I'm happy to say my EC got approved today finally. I know this post is very disjointed, to say the least. After I got the initial "rather strange" refusal (please read messages above) I went through atleast two reviews. And the HSMP team very dutifully lost my review requests both times. S...

Hiya, no offences meant - but if you want to see this from the Caseworker's angle, you'll have to go through atleast the guidelines. In the Guidelines, the ONLY criteria where two sets of documents are to be provided is for "Past Earning". One set is sufficient for all others. Also, for Ed...

Feed information and explain things to these guys, case workers, in such a way that they need not use their brains or move their mule to verify it.

I intend to do this in this review. Thanks for the tip!

ust speculating here (a very long shot): the RECs have been rechristened to National Institute of Technology. Probably, you did not mention this somewere? Unlikely though, any verification agency worth its salt should be able to infer that the NIT's were once the REC's.

I did mention it!

I think you should have submitted one original document. Why, since in the guidelines its given that a notarised copy of passport is said to be acceptable? Do they not go by their own guidelines? Are we supposed to second guess them all the time? There is no reason why you shouldn't get points for ...

Yes, indeed. I had given the below to show Earning Power: 1. To show Indian Salary - Payslips from March 2005 till February 2006 (since I applied during March 2006) & Annual Compensation Letters from my employer for both 2004-2005 & 2005-2006. Since the financial year is from April till Marc...

Hello All, I just got my refusal from Home Office and no points have been awarded in any of the sections. The reason given is that BHC couldnt verify my documents. Here is the timeline and the list of documents I provided... Timeline: Application received by Home Office : 6th April 2006 Ref Number :...