Congratulations. Did you make in-person applications? If so, you could write what you have been through here =D

6. I therefore tried to speak to my original case worker. She said that the expiry date of my newly approved Tier 1 General visa is contingent on the type of my current visa. For a student visa, the new Tier 1 visa will valid for three years from the date the student apply. While for some other typ...

Wow ok I was lucky enough not to be shot by my case worker when I applied in-person yesterday (Oct 1st) using the old Tier 1 General application form.

I was not aware of the new one and the case worker did not mention anything about it.

Hi all, I am writing to tell you my experience in having my permit successfully switched from student visa to Tier 1 General. I would like to thank the senior members (tvn_ramesh, push, chetanojha, nksg, and mvent00) and many others for your helpful guidance I obtained from this forum. Yesterday, I ...

That's correct. I am too stupid to submit the photographs that I used to apply my previous visa (this was 3 years ago ).

However, the reason why I did it because I remember my advisor once told me that during her entire career, she has yet to experience a visa rejection due to photographs.

For me, I chose those that do not charge for transferring money internationally to and from banks in my home country.

Your case is different from mine. I am not sure whether you can send another fresh application since you visa has expired. You could try to contact some senior members here. Mine was rejected too last August due to the same problem. However, my current visa is still valid till next year. I therefore...

Hi, I called two times from 8.58AM and got connected. However as push said, it might be less cumbersome to apply online.

Hi, When I tried to switch to Tier 1 General visa by applying via post last July, I received my reference number in 4 working days from the day I sent my application. However, my application was rejected as invalid because the photographs I submitted were more than 1 month old =(. I will have my in-...

Hi deepthy_ravi, This morning, after 4 weeks since I sent my Tier 1 General application, I received a bad news, saying that my application is invalid and therefore rejected. The reason of the rejection is the same as yours. How did you get the refund? Was it automatically done? What are you going to...