How do I use my biometric residence permit? Your biometric residence permit is evidence of your permission to stay in the UK, and shows the conditions of your stay. It enables you to confirm your identity and your right to study and/or work here, and to access public services. You must show the perm...

what if somebody takes salary from previous year's profit?

in your first link

Eligibility
This section explains whether you can apply to extend your stay in the UK under Tier 1 (General) of the points-based system.

ah damn ... thanks

a bit confused, in the table 2 page 30, the points for age differ from whats there in the PBC calculator(for extension applications) http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/statementsofchanges/2011/hc863.pdf?view=Binary https://www.points.homeoffice.gov.uk/gui-migrant-js...

yup, it does...

Umbrella company is paying you salary, so it will be gross pay...

I believe you are in a permanent position... try contracting if you want to take the risk...open a ltd company and let the profit stay in the company, at the time of extension pay yourself good income(hopefully by then you have enough savings)

post pond??? and you got tier1 visa and qualified for English requirement...great

'PaperPusher' you are right... ICT'es dont pay NI/tax and there is no limit proposed on number of such visas as well...

if you open a company, you can retain the profits to pay yourself nominal salary in case you are not working with any clients...

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx ... =153926160

affects both tier1 & tier2

Just 24,100 workers from outside Europe will be allowed into the country before April, with highly-skilled migrants having to meet tighter conditions

15k quid?... bloody hell... this is sophisticated begging...

open a company by urself or go through umbrella...if you open an company you will handle PAYE else umbrella company will handle it for you...

as per the first link Under measures in the draft Immigration Bill, the five current application categories available to migrants will be replaced by one clear concept - 'permission' to be in the United Kingdom. so all the tier1/2 will go void!!! With this new approach, migrants will either be grant...

sorry, i had taken it from India...

guys received courier today!!!... thanks everybody!

Visa type: HSMP transitional EC
Applied for: Main applicant
Applied on: 09 July 2008 at Bangalore
Integra verification: week after applying
Visa stamped on: 24 july 2008
Courier received on:05 August 2008

it says application sent to BHC

Hi Kedar, how did u come to know about maintenance verification... did bank call you for ur confirmation?

for me employee verification happened a week after applying...

hi i have applied on 9th july, from bangalore and still waiting...

hi ,
you can submit an affidavit that ur short name and expanded name are one and same... i did the same to be on safer side...