Thank you Dear Casa.

I am on Tier 2 general for the last 2 years. I am married to a British National. We recently had our first child. She wants to claim child benefit, however I am not sure.

Will that affect any of my future applications? Say if I wanted to convert to FLRm

Thanks

Thanks again for all the replies. The situation is that we live together in Westminister Council. She is from Yorkshire, lives In London and wants to have the ceremony up north with her family. So the question is if we give the notice of intent at our local office in London, can we still have the ce...

Dear everyone Thank you so much for the replies. Really appreciate it. 1. Regarding the A1 Ielts Life skills test, can I substitute a UK masters to demonstrate English language skills? They were ok with that when I applied for my Tier 2 General 2. Regarding notice of intent, can we give the notice o...

This forum has been a lifeline for me over the years and I really appreciate it. I have been here for two years on Tier2 and intending to marry my long term partner who is a British citizen and then convert to FLR (M) in the Uk. Can someone please help me with the procedure? 1. Do I need to inform t...

thank you so much for the fast reply. I appreciate it.

For extensions, is the new BRP mailed back with the passport or does one have to go collect if from post office?

My employer had issued me a 1 year Tier 2 CoS last year and have now issued me an extension and asked me to use that to apply for extesnion. I know for extension I do not need to show funds and English language requirement. Can you please guide me as to what documents I need to post etc. Can this be...

is P60 critical for this application? I started the job 6 months ago and so P60 shows yearly salary as below below 18.6 cutoff. It does not specify the start date of the job.

Do i need to attach P60 with the 6 month payslips?

thank you

Dear Seagul

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

Hi I am currently on Tier 2 visa and have been here for 6 months. I am planning to marry my long term gf who is a British citizen. My salary is above the 18.6k cutoff. She is graduating in September and has a job offer starting October again above the18.6k cutoff. Can I apply to switch to a spouse v...

My tier 2 was issued for 1 year and will expire in November. My employer wants me to find out how to get it extended now. Can someone please guide me through the procedure? I know RLMT is not needed. Can I apply for extension now? What documents would I need?

Thank you so much
Regards

oops my bad. you rock either way Maam

CR001 sir you are the man.

yes i do have the email, receipt and reference number. what i am saying is i forgot to attach a prinout of that when i submitted documents today. is that a huge mistake or do they have a record of the payment?

Hi I submitted my application today at VFS dubai. When i finished the online application 2 days ago the sytem then took me to the IHS payment site, i paid and was sent a confirmation email. Then it automatically took me back to the visa payment site and i remember reading that the IHS payment refere...

Hello everyone Hope you guys are doing great and have started your jobs. I am about to submit my application. Do we need to submit photocopies of past visas and employment cards (non UK)? or will the VFS center scan them from original? The employment cards wont be on old passports so am wondering if...

The bank statement I have for maintenance funds does not have the bank telephone number that can be called in case statement verification is needed. I checked with my bank and they said they only have 0800 number for this sort of verification. Do I need to provide that number on a separate paper? Al...

Thank you so much CROO1. you are an angel for helping us out

I was hoping to supply salary payslips from my curent non-UK job to satisfy the financial requirement. I was under the impression that that was allowed. what do you think?

also, what is IHS?

I am coming to the UK in October on Tier 2 general visa. Now, I plan to marry my long term girl friend (British citizen) this year. She is still a student. I plan to convert the Tier 2 to a spouse visa before Jan next year. I have the following questions. 1. My salary will cover the spouse visa fina...

thank you so much. i appreciate it.

Hello jkhaliq

which country did you apply from? is it possible to please list the documents you submitted with your application? Thank you.

Sech, one more question.

You might have mentioned that the Cos will take 2-3 weeks to be issued. or does it vary from HR to HR? My department set the start date as Sept 1. Is that too soon given I haven't received the CoS yet?

Thanks much

Thanks Sech. I appreciate it. Good luck. Lets hope we both succeed.

awww got it. Thanks

Sure Cr001. my apologies, although the said person is a nobel laureate and a public figure and its part of the Royal Society's mandate to facilitate scientist immigration. The issue has been discussed in Nature for instance and former presidents have argued that they fought to bring 1000 Tier 1 visa...