The definition of public funds can be found here:

http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco ... iew=Binary

Healthcare is not public funds - It is a fundamental right. So you do have access to NHS.

go back they will not satify whatever you show 2+3+3+3 + infinity no goal u will loose like englad lost eu football game If you have nothing helpful to say, then just stay away. hi all, I got my initial hsmp on 19dec2007 for 2 years .......currently I am in London ....I am starting a small company ...

I got work permit approval near the end of my phd course. I completed my 3-year phd course but I have not submitted my thesis when I started on my work permit. This was more than 5 years ago, I do not know if the law has changed.

the case worker stated that I had " attended " concerts and had holidays over 4 trips where.... I do not think having more than 4 holiday trips is a valid reason for refusal. I am guessing yout total absence is greater than 18 months? Or that you had an individual absence of more than 6 m...

Up until 2004, UK residents with leave to remain for longer than 6 months did not have their passports stamped when leaving and reentering the UK. The only stamp they got was the first one when they first entered the UK. Yes, but that does not negate the fact that there should have been an immigrat...

Up until 2004, UK residents with leave to remain for longer than 6 months did not have their passports stamped when leaving and reentering the UK. The only stamp they got was the first one when they first entered the UK. Thank you Dawie for the information. Can anyone provide an official link about...

I have a PEO appointment for ILR under the 10-year long residence rule next week. When filling out the SET(O) form, I was listing out all my absences from the UK and discovered something that happened back in 2001. I was holding a student visa at that time. The visa was a leave to enter granted at t...

The caseworker guidance notes (available on bia home office site) defines Bachelor Hons degree in terms of "one which is completed in atleast 3 years if study taken full time" According to Immigration Rule Paragraph 6: "a UK Bachelors degree" means (a) A programme of study or re...

HSMP participants have no access to public funds, so why should the government be concerned. With ID cards coming in, it's going to be much easier to make sure that they don't touch public funds. Any attempts to access public funds is a violation of their stay, hence issue them with deportation orde...

Likewise, the fact that these further requirements (referring to long-term viability) may be absent from HC321 and the earlier SoI, does not preclude their being incorporated into ECOs' practice, quite apart from the short-term maintenance funds requirements explicitly laid out in HC321. AG Must ad...

I am rather perplexed by most of the posts on this thread. The Home Office has officially announced that HC321 will come into effect on 29 Feb 2008. And HC321 explicitly says you need £1600 per dependent if you have been here for less than 12 months and £533 if you have been here for more than tha...

There should be a homeoffice reference number on the visa stamp? is it different to the recent visa(s)?

The reference numbers on the 2 visas are different.

The reference number on the second visa (granted in 1999) also appears in all my subsequent leave to remain stamps after 1999.

I received my SAR in the post today. I am a non-visa national. I was granted a 2-year student visa when I arrived at the airport in Sept 1997 to start my undergraduate degree. However, the SAR document shows that the Home Office computer database has no record of me landing in the UK in Sept 1997 to...

I don't really mind waiting for Tier-1 despite the additional £200 cost, but are the previous earnings criteria the same for Tier-1 as they are for HSMP? Pretty much the same as HSMP (see document below) Is there an official link confirming this? Yes, there is..... http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk...

So does that mean there is no workaround with HSMP, e.g. to get my university to clarify in their letter that I followed the same programme as BEng students during my first 3 years of university, and that I would have to be one of the selected high achievers to be given the option to study for a 4t...

Work permit to HSMP is ok, the other way round isn't.

I think the new rules coming in march will allow HSMP to Work Permit to count towards ILR

The only way out would be a amendment in the rules to close the loop hole... maybe this might change when it becomes Tier 1....

Tier-1 will accept Bachelor, Masters and PhD.

Flanker, can you please post a link to this document? Here you go..... http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/statementsofchanges/2008/hc321.pdf?view=Binary Also note paragraph 55 of the proposed changes for funds required for the migrant himself/herself: £2800 for ent...

From some private emails received from professionals in the immigration community in the UK, the following ESTIMATES for changes SEEM to be coming during March / by the beginning of April: • a would-be highly skilled migrant "needs" to have "cash up-front" (assets) to bring fa...

billybreezer, I think the issue has to do with the evidence that you have submitted, and that the HO are not convinced that those evidence are genuine. Firstly, they have not awarded you any points for qualification because they could not verify the validity of your degree. Secondly, they mentioned ...

I am full-time student in UK from Sept'05 to till date. Hence, my previous claiming period between Aug'04-July'05 ie. 12months out of 15months before I became student.

I missed that bit. Your claim period is OK then.

I had provided two evidences for this section (1) Pay slips for the 12 months claiming period. (Aug 2004 to July 2005) (2) IT returns (a) April 2004- March 2005 (this covers 8 months of claim period) and (b) April 2005 - July 2005) (this covers the remaining 4 months) (3) I had also provided form 1...

Paragraph 13 of Annex E on page 40 of the HSMP guidance document says you need to provide your degree certificate and: An original letter from the awarding body on the official letter headed paper. The letter should confirm your name, the qualification obtained, the date of the award and whether or ...

I believe this amendment is to cater for some ppl on HSMP who failed their extension application, but is subsequently granted WP on the basis of having been in salaried employment for more than 12months with the same employer.

there is a good way to find out....

call the PEO to book an ILR appointment, and tell them you are applying under the long residence category.....