No need to worry, maternity allwoance is NOT treated as oublic funds. BIA's enquiry line need to get their act together. Thank you Both for the quick reply and kindly clarifying I was a bit confused- since the following BIA websites list only statutory maternity pay as Not accessing Public funds- t...

Hello All, My wife is HSMP dependent has been asked by her employer to claim for maternity Allowance(MA) as she is NOT eligible for Statutory maternity pay(SMP). My question is 'whether Maternity Allowance is considered Access to Public funds'. I have made several calls to the UK BIA and even they d...

Hi, Can anyone please assist me as to how is the current Job Market in UK for Information Security (IT auditing) jobs ? I am currently in the process of arranging appropriate documentation for applying Tier1 Visa. Help would be much appreciated !! Regards Manu From what I have seen, the IT Security...

My brother applied under JR old rules He send 3 months of bank statement and 3 months of pay slips applied on 29th July Ref Received on 31st july documents received with extension on 1st sept UT: No But aren't we supposed to evidence of Economic activity for 12 months prior to the application? Rega...

This seems a bit confusing to me.. I have recived a HSMP approval before Nov 2006 and do not have a IELTS. I noticed that that my university name automaticly comes up in the online caculator http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/pointscalculator Does that mean that I still need an IELTS or a letter from ...