Usually the visa remains valid inspite to the passports expiring. Your spouse would have to travel with both the passports.

But I suggest that this be confirmed by some senior members of this forum.

Hi Sweety!

tier1 process includes the EC as well. It seems you have not read the guidance notes. Could you please first read the guidance notes http://www.vfs-uk-in.com/pbsguidance.aspx

In case you cannot read the guidance notes then you would need a consultant.

-H

Hi shivaa,

So you turned out to be lucky to know your status. BTW the list does not include your application submission date. What is it?

-H

Hi, Letters posted on Friday from the HO would be delievered to us on Saturday. Hence I guess there would be no approvals on Monday. It would be from Tuesday - Saturday!

-H

Congrats anxiouswait!

Your news is a relief for all who are waiting anxiously for their application. If this could have been posted yesterday, a few people would have cooled down their nerves

Hi,

I have filed from Wp to T1 on 8th May. I am due to travel to India on 15 June. I may have to miss this trip now.

Taking away the passports for over a month, with no timelines to cater to! I wonder whose idea could this be?

Not any 12 months, it should be consecutive 12 months. Please read the guidance notes carefully. It is also ok to have a small break in employment. Please show the salary of Jan, however small that may be.

-H

Use the toll free number 08005875572.

Hi ashishashah, In UK, if you ask any bank (specifically lloyds tsb) to send over the stmts, they take another 5 - 10 working days to send over the stmts. HO on their web sites have mentioned that it is ok to send prints of online bank stmts for maintenance funds. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/w...

Sorry mate, you cannot apply for Tier1 being in UK on business visa. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/pointsbasedsystem/eligibility/whoshouldapply/ being in Uk you can only apply if Switching is permitted from applicants who currently hold leave as: • as a Highly Skilled Migrant, â...

Option 1: You have to pay 750 GBP to apply for Tier1. And you could also send your dependants application in the same envelope in this fee. But you will then have to show 6000 GBP as maintenance. Option2: If you apply for dependants later, then you would have to pay a different fee again for them (a...

Hi nitmech, 1. What is the procedure after we get the approval? - Start working in UK. No more procedures then. 2. Do we need to show the maintenance funds for our dependents as well before applying for tier1? - Yes 3. What does EC mean? When to apply for that? Entry Clearance. This was required dur...

Assuming that this question is for Tier1 Will I be in 30-31 age band or 32 years band ? - 30 or 31 years of age: 5 points I have worked for 5 months in UK. Can i get points in earnings section for this: - It does not depend on the number of months that you have worked. It depends on the income that ...

Hey andynaggers,

This is good news for you and us too. So roughly in the best case it takes 4 weeks and worst case 5 weeks. You were luck to know you status before the service status changed.

Have fun.

-H

Hi andynaggers,

"From today service standards are being set to 10 weeks. We will not be able to let you know your application status before that time"

What does it mean? and how will this impact us?

-H

Sorry mate,

This just means that you are not eligible. I suggest that you try after you get the additional 10 points after your sal increases.

-H

1 month absence of LTR will affect showing my previous earnings in UK.
- NO

Does the 12 month continuous period means that you should be in the UK for the past 12 months ?
- NO

Extract from tier1genpolicyguide.pdf -

123. Where an applicant has claimed points under the Previous
Earnings points scoring area, for both UK and non-UK
earnings, at least £16,000 of these must be UK earnings
before points can be awarded in this area.

The questions you have asked are very naive. Please go thru the tier1genpolicyguide.pdf from the bia website. I am sure you will be able to asnwer most of your questions after reading this.

call up the credit card office. They would be able to tell you if there is a transaction made.

Hi collshani, HSMP and Tier1 rules are not the same for prev earnings. In t1 the pro rata calculations are not considered under any circumstances. Please read the guidance notes. nervoustimes, you will have to show both the earnings. convert INR into GBP using conversion rate from oanda and then use...

Hi Raju, 1) Source of Earnings (page 19): under this i need mention company name and address,my company has two branch in india. I worked in bangalore branch, but my payslips shows bombay address of the company. which address shall I put? - Mention the address from which they would receive your sala...

Hi arunkumarprs,

In my opinion, this is exactly why the HO is allowing us to submit online bank stmts for maintainance funds.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/worki ... intenance/

Hi, Please use the online tool. Once you give them the conversion rate it would uplift the salary for you. In you case - First 2 months = 60000 * 0.01260 = 756 GBP (* 5.3 (the tool would take care of this)) = 4006.8 (Equivalent UK earnings) Earnings = 25000 ---------------------------- Total = 25000...