Be calm and at the same time be firm. Well, I agree, that this is the wisest thing to do. But, there is a clear difference between necessary interrogation (you can keep calm even if its extreme) and harassment by the immigration officer by pointing out that 'why are you using NHS services'or 'why w...

This is another one - Panorama on BBC One (Hate on the Doorstep): http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_8310000/8310825.stm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nfr2h http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_8303000/8303229.stm Again, this is not available to view online now, ...

Interesting documentary recently aired on BBC One, this is no longer available to view on iPlayer, but may be available to TV choice or Catch-up TV customers on Virgin media.

Some interesting synopsis of the programme here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r3qyw

Just chill and you will be alright :D I think this is now a growing problem - rude staff at the immigration desks - and numerous irrelevant question being asked just to make you falter on something or the other. Would you 'just chill' if you were this guy: http://www.hsmpforumltd.com/pr22.html And,...

These are just recommendations. The OP is assuming that these (recommendations) have already been or will definitely be accepted by the govt. In response to the report, Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said: 'The MAC has delivered a robust and thorough report, and the government will con...

Well this was expected, always being in a "state of denial". Can you tell why the Tier-1 rules were changed in the first place and why there was such a hue-and-cry related to skilled migration around the same time last year? The point is that when the skilled migrants already in the countr...

Link:

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco ... mac-tier-1

Just came across this news release on UKBA website. Not sure if this has been posted before or not. The news release says "Migration Advisory Committee endorses immigration routes for highly skilled migrants". The highlight of this release is "the government asked the MAC to consider ...

The only reason I can think that you want a copy of your file is if you are planning to use deception. If you know when you were out of the UK just tell the truth. You out of the UK for 15 months in one go. In addition you frist came to work for one employer and then came back to the UK with a work...

If u go to PEO u will waste £200, the person on the desk will only deal with straightforward applications, take ur £1020 off you, see it's a 'hard' one and send it to the back office with all the rest of the postal apps. Thanks for your advice, I think its better to apply by post then. One more t...

HO staff at PEO are good but some have very less patient and knowldge to understand techniclaites and sensivity of situation in post u can write all facts and they have good time to go through it I should not ask this probably, but do you think there will be less stricter checks if I apply in perso...

Sushil-ACCA wrote:You can take a chance in post at a cost of visa fee

there is no sure answer for this

How about going to one of the PEOs? Or, Do I stand a better chance if I apply by post?

Depending on how bad it was yes, however it can't be used to justify a year and a half's absence. It was quite difficult to find a job again in the UK (sitting in India), I searched for a job for almost an year, received an offer finally and came back to the UK after my new work permit and then the...

They can check with some countries if they wanted to, however you haven't been stamped into the UK so it becomes pretty obvious that you weren't in the country. Say you got a stamp from France on 1 Jan 2005 but the next UK stamp wasn't until 1 March 2006 then it doesn't take a rocket scientist to w...

I got it, I will request the SAR from UKBA. Thanks!!

Also, can I cite my father's illness as an unavoidable situation due to which I had to leave the country?

You'd still be stamped coming into the UK and you'd have been stamped into the country that you first went to when leaving the country. Yes, but how to UKBA verify the stamps. DO they have information about my entry and exits from the country on their systems or do they just look at the stamps and ...

I know it is a silly question, but how do UKBA verify that I was out of the country in 2005 and 2006. If it is using the stamps on my passport, then it may not be completely possible as I have loads of schengen stamps on my passport due a quite a few business trips I have had in the past couple of y...

Hello, I first came to UK in 2004 on a 5 year work permit, but I left in mid 2005 due to my father's illness and also as the same time the company I was working for went insolvent and underwent an acquisition. I then went back to India and took a job in India after reaching there. I then came back t...

Sorry for being thick...but what's KOL?

Hello, I first came to UK in 2004 on a 5 year work permit, but I left in mid 2005 as the company I was working for went insolvent. I then went back to India. I took a job in India after reaching there. I then came back to the UK on a different UK work permit (again valid for 5 years) in Fall 2006. I...

Try this one:

CRANMORE GUEST HOUSE
69 CRANMORE ROAD, SHIRLEY,
SOLIHULL,
WEST MIDLANDS, B90 4PU

I used to live near this place.

Bus no. 6 takes you to Solihull town centre from Shirley.

http://www.wheretostay.com.au/location.htm?ql=95044590

Be clear that the definition of 'Single' here is 'Not Married' and not 'Just 1 person'. So, if you are married and you wife stays in the home country, and you occupy the property alone then you are NOT eligible for 'single person's discount' I clarified this with my council. You can get away with it...

SKUK wrote:provided the rules remain the same during that time.

Or the ILR JR win their case againt the Home office.

http://www.hsmpforumltd.com/hsmp14.html

You need to consider as well if: -you visited UK intermittently within those 466 days -you were still under employment while out of UK by a UK employer -you had a valied continuos leave to remain in UK during those days If the answers are NO. Then aply for TIER 1 and wait till 2011 for ILR Sadly, t...

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