My experience was that of having the appointment on Wednesday and the BRP delivered on the Saturday. This was quite irritating as I didn't expect a weekend delivery, and then when I tried to reschedule they didn't offer a weekend delivery! So then I had to pick it up from one of their collection poi...

Is there some reason that she hasn't just applied for Irish citizenship? http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=267 One possible scenario: "Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1956 to 2004, a person who was born outside Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen by descent if one of ...

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) 2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa): 15/11/2011 3. Date application posted: 10/10/2011 4. Date payment debited: 12/10/2011 5. Payment mode: Credit Card 6. Acknowledgement received: 17/10/2011 7. Biometric letter received : Letter on 21/11/2011 7a. Biometrics p...

Thanks for an excellent response

Hmm what a bloody pain. Will have to look into a marriage visa for finland, and applying for tier 1 from there.

Hi all I'm an Australian who has been living in London on a WHV and I'm currently waiting in Australia for my HSMP initial application which seems to be taking forever (I applied May 16, they're only processing Mar 13 atm). I'm also engaged to my Finnish/Australian fiancee who is still in London. If...

I'm an Aussie on a WHV who moved to London in May last year with my Aussie/Finnish passport holding girlfriend. My 12 months of working on the WHV finishes in June. We're soon to be married (though I've not yet applied for a CoA), at which point I believe I'd have no restrictions on my ability to li...

Perhaps an easier solution would be to go to the bank in person and ask them to provide you with a suitable statement.

That's amazingly good news, though I remain sceptical until we see the new documentation etc. :) My situation is very similar to yours (though I'm not contracting), and I had hoped to apply under HSMP before Tier 1 began using Australian income but won't be able to get the relevant documentation tog...

Yeah it's really none of their business - they're just trying to find out who else might be looking for people to then put their own candidates forward for and potentially shaft you.

cheers for the reply :) To be honest, I'm not 100% sure where I read that - been researching this too much. It may have been a post by Victoria who was under the impression that the HSMP falls under the same restrictions as work permits, which at some stage I'm sure had that sort of restriction. Thi...

Hi there I'm an aussie on a WHV in the UK - I've been working for just under 7 months here. I was hoping to switch to an HSMP visa after 12 months, until they went and changed the bloody rules :) Ideally, I'd like to be able to switch in country, which means applying sometime before the HSMP becomes...