Hi, I am currently holding a tier1 visa which will expire next year. I am unable to extend my visa under tier1 due to my low wages. I talked to my employer and they are willing to sponsor me under Tier2. My employer has to conduct the resident labour market test and fingers crossed that no suitably ...

if my University is not listed in UK NARIC, get a letter from UK Naric>>> http://www.naric.org.uk/index.asp?page=15

This is mine that sent to the home office in Sheffield (HSMP old rules) This letter is to certify that Miss XXXX has been employed by xxxx Co.,Ltd as (position), xxxx Department since (DATE) until the present day. Her 2007 monthly salary, effective from 1 January 2007 was xxx plus position allowance...

I used my bonus as part of my income as well.

The HR wrote this in the letter..

Regarding annual income for 2007 totaling xxyyxxyy , xxxx was in respect of salary, xxx Baht was in respect of a position allowance and yyyy Baht was given as a performance bonus.

Transfer your visa to a new passport

You do not need to have your residence permit (known as leave to remain) transferred to your new passport but you can do this if you wish

read more from

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukres ... opassport/

Gallian100

thanks for the update.

did you have to show them your expired TB cert?

Thanks for the info. I also would be looking for a job as an accountant. I have not yet applied for the visa (got HSMP approval letter in Sep08).

good luck with your job search.

Gallian100 I emailed to the home office in Sheffield for this kind of question. They replied to me that "In reply to your email, I can confirm you will have to speak to someone in the British embassy in your home country regarding this as we do not deal with applications being made outside of t...

harakiri "They convert GBP into US Dollar, which is then converted into INR"

whats about this link?

http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

Im not sure if I misunderstood your point. However, I've seen the UK to INR converstion rate here.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/worki ... /earnings/

You should use the closing spot exchange rate on the OANDA website on the last day of the period for which you have claimed earnings in that currency

so you should use 31Oct08 rate

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http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... htests.pdf

http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukresi ... opassport/

This page explains how you can have a residence permit transferred from an old passport or travel document to a new one

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/general/supportingevidence/previousearnings/documents/#header3 number of your document sounds good to me but I dont know the detail in each doc. your accountant letter. Will it look reliable e.g with company letter head, company stamp and signatu...

1) http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/chapter1/ see 1.3 - Validity of entry clearance and leave to enter "Entry Clearance Officers have discretion to defer the 'effective' date for up to three months after entry clearance has been authorised. Therefore, to prevent unnecessary applications for an ...

abdik1980 http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/general/supportingevidence/previousearnings/documents/#header1 see the link for sample If you are paid with a combination of salary and dividends, and the salary and dividend payments do not both appear on your payslip, you can provide...

sri_sunny http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/general/eligibility/pointsassessment/earnings/#header2 You do not have to be in continuous employment during the 12-month period being assessed, so: you can claim for a period of earnings less than 12 months http://www.ukba.homeoffice....

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/general/eligibility/pointsassessment/earnings/#header6 How we convert your earnings into pounds sterling (GBP) Earnings made overseas must be converted into pounds sterling so that we can assess them. The exchange rate we use is the one produced...

sri_sunny I submitted the bank statements which showed the transactions of my net paid salary during the period I clamied. this must be corresponded to your payroll slip to avoid the confusion. there is an excel template I downloaded from the BIA website (cant find the link now). There are a few col...

just send a copy (copies) of your degree(s) to UK Naric. It took about a month before I got the Letter of Comparability back.

I did my master degree from Australia and it is eqivalent to British Taught Master's Degree standard which I used this one to claim my 35 points

good luck

1) put the date you want to travel to UK. however, see the link below http://www.vfs-uk-th.com/faqs.aspx The visa will show the date from which it is valid. This is usually the date that it is issued. However, if you do not plan to travel immediately, you can ask for it to be post-dated for the star...