All, Good news to share. I got my Passports with Tier1 approval today. Applied: 21st April (WP to Tier1 in UK) along with a Return by Special Delivery 9AM envelope. Received: 24th May Date Approved: 20th May and VISA valid till May 2011. Points claimed: 85+10+10 Points got:105 Docs produced as evide...

10 weeks is absurd for people who need to travel out of the country during application peiod. And 10 weeks service standard to me seems - arbitrary as BIA just doesn't have enough data on Tier1 to benchmark against such 'high' standard. We have seen on the forum that in most cases end-end cycle time...

Type of application : WP to TIER 1 in UK Application Sent : 21/4/2008 Payment taken : 22/4/2008 Status: Waiting Comments from HO: 21-05-2008 - Allocated to case worker. please call after 1 week. 22-05-2008 - Under consideration. Please call after 1 week. 23-05-2008 - From today service standards are...

For Tier1 application -- passport is the evidence required. Birth certificate was a requirement for HSMP app and age evidence requirements have changed for Tier1.

Posted on:- 21-Apr-08
Reached HO and payment deducted on: 22-Apr-08.
Confirmation received on:- 24-Apr-08

Thanks,
Andy.

2. Not sure. Better you call HO to confirm. Mine were online pay slips and I got them sealed and signed. a) Yes. I had called up HO on the same and they were fine with single statement for salary credit and fund maintenance. Just to be sure, I mentioned this in my cover letter as well. b) Yes, helps...

1) Yes, Current account is fine as you can withdraw money from it anytime.

2) Yes. Get them sealed and signed.

3) Should be fine but will help if you can get a letter from your employer stating that both are same.
Not sure on notary though.

4) Nope. Photocopies are not required to be sent.

Andy.

Hi,

Does any one know how age points will be calculated? I will be 32 in May (born on 6-May-1976) and I plan to apply next week i.e. Apr25th. Will I be eligible for 5 points towards age?

Thanks,
Andy.

Hi Shivaa,

Any update on this one?


Thanks!

Andy.

Hi did you figure out how to enter this data?

Yes Shivaa. What I plan to do is to describe the same in the covering letter. I also have traveller cheques receipts but not sure whether I can attach the same as I took them from india and I dont have contact names for them. Will you please keep me posted if you find any other way of substantiating...

Thanks for this, shah.

I have my wage slip that shows gross salary -- stamped and signed by my employer. I am worried as I wont be able to show two pieces of evidence.

Thanks.
Anand.

Hi All, I am facing a problems in providing evidence for first two months of my salary. I arrived in UK in June 2007. In June I got a gross salary of 1200 GBP but net salary I received was 0 as salary salary advance was recovered by my firm. Also my gross of 1200 was only for first 10 days of June. ...

I called up HO to check whether this was true. Agent informed me that I can show mine and my wifes' (dependent) maintenance funds (800+1600) from my bank account. Will someone else call HO and confirm as well? Thanks, Andy. Hi all, This is ridiculous if ' true'. Dependents dont work and cannot maint...

Hi, I called HO yesterday on this:

The agent informed me that it was fine to show maintenance funds for dependent from primary applicant's bank account.

Thanks,
Andy.