As someone who has at least a master's degree, is it that hard to come up with a cover letter by yourself? I am sure you must have written cover letters in the past, e.g. for a job application? Plus all cover letters will be different, depending on your personal application situation and also any un...
Yes, it is fine. But if you are submitting statements from both accounts, make sure you stress that the £800 is in the one account, and also state why you are submitting two accounts, as caseworkers are not the brightest tool in the shed and are often overworked, so can make mistakes. If they make ...
The employer will need to know at some point, and better at the beginning of your application rather than 5 interviews, 10 hours later. If you had applied for the Tier 1 while your visa was still valid, then your visa is still valid as long as the application is with the Home Office. Thus you are le...
Certainly the 100% full-proof way would be to wait for your regular bank statement. However, if you order a special bank statement and it comes through the post, it is acceptable if it is on the same paper etc as normal bank statements, and has the letterhead, list of transactions, your name + addre...
Don't worry. only start to worry if it has been more than 10 weeks since you have submitted your application. As I have said many times before, please don't call or check up on status too often, as doing so reduces the resources and manpower the Home Office has to allocate to case processing. The le...
Anything that has been recorded down in a police database or as a court judgement/fine has to be declared, as this will definitely come up when the Home Office does its search. If they find something that wasn't declared, it is literally a straight rejection, and then you will have to go through the...
You have to be careful, my friend sent in the transcripts showing he had passed all the modules etc, but what the HO really need is a letter saying you have met all requirements for the degree, with the key thing being the "degree award" date. This is NOT the graduation date, nor the date ...
I think there is definitely more than 90% chance that your extension application will be rejected without the transcripts. It is best not to submit the application, as you do, it will take them 4-8 weeks to process, and then be rejected, and then you have to spend more time appealing. Or make a fres...
Don't stress yourself out, the decision is out of your hands now and all you can do is wait and make the best use of your time now while waiting. You only get around 80 summers in your life, so go out and enjoy it or work and make some money. The wording is always ambigous with the home office, it d...
The university/college should be able to write a letter saying when they were sure you had met all the requirements for the degree. This is usually the same date or a few days after they release your final year results, as that is the time when the university/college absolutely knows for sure that a...
I agree that the job market currently is probably the toughest in a very long time, and that even very skilled people are losing their jobs. There are still plenty of job vacancies out there, but then the number of applicants for each job is probably double or triple what it used to be before. But t...
There is always the option of calling up their hotline to enquire, but it is a total waste of time as they are just a call center and won't know or won't reveal any further information except that it is being processed. In fact, please, no-one call the Home Office hotline to enquire about the visa p...
I honestly disagree with you, even though I myself was a foreign student, graduated 2008, got my PSW, and now working in the UK. At no point was a PSW or a work permit promised after graduation. Yes, the school fees are high, but it would be the same if you went to the US or even higher. You are pay...
Essentially you have to be a bit lucky... as technically you cannot introduce new evidence, and new bank statements mean new evidence. However, it does seem that in recent months there have been more and more reported cases of the AIT judge allowing new evidence in regards to maintenance funds, or w...
if you are good enough at what you do, and have a skill in demand, you will find a job. I was just served my redundacy notice a week ago. I have since applied for loads of jobs, and have several interviews scheduled for next week already. By the way the jobs I am applying for are in the financial in...
It is worrying that your college has closed down and is blacklisted, as your degree from the college might not be recognized anymore. Still more worrying is that you were involved in business on the student visa, which may not be looked upon favourably by the Home Office. You need to clarify which v...
If your company had helped you to apply, using a professional immigration lawyer, you should just sit back and relax, as its almost guaranteed to have been submitted perfectly and should be ready very soon.
No, you might need a Schengen visa. Do a search on google to see if your passport needs a visa for the Schengen area (a group of European countries). I think before Switzerland allowed holders of UK visa to visit them without getting a Swiss visa, but I also heard recently that that rule has changed...
Is this confirmed? I thought there was a deadline where only renewals before this date will be considered on the old points criteria... or is this for any Tier 1 renewals, where the original Tier 1 visa was issued before April 2009?
The problem is not with the Home Office, as many applicants for PSW get theirs within 4 to 8 weeks. The problem resides with your university, and its failure to respond to Home Office enquiries quickly. If I were you I would chase the university/college up to make sure they get back to the Home Offi...
Quoted from the UKBA website: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/contact/applyinginperson/ Please note that our public enquiry offices are very busy, and appointments cannot be guaranteed before your current leave to remain has expired, so you are strongly advised to submit your application by post w...
