Dear All, After the whole stress/anxious, my visa was finally renewed and I was granted 3 more years under Tier 1 (General) - I had HSMP for 2 years before. Here it is my process timeline: Type: HSMP to Tier 1 General Extension HSMP Expiring: 20th Apr 2010 Application sent: 08 Mar 2010 Acknowledgmen...
Dear All, The type of visa I have in my passport says: Highly Skilled Migrant Program(HSMP). And I was granted initially 2 years from 20/04/2008 until 20/04/2010. I'm planning to apply for my extension soon and I have a question: - Am I switching from HSMP to Tier 1 (General) ?!?! - How many years w...
Dear All, Please help me to understand this 'within one month calendar' rule. I'm getting really confused! I read the following response from the Home Office in another thread: "For further clarification, if you applied on the 29 January 2009 then the largest gap we could allow before the asses...
Dear tvn_ramesh, Just to clarify what I've said, I am considering the 'one calendar month' rule. For example, if I apply tomorrow 22 Feb 2010, the latest date on my bank statement that I can present is 22 Jan 2010 - (one calendar month ago). I read the following response from the Home Office in anot...
Dear tvn_ramesh, Thank you so much for your reply!!! I was checking my other bank accounts and it seems I have a good chance now!!!! On 21 Jan 2010, my account(Barclays) balance was £ 700.00 - so at this date it went below £800 pounds. However on the same date 21 Jan 2010, I have £ 120 pounds ava...
Thanks for the reply, sushdmehta! But do you also agree that I have missed the 'one month calendar' for just one single day?!? Do you think they wouldn't take that in consideration?!? My other approach would be to wait until April 2010 to make the application and include the Jan and Feb 2010 as part...
Dear All, PLEASE!!! I need to clarify this ASAP!!!! I'm having a problem with the maintenance funds requirement for my HSMP extension application. My visa expires on 24th April 2010. And I WAS thinking to apply for the extension closer to this date. HOWEVER my account balance went down £ 800 from 2...
