drjabberwocky23...are you suggesting that I withdraw my application? Not necessarily. I'm saying that I sympathise with you being in a very difficult position. Clearly, your personal circumstances dictate that you need to travel, and understandably so. However, the UKBA may be unable to process you...

Changes to the Immigration Rules have been announced: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/statementsofchanges/2009/hc314.pdf?view=Binary Amendments to Tier 1 of the Points Based System 7.14 Tier 1 of the Points Based System caters for highly skilled migrants and was...

Ok . I called this Lady at the local branch ..and she was kind enough to print the last three statements dec 08, jan 09 and feb 09 on their original letter head and put it in an envelope...all i need is ..to go and pick them up .. Advisors...this sounds OK right ? ..also I will attach the letter th...

Guys, I did a genuine MBA degree from a good international university two years back, and then joined a college because the university MBA was not qualifying for work permit which my employer was offering coz HO said it is US University and does not qualify so called British Educational standards. ...

It'd difficult. There's no guarantee that urgent treatment requests are always considered. Short of withdrawing your application, I don't know what else you can do....

The processing time has been roughly 6 weeks, at least for straightforward applications and for those who have not requested urgent treatment.

Dear reader, I got PSW from CCL in August 2008, went to Home country for marriage and came back to UK on 9th December 2008. Came through the immigration without any problems. It was only when my wife came to UK in second week of February when we both became victims of immigration trouble. They aske...

sichumon wrote:Hi

Is there a single day processing at PEO-s for Tier 1 applications ?

I am on WP now,Is the masters Degree requirement same for people already in the country as well ?

Regards
S

Not yet, though this is being considered for some time later in the year.

I think it should be the date you arrived as a student, given that you were granted a "long term" visa. I'm assuming that the phrasing was designed to exclude those on tourist visas, though I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

Oh dear - have I been successfully "trolled" then?

silentray wrote:It seems like the average waiting time about Jan, Feb applications is 50 days.

That sounds about right. I think it took 43 days from the time my application reached the home-office to the time I received my documents back.

If you entered the UK on your old passport and have stayed here since on a combination of that passport and your existing one, then you need to send both passports as evidence.

HI, Great it worked for you, but i doubted why they were not giving on original letter head. Try to convince them by saying, you have seen lot of cases rejected on this basis. Talk to their manager that it is really hard to to stake your future just on that they have "Home office" account...

touchsensor wrote:Hi there,

Any update whether P60 is separate to the employer's letter?

Touchsensor

No. If the P60 is deemed to be issued by the employer, then you cannot use a an employer's letter as your second piece of evidence.

You should answer "No" to both, assuming that you were not on a HSMP visa prior to that date...

please help me in my scenario. i am submittin my application from chennai vfs tomorrow . So after submtting i need to inform my HR , that VFS guys might call you for verification. can you guys please suggest how to handle this situation . _________________ It's a tricky scenario, but there's no way...

Hey Hey! Some progress for you at last, Ramesh! All the very best - I'm sure you'll get a favourable result! Thanks DrJabber... but you know how the status changes within few hours at HO.. so with all those high/low tensions.. but still hoping i will expect some good news by the end of the Week atl...

The list of documents looks fine and quite comprehensive! Your visa will be granted for three years regardless of the date of expiry of your passport. If your passport expires before the date on your visa, then you will need to renew your passport, and you can have the visa transferred to the new pa...

Chakde - from what I understand there are two pieces of immigration news currently being discussed. The first is relevant to this thread and that is the changes to the Tier 1 scheme/Points based criteria, with respect to Master';s Degrees, etc. The second is a bill going through the House of Lords, ...

I'd be very careful before utilising such a strategy. It would be highly unlikely that that you would meet the criteria for extension if you spent such a long time outside the countr, and as above posters have mentioned, it would also reset your ILR clock.

You would think that forms done on the computer would make sense, wouldn't you? Nevertheless, I tend to prefer doing them by hand, just in case they decide to get uptight about it...

But they might become suspicious that my gross income is more than what i am showing on salary slip and its a mismatch between salary slip and the amount paid to me. Prepaid loan is the term not used commonly used like (dividend, vaucher, bonus etc) . Should i provide them a letter from my employer...

Thank you. Are you sure I need to fill in the change of circumstances form while sending additional contact details of my employer? I think this would be a valid use of the form. Though they may need not to contact your employer, I'm sure that if they did, they'd appreciate the correct contact deta...

Looks like this thread has gone really quite... Next week is going to really big for applicants who have applied during the month of Jan.... Good luck guys....hope everyone gets +ve result. Regards I agree. They should hopefully be clearing all January applications within the next couple of weeks, ...

Tx Kamaran for the info... Do we have to pay for this National Insurance Number? also , what is the min amount we need to deposite to open a Bank account.. It doesn't cost anything to get either a NI number or to open a bank account. There are a few accounts with certain banks, that do require a mi...