I have investigated further and I found these 2 threads interesting (with a lot of helpful further links recommended) and they contain a personal story of being refused because the person had stopped attending the academic program she was given the student visa for: http://www.immigrationboards.com/...

Well, this would probably happen in my country, where 30% of people have absolutely no medical insurance and often are treated very harshly by the medical system and the authorities! --> "Don't want to be rude, but considering your interpretation of law means, your friend should be forced (i.e....

Thank you for your reply. That would be so great if it's the case! I really want her to be able to join me in the UK. Right now she's just so afraid of getting herself in trouble somehow. I'm surprised, though, that there isn't a penalty about stopping being a student when you are on a student visa,...

I had asked a question about whether a girl who had been on a student visa in the UK but had to stop studying after her first year because she became very ill, and who wasn't well enough to leave the country for 2 further years, had possibly overstayed (even though her visa was still good beyond the...

I have been an independent contractor in the USA, and my work is very simple from a paperwork and tax point of view, so I don't have an accountant or a "managing agent". I don't have an official company structure (no LLC or Inc or anything), but I am registered with the US tax authorities ...

I looked this up in November in the guidance notes and I thought that it says that you can't claim expenses paid to you by your clients for things like food, hotel, transportation -- you can only claim your fee for the work you have done as your earnings. Is that not correct?