Hello, August 19th, 2011 is within the 30 day window of my 5 years in the UK. Does anyone think I can get away with it, or do I need to apply for an extension of 2 years for my Tier 1, and then like 2 months later apply for IRL. If that's the cose it will cost me lots of money! It looks like you've...

On my passport, I don't find any refusal stamp. I have found this stamp "Visa applied for on dd/mm/yyy CG Germany, Chennai D". That's it and nothing more than this. Is it same as refusal.. AFAIK, when you apply for a visa, the embassy put that stamp on your passport before considering you...

Hope2007 wrote:so it doesnt matter if the partner is a wp holder not a dependan(she is on her own visa-i.e workpermit)

Litteraly that is what it means, but it is worth getting confirmation from HO or from someone who has successfully done that before.

I will be completed 4 year and 11 months(28 day rule) on 8/02/2010. Can I apply ILR for wife on same date or she has to wait 2 more months (28 days rules) and I have to pay twice?. Confused please advice. Thanks in advance. http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/general/settlement/ P...

NO PRIGINAL DEGREE CERTIFICATE, NO POINTS And what about this quote from the guidance notes? 77. If the applicant cannot provide his/her original certificate for one of the reasons given above and is claiming points for a qualification with a significant research bias (frequently doctorates) he/she...

Pierrot95 - it may be worth contacting an Immigration Consultant/Lawyer on this one, as it sounds rather complicated. drjabberwocky23, Thanks for this. It comes back to my question, do the lawyers have a special procedure they follow for such "complicated" cases? If that is the case, I am...

Hi, Its true that there may be a institute that might take ages before issuing you the original degree or certificate. I can give you example of the Punjab University, Pakistan, which took about 2 years before I was issued BA degree. Even though I have repeated written request to issue me the degre...

I think the whole point is that nobody believes me here that there are some universities in the world that haven't issued an Original Certificate for years. In my country everybody knows that when you are asked to present your "original certificate", this means the provisional one, and nob...

[quote="Vanadil"]You did not mention that you had held the Work Permit 5 years. If this is the case and you have not left the country for more than 90 days at any one time during these years I am at a loss as to why you are going for a Tier 1 rather than ILR. So again I will ask "What...

You haven;t mentioned that in this posting before? What is the reason that you cannot apply for ILR and how long left to you have on your current permit? Yes I did mention it in my second post. "I am currently on WP (post-doc)..." I still have a few years left on my WP, and I though it wa...

My apologies, I didn’t mean to probe. :) I was just thinking that it may be of some relevance as some of the more experienced members of the board may know of any arrangements or previous cases involving your country of origin. If it is the case that you do have a PhD, you do always have the opti...

Hmmmm, have you explained to the home office that there is only 1 school in your entire country? They might take it on exceptional grounds if this is the case but still probably not. I didn't say there is only one school in my country... but you are quite right: there was only one university at tha...

"My university hasn't issued any Certificate for more than 20 years" Did you not consider this before joining? What is your PhD in and how long did it take you to get? Do you mean "joining" that university? I am talking about my university in my country so didn't really have the...

Any idea if it is possible to find a way around this problem?

Hi, She cannot study in UK on a TIER 1 dependent VISA. She will need a student VISA for that. But she can work. Anyone can work on a TIER 1 dependent VISA. I think the only restriction on dependant visa is the recourse to public funds. You should be allow to study if you pay international student f...

Sheetal.p wrote:Hi,

Can you please confirm the year in which you have completed your degree?

Got my PhD in 2003.
On the phone I've been told that there is a problem with the statement "Certificate will be issued later". They want an actual date.

Whic University is this? It sounds crazy that they don't issue degree/diploma certificates but issue provisional certificates that state that a real certificate will be issued later. That implies that they do issue such certificates. drjabberwocky23, You are right that it sounds crazy, unfortunatel...

Hi all, My first post. Thanks first for this very useful forum. My university hasn't issued any Certificate for more than 20 years, only Provisional certificates saying that the Certificate itself will be issued later . I've checked this on the phone with HO and they are quite clear that they won't ...