Hi all, I understand that as a contractor, the earnings that will be assessed are the profits I earn before tax. I was wondering by profits does that mean income minus expenses? Many thanks for your advice! depends on the expense you mean profit, true profit meaning sales minus expensese the compan...

I got my ILR on 10th June 2009, PEO appointment (Sheffield), still waiting for the refund. Sent them a written reminder as well, still no response. My friend has applied through post and got ILR on 26th June, he is also waiting for the cheque. Why would you followup? They clearly have a lot to proc...

global gypsy wrote:Nope, you are totally wrong.
See here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 389#276389

Admins - can you please make this information a sticky? I am sure this question will be raised several times again on this forum. Thanks.

NO I am not.

RAJ2007 wrote:Do you really need to produce a seperate sporeadsheet for absence days. I have been on holiday four times. therefore it should fit in the set(o). do I still need to do? what do you think?

You dont have to do anything.

hi everybody, My partner came to uk from north africa in 2007 on a visitors visa, he has overstayed now for almost 2 yrs. We have been together for over a year and been living together for nearly a year, we have a baby daughter who is 6 weeks old. We plan to go to his country (North Africa) to get ...

Will please any one please let me know. I came to UK on 14th Jan 2006 on WP and then WP extended again on 14th Jan 2007. I applied for hsmp in May 2007 and got hsmp from 7th June 2007 to 7th June 2009 and currently on Tier1 I travelled to india on 1st July 2007 and landed back to UK on 30th sep 200...

Dear All, I am trying to get an appointment from Croydon PEO in these days and also preparing the required documentation in the background. And I just noticed that I don't have the original HSMP Approval Letter anymore. Could you please share your experience with PEO Caseworkers whether they reques...

racingfire wrote:Hi magic2009,

Bankholidays and weekends are excluded in count.

They are included.
You can categorize them if you like but they are still an absence. Full stop.

Suggest you do the following: 1. prepare a spreadsheet for the absences from UK. Exclude weekends and public holidays from your calculation of days outside. This should result in a number less than 180. 2. go for a personal interview at PEO. this way you can respond to any questions raised. 3. if y...

Will please any one please let me know. I came to UK on 14th Jan 2006 on WP and then WP extended again on 14th Jan 2007. I applied for hsmp in May 2007 and got hsmp from 7th June 2007 to 7th June 2009 and currently on Tier1 I travelled to india on 1st July 2007 and landed back to UK on 30th sep 200...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I did look at that site. The only thing I am concerend about is that Can I produce letters from my limited company on my behalf? Also, what is the maximum duration I can get for this type of VISA? Any inputs would be greatful for me. Thanks and Regards, sshanmug I think t...

MSS wrote:what the hell is that supposed to mean? Ignorant idiot

you are the ii
if you dont get it then ask but now just go away and figure it out for yourself
oh yeah you cant figure it out thats why you are here, ii

MODERATORS : Should we be allowing people like dropreety to post on this forum? we clearly have this person using fraud and deciept with the HO. not only that, but he/she are banging on about it using this forum asking lawful, lawabiding people like us to "help" ! this is absoutely horend...

At that point i was not aware i can funds in differnt accounts, solicitor said i havent got any option other than to submitt the documents wht he prepared. I am willing to write a apology letter to judge and say this is my mistake which i was misguided by some solicitor. i have met all the criteria...

this is what it says on home office letter in your applications you submitted barclays easy saver bank statements dated on xdec 200x to march I am satisfied that the documents were fasle beacuse barclays have confirmed that although u r cusomter of the bank the statemnts provided do not accurately ...

MSS wrote:Hi, my husband doesnt hold a british passport and i dont know how to get an egyptian visa for him so we can go on holiday...what is the exact protocol? Who do I contact? What do i do? Help!!!

At the border.

Hi i am in deep trouble, i need advice from experts or any one who have suffered like this, i have been missguided by some solicitor which i have submitted my file, he prepared fake bank statments to show maintainance of funds (only problem with my applicaiton). Home office have given appeal form, ...

Ok I am new to this and dont have much information on how this system works. I am 21 years old. I left India when I was 17 on a Student Visa, granted for four years, which expires third week of september. My family(mum, dad, bro) live here in the uk with me, leaving no immidiate family member in In...

I think the payment bit, is definitely controversial. Article 5 and 10 states that payment should not be made for visa neither for the resident card in Article 10. Then again with their level of efficiency, i will overlook and pay the 30 euros fee. That is obviously better than the punishment that ...

Made application under Hsmp jr on the 11th of June..Refund cheque for £750 received on the 14th July...still waiting for passport...anyone else in this situation. That is a bit strange, that means your application has been processed and possibly sent to you, and has never arrived. The best thing t...

There is got to be a way to go about this to get a simple tourest visa. My passport is collecting refusal stamps and I will look pretty bad when and if I apply for visas elsewhere. The Home Office is wrong in there assumption that I would not leave the UK. I clearly have enough money to fund my tri...

They usually call back/ send email to verify details. I am wondering why would they be interested in calling the contractor, knowing well that its you or your employee who would pick-up the phone. Accountant - may be Yep, they dont need to call you. Just go to companies house website or HMRC for VA...

Well, on Thursday I lost my job (I was made redundant) :( I'm eligible to apply for ILR (under the terms of HSMP JR) in February 2010. So far since February 2009 I earned 29000 pounds (before tax) - do you think this will be enough for ILR? I do hope to find something else until February, but the m...

Hello, Recently I was refused a visa on the grounds of: '' YOU HAVE STATED THAT YOUR TRIP TO THE UK IS TO BE SPONSORED BY YOUR FRIEND. HOWEVER, I MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT YOUR PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN xyz WHEN COMING TO MY DECISION. YOU HAVE NOT PROVIDED ME WITH ANY SATISFACTORY EVIDENC...

iceman010899 wrote:Hello,

Does anyone know the sort of questions that will be asked from the referee for naturalization ?

Thanks.

This is explained on the bia website regarding referees.
Read it.