Hi All, I am a Tier1 Visa holder (stamped on Aug 2009) and I, recently joined a UK based company on Sept 2010.I am soon going to apply Tier1 dependent visa for my wife and 1 year old son (they are still in India). I want to know the latest information about maintenance funds, documents etc required ...

Is there any authentic information available, any link etc.. which can confirm this, as it seems rediculous specially if my wife need to visit me for few months and my child is 1 year old and i need to 55K as fees for each of them , just because i have Tier1 Visa.

Any body have more informaion ?

Hi, I recently moved to UK on tier1 visa ( stamped in Aug 2009) , i want to get my my wife and 1 year old child here in UK. Can i apply simple dependent visa ( NOT Tier1 Visa) to avoid high Tier1 Visa fees as my wife will not be working while in UK , or can i get them in UK on Tourist Visa ?. Any va...

Thanks All for puting your reply. RG1 , it means i need not do anything . just carry on my old passport booklet along with me, right ?.

Do we really need to transfer the Visa to new passport ? or should i continue to keep old booklet with the new one ?.

In case i need to transfer the Visa to my new passport what is the process of doing that ? and is it possible to do it in India or UK ?

I have valid UK tier1 work permit ( got it stamped in Oct2009) Since then i have not visited UK even once. Like most indian passport with 10 year validity, my Passport is also fast approching its expiry date which Oct 2010. Can you please tell me that what would be the status of my Tier1 Visa once i...

Hi All, I have Valid UK Tier1 Visa, got it stamped 6 months back. But i am still based in India with my India employer and never entered UK. If my Present employer send me to UK on company specific work Permit ( not on my Tier1 Visa) then what would be the status of my current Tier1 Visa ?. Will my ...

Thanks to all for your valuable reply.

Hi I have valid Tier1 Visa which i stamped 5 months back, but i am still based in India and have not entered UK even once. My present employer in India is filing work permit for US ( L1 i believe so) . Now i am anxious to know , in case my work Permit for US is stamped successfully, then how it woul...

Deal All, I had recentlly applied for Tier1 General under PBS and got my Visa successfully stamped. My heartly thanks to all senior board members who responded patiently to my various queries and help getting clear all this. Finally big sign of relief that got my tier1 stamped. Some of the details f...

Its quite simple. Simply call ICICI bank customer care executive and ask them to send you 1 years of statements , and they will be sending these statements on their letter head but they charge you some money something like Rs 100 /- + taxes, however if you goes to bank branch and ask them for statem...

Please hold the patience, as it may take anything between 2 weeks to 6-7 weeks before u actually get final reply.

For more information you can visit VFS or UKBA website they publish monthly report on processing time.

Regards
Amit

Hi,

Just wanted to know what is the process of applying for Administrative Review.

I shall be thankful if anybody/senior members can provide me complete list of exact documents and forms / Appendix (With exact names ) which should be submitted for Admin review.

Amit

I have also got into similar situation and shall be thankful if senior members can provide some advise me on this. ----------------------------------------- I have applied for Tier1 on 25 June .I have attached the 6 months statements ( Jan09 till June09) for Maintenance funds from ICICI bank which i...

Hi, Thanks for responding. I have provided the letter from bank stating that on 20th June 2009, i have xxx amount available in my account. and that in last 6 months from this date to this date balance has never been lower than xxxx amount. I HAVE NOT provided any letter from bank which say that they...

I have applied for Tier1 on 25 June . I have seen couple of people have got the application rejected, owining to issue with bank statements for Maintenance fund which does not carry bank logo. I have attached the 6 months statements for Maintenance funds from ICICI bank provided by them taken from D...

There is no issue with that. As this is the letterhead of Citibank.
I have used the same.

Hi All, I have applied for Tier1 General Migrant Visa at VFS Delhi Center on 25 June and still waiting for updates. UKBA and VFS website stated that they usually take 15 working Days to decide, and now as per UKBA they are considering application made before 2nd July. Is there anybody who applied on...

Thanks for quick reply. I have my salary account with Citibank and they DO NOT entertain any such call for security reasons , however at my request they issued me a letter on Citibank letter head duly stamped , confirming that this is my salary account , acount number and withdrwal balance on partic...

Hi , I am applying for Tier1 on last week of June. Couples of doubts , I will appreciate if senior members can provide their comments. 1) DO we need to provide contact details of some competent authority of bank where my salary got credited, as part of previous income section. I was told that they m...

Dear All, I am applying for Tier 1 General in June last week, I need some clarification on below point. I am having separate bank account for my salary account and maintenance funds bank account. I am attaching following two doc to support my claim for previous earning points. 1) 12 month salary sli...

hi, Your home country ( India) DL is always valid for initial 1 year , i have used that for driving while in UK, only problem that you have to pay more money while taking car Insurance which is mandatory and very costly in UK, and if you have UK driving license ( though its very tough to get that as...

Hi , Can somebody please advise me. How much Maintenance funds i need to maintain if my wife intends to join me later on but before 12 months. First i plan to go to UK, later after couple of months,i will apply for my wife's visa. How much funds i need to maintained is it 2800 or 4400 ? . Thanks Amit

Hi All, I am planning to apply for Tier1 next month ( Jan 09). I have maintained 4400 GBP as required for Tier 1 applicant. I have maintain 3.90 lakhs INR in my HDFC account ( say Account 1) since 01 Sept 2008 - 15 Nov-2008 afterwards i transfered this entire fund to my second HDFC bank account ( sa...

Hi, I am new to this forum, and appreciate if somebody can provide their valuable inputs on this. Once i got my Tier1 (General) visa stamped, is there any time limit within which one must entered the UK and leave the india ?.I got some unconfirmed news that there is some rule that one has to enter t...