months and some for the last 3 month. Which it sounds like you have. I mean apart from lease documents its very hard to have anything dated from t...
Hello all, My unmarried partner visa was approved last week. In regards to what I supplied, I took in my lease and also a check out report that had the number of bedrooms. I wasn't able to get a letter from council, however none of this was queried. I would like to thank all those who posted advice ...
Hello, well it would be hard to give you a rough guide without some idea what area you would be looking in - that is, both technically and within what sector. For myself, C++ developer within the financial sector it took roughly 6 weeks
Hello man. Thats a good salary, you'll be able to live comfortably on that salary in London without any trouble. I estimate you'd be looking at bringing home between about 2.5k to 3k a month after tax... For me, I am living in a house in Barons Court (SW6) so not too far from Central London - sharin...
Hello Alison. Congratulations on your HSMP approval. Here's a few answers based on my recent experience moving to the UK. For the NI number, I just booked an appointment at my local job centre. They asked me to bring in, either offer of employment or 3 letters from recruiters saying they were active...
Cheers guys for all your help - reading through that page, it would appear that (from the following section) that sharing a house would not render me ineligible for the unmarried partner visa. I am wondering, if this is more something that is of more concern for out of country applications. I would ...
Just to clarify, from that post - it would seem that as our place is definitely not overcrowded, then I shouldn't have any problem applying for the visa?
Got a question about unmarried spouse visa. I am planning to apply for this visa, I am an Australian citizen and would be applying through my girlfriend who has a British passport. Shouldn't be much of a problem except for... "you have suitable accommodation which is owned or lived in only by y...
