A friend of mine (genuinely!) was recently approved for in-country HSMP, received all of his documents back and everything was OK. Now, the Home Office has written to him asking for him to provide all the documents he provided with his original application. It doesn't give specific reasons, just tha...
Yeah I've heard there's a compliance team that can make visits and take work permits off people and curtail leave if there are breaches. Would the permit have been approved if the company declared the actual salary of 20K rather that 30k? Who knows....
Was there an outcome to this? Were the police contacted? I'm certainly aware that, especially in the Croydon offices corruption is known. I'd be interested to know where these alleged workers are...
Yes, I'd try asking the BIA to give the passport back first, they do have a proceedure for those wanting to voluntarily depart. "Get a new passport and everything will be OK" is recommended to much in this forum!
