Hi I had been granted ILR when I applied spouse visa for my wife. She will complete 5 years on spouse visa in April 2020 and will then apply for her ILR using Set(M) application form as a partner who is already settled in the UK. Currently I am a british citizen and hold UK passport My wife has been...

HI, Both me and my wife had our ILR in September 2017. We will apply for nationality and passport in September 2018. We have two children. I have already applied for and now receiving Child benefit for both children. Question 1: Can I (or my wife) apply for Child Tax Credit for both children as well...

Thank you for your kind response. I spoke at ukvi customer service centre and asked about my son's visa status after I get ilr. He said my son will be able to stay in uk until his visa expires in Feb 2018. However, he suggested that I should write my son as my dependent on my ilr application form so...

Hi, I and my wife are applying for ILR end of august. we have a son born in 2015 and we are also expecting another baby. Our son's dependent visa is until 12 Feb 2018. We are planning to travel out of UK in November for 2 months. Q1) If both parents get ILR, does it curtail or impact in anyway on ou...

Hi CR001 and iworker, Thank you for your responses first of all. Are you sure about your visa expiry date? PBS Dependents cannot usually have a visa valid for longer than the main PBS visa holder. My Tier 2 visa with old employer was also until 12 Feb 2018. But the case worker reduced the duration t...

Hi I have found a new job paying more than £35000 which fulfils the minimum salary requirement and will join it in August 2017. The company has sponsored me and I have got my Tier 2 visa until 14 October 2017 completing 6 years on my visa (hence no further extension). My wife (PBS dependent) has als...

Thank you all so much for your responses. I just spoke with the borough council payroll department they confirmed that they only ever paid me as a casual worker for some elections work that I did and that I have never paid National Insurance on anything they have paid me. After this conversation I l...

Thanks for your response, iworker. I realised only recently that it was not allowed on Tier 2 visa when I had a look at policy guidance for voluntary work. If I return the full amount back to the borough council (either by cash or bank transfer) and request their payroll department to provide a conf...

Hi I raised the same question with HomeOffice at whatdotheyknow. the full response is in the link below: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/will_my_paid_voluntary_job_on_ti#outgoing-636571 In short, I am still not sure what exactly I need to do in order to sort this out before I apply for my ILR...

Would any of you please be requested to answer my query as I am quite worried about it???

Kind regards

Hi I work for a county council who is also my sponsor. But last year, I volunteered for a local borough council and helped them in their annual canvasing for which they paid me on my NI. Will it have any affect when I apply for ILR this year? If it does, what do i need to do in order to get rid of a...

Please could somebody respond to my above query, copying below: 1) If I use the same work start and work end dates as in my CoS (5 years duration), the IHS will charge me £1000 for 5 years. But in reality Tier 2 general cannot be extended beyond a maximum of 6 years and My 6 years will complete in F...

Thank you CR001 for your response. 1) If I use the same work start and work end dates as in my CoS (5 years duration), the IHS will charge me £1000 for 5 years. But in reality Tier 2 general cannot be extended beyond a maximum of 6 years and My 6 years will complete in Feb 2018. Will they charge me ...

Hi, I am going to apply for my tier 2 general visa in order to change my employer. I have a few questions in this regard. But before I put my questions forward, my situation is that: 1) I have been on Tier 2 general visa since 12 Feb 2012, hence, it has been 5 years on this visa (Time to apply for I...

To whom it may concern, I am on Tier 2 General Visa that expires in Feb 2018 after completing 6 years on it. I am currently sponsored by my current employer and I will complete five years on my sponsorship in Feb 2017, and after that I am planning to immediately apply for ILR. But my current annual ...

I came to UK in Sep 2008 to do my masters. then I got PSW for two years until Feb 2012. in the mean time i started working for my current employer in Sep 2010. when my PSW was about to expire, my employer sponsored me and I changed to Tier 2 General in Feb 2012 for 3 years till Feb 2015. then I exte...

Hi, Thank you for your kind answers. I am currently on 26500 with nine years of professional experience. And I could easily get a min of £40K from any employer if I didnt have this sponsorship issue. I have been working with my current employer for over 6 years and I have already discussed the salar...

HI My 5 years on Tier 2 general will complete in 11 Feb 2017. But my current employer/sponsor is not paying me £35K. Therefore I am looking for a new role. A company is offering me a job and paying £35K as well. But they do not hold a sponsorship license. They are now asking me two questions: 1) Is ...

Hi, I have been looking for a fulltime permanent role for last one and half years but no luck so far. the 2nd options I can think of is to do contract roles through an Umbrella organisation. In this case, the umbrella company will hire me, will sponsor me and will do my payroll. If either I or the u...

Hi, I am on Tier 2 General and have been looking to find a new job in order to fulfil minimum salary requirement for ILR. I will complete my 5 years on Tier 2 General in Feb 2017 and the only requirement I need to fulfil is Salary of £35K per annum. Now company "A" offered me a job paying ...

I am Tier 2 general and now changing my sponsor. Q1) Which application form do I use to change my sponsor: 1) "Extend your application in Tier 2" or 2) "Switch to Tier 2 from another Visa" Q2) Do I need to provide funds maintenance and English language proof again? Q3) Which is t...

Just one question please

Which application form do I use to change my sponsor:
1) "Extend your application in Tier 2" or
2) "Switch to Tier 2 from another Visa"

Thanks

Thank you, CR001. I have just confirmed from my new sponsor, they have confirmed that the RLMT has been satisfied. Further, I called earlier at UKVI help center at 0300 123 2241 and asked regarding Question 3 in my first message about dependents, the call assistant confirmed that Dependents do not r...

Hi, I have Tier 2 General Visa which is valid until 26/02/2018. I have two PBS dependents (wife and son) and their visa is also valid until 26/02/2018. My five years continuous period on Tier 2 will complete in Feb 2017 and I want to switch to ILR after that. My current sponsor is paying me less tha...

Hi, My scenario: I first arrived in UK on 19 Sep 2008 as student. I am on Tier 2 General now and my 6 years on T2G will expire on 26 Feb 2018. Currently I am earning less than £35K and my current sponsor is unable to offer me it. I am therefore looking for a new sponsor asap. My wife arrived in UK a...