thanks a lot Bani.

same question here. Somewhere i read 450 days u can stay away within 5 years of Tier-1 with only 30days away in last year to be eligible for ILR. please someone confirm.

i am in 2+3 yr scheme. Now what is my option for ILR, if I stay away from UK for 1 year in between. shall i apply for another extension to complete 5 years in UK before applying for ILR? any idea how long that extension be? 1year?

My HSMP visa will expire on May 2009. How early can apply for extension? i read somewhere 28 days but not sure. Can i apply in March 2009 itself?

I am planning to apply family visitor visa my parents. 1. Can the visa be taken in advance. for example if they are planning to come in april, can they get their visa stamped in jan? 2. Is there any limit on number of family members who can get visitor visa at a time. for example if my brother also ...

thanks a lot for your suggestions. this forum had been a great help for me.

I had given contact address and phone number for all the docs. I am not sure if they verify each document by contacting but I felt it is safer to give some contact detail.

I have got my EC and there was no medical test required. Do I still need to carry some x-ray report?

is it must to have xray at health counter at UK airport.

what other medical reports they need apart from xray.

integra screen form needs to be filled only by primary applicant.

i did not include CA report. I had given bank statements.

hi all,

I also received my EC today. My timelines

applied on 14th may from bangalore
received EC stamped passport on 29th May.

don't know what all they verified.

hi hsmp73,

i also called and asked abt my EC status. still under verification. hope things are fine.

hi aprilhsmp, I called VFS this morning and they asked me to call back on Friday. I asked them about medical and she said medical is not mandatory for all and will be decided by the officer. I am not sure what is happening in my case becoz if they haven't called for medical after 10 working days, i...

how do BHC/VFS inform us when a decision is made on our application. also how do you collect the stamped passport?

Yippie.. I got my the HSMP visa today.. Thanks to all of you (though I have hardly got any reply to my queries) :wink: Applied for EC on: 27th April (Bangalore,VFS) Received by BHC on: 30th April (Chennai) Visa stamped on: 23rd May They have not asked me for Medical test or Interview. another timel...

what mohan is saying is correct. it is safer to apply with family. After getting EC, for travel you can later choose flexible dates. showing other bank a/c is fine as long as it is in your name. if you think amount is not enough try to show some property if you have or get sponsership letter from yo...

one timeline i noted from another thread in this forum

EC applied from bangalore: 20th april
approved: 24th May

deepak, jobserve (http://www.jobserve.com/) and totaljobs (http://www.totaljobs.com/) are good websites for searching jobs in UK. you can also call the consultant mentioned in the jobs. Your EC came in around 24 working days. was there any call for medical test or interview? did they do integra chec...

i tink you should submit all the docs u had sent for HSMP. you can add as many documents u want, but it is safer not to leave anything which was submitted at the time of hsmp. in the integra hsmp proforma form they ask for list also as what u had sibmitted for hsmp.

hsmp73,

today i called them and they told my passport is under verification. i think urs has atleast crossed this stage is on some next stage.

not all people are called for medical so don't worry and wait till friday.

best of luck.

i read somewhere in the forum that someone's EC got rejected because he had not included birth certificate in EC docs which he had given for HSMP. So if without one of the hsmp document EC can be rejected, i did not take any risk and have submitted all the docs. at VFS one official did ask me if I h...

hsmp73,

did you hear anything from VFS/BHC? Any idea how do they ask for medical test and is xray part of medical test?

i had included 12 month original salary slips for HSMP docs.

For integra they asked for latest two months salary slip photocopy.

do i need to have xray report for dependent child as well?

thanks for posting this info.

all the best!