I applied with almost 20 months remaining on work permit visa and still got my tier 1 approved. As far as I know there are no conditions on how long your work permit has to be valid for before you can switch to Tier 1. Ask your friend to post the exact wording from the refusal letter, and it may be ...

Also please note there was no urgent treatment requested.

Hello All, I've been a silent observer of this great forum, but would like to share my good news so as to give everyone an idea of the progress at HO. *****Application Type - WP -> Tier 1 *****Applied - 03 June 2008 *****Received by HO - 04 June 2008 *****Reference Letter Dated - 09 June 2008 *****A...