Hi all, due to the covid pandemic, I was hoping to collect the BRP on behalf of my minor children. I have filled the form on gov.uk site 15 days back but didnt get a response.

Anyone else faced the same? They promise a response in 5 working days but could the delay be due to covid? Thanks in advance

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 PBS Dependent 2. Country of application: India 3. City of Visa Application: VFS Chennai 4. Date of application: 10/09/2020 5. Date of submission of documents: 17/09/2020 6. Received a SMS/call back & email that application is forwarded to UKVI: 17/09/2020 7 Rec...

Singh_harv wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:31 pm

Jan 2020

Hi Harv I got the visa by using the given name on both name and surname field in the visa application. Thanks for your help

Standard visitor visa Sub category : ( Family) Parents Country/ Town of Application : Chennai, India Application submitted and biometrics enrolled at : 28th August 2020 Application forwarded to UKVI : 28th August 2020 Application under process at UKVI : No email received Sponsor contacted by UKVI ( ...

In April I was made redundant, but now I got a job and also started to work and visa is under process, Since I dint yet get my cutailment letter I was wondering if that will create any issue for my new application. It wont be an issue. I got made redundant in 2017 and didnt get curtailment letter b...

vtox_g wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:11 pm

I am waiting for my curtailment letter as well, since how long you have been waiting?

Hi I've not been made redundant but there have been other redundancies so everything is a bit uncertain.

How long has it been for you

Thank you!

Singh_harv wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:37 pm

Put first name in surname as well. Thats what i have done in previous visit applications for my relatives.

Example: first name: Abc xyz
Surname in application: Abc xyz

Thank you. When did you apply for your relatives visa

So you mean if your full name is: Aishwarya Rai They would write in the passport: R. Aishwarya As first-name and leave the family name blank without ever writing it in full anywhere? Yes, exactly that is the case with my parents' passport. It is a common naming convention in my state (Tamilnadu). M...

Dear everyone, I am from a state in India which has a different convention of names. The family names are patronymic and are usually written as <Initial (first letter of father's name)> <First Name>. My parents passport gives the same name (<Initial> <First Name>) in the Given name of the passport w...

Has anyone lost their job due to covid? Any idea if Home office is processing curtailments quicker than usual

thank you

A friend of mine got redundant about 5 months ago, and he is still looking for a job. He hasn't received any curtailment letter. And once the curtailment letter arrives, it is 60 days from the date of curtailment letter. Most of the cases I have heard or know in person, it take months to arrive so ...

When will you know about your fate Rubyracer? Are you furloughed now? Probably by July. I was furloughed for more than a month but I am back working at risk of redundancy (the consultation period). work have been really good and they will explore the furlough scheme if they legally can. But every b...

It may well be that even if you have to return to your home country now, in time, you will be able to return on another T2 visa, and maybe the HO will consider your previous length in UK as part of 5 years needed for ILR? Given the circumstances by which you were forced to go home, but this is obvi...

Hi I came here in 2017 on tier 2 with my 4 kidz.2 of them are still under 18(16+ and 15) and are studying in schools here. I am also most likely to be made redundant shortly. Do the HO will consider educational disruption of children as one of the factors for curtailment of leave. Can they extend t...

I think they will extend it by a month for now

I don't agree. Many of us here on Tech 2 are in tech and have decent savings. Having my visa extended for 12-18 months would personally bring me massive amounts of peace of mind. It would bring me peace of mind too.. But that doesnt mean its going to happen. A blanket increase in visa period for Ti...

I dont see how its practical to give a blanket extension to Tier 2 migrants for 12 -18 months. The best we could hope for is an extension of a month or two to the curtailment period or some relaxation in the visa process (again unlikely given that many EEA workers will also be looking for jobs in th...

I asked them the same question they said company they were working won't be hiring them back after the furlough period cause they are in big trouble so they had to unfortunately lay them off. I don't think there is any stipulation on furlough scheme that the companies must keep employees on payroll...

Few of my mates have got laid off from different firms. They surprisingly received the letter in couple of weeks. I think since visa processing is not happening the visa office seems to be sitting around with no work and are making this as priority which is bad for us Instead of laying off, why are...

RLMT is not required for shortage occupation and SOC 2135 is in shortage occupation, so as long as you're applying under this code you are exempted from RLMT no matter what the agency says. Has this been changed recently? I checked a year back and it used to be only for senior devs in qualifying co...

RLMT is not required for shortage occupation and SOC 2135 is in shortage occupation, so as long as you're applying under this code you are exempted from RLMT no matter what the agency says. Has this been changed recently? I checked a year back and it used to be only for senior devs in qualifying co...

Dear Gurus,

Can a Tier 2 employee take up supplementary employment (20 hours) while being on furlough. Is there any guidance which prevents people from taking up the 20 hours employment while being on furlough from the primary job

Hi everyone sorry to bump this post but does anyone have an idea about this. Many thanks in advance

In my opinion the time taken to issue the curtailment letter is going to be significantly longer than usual, not because of any leniency from UKVI, but because there will be a large number of redundancies and the HO will need more time to work through them. But the time taken for curtailment itself ...