Just checked - and it seems anything I plough in to a pension fund does not count!

Guess that answers my question - and is a no?

I basically mean that if I decide to sign up for a company share scheme (a scheme to purchase shares of the company at employee rate through my salary), would any salary I put towards the share scheme count as earnings? Semi-related question - would anything I put in to a pension fund as part of my ...

1. If I was granted private shares in the company I work with as part of my bonus, does the value of those shares count towards my earnings? 2. If I elected to take plough some of my earnings through a private company share scheme, would any earnings I elect to divert in to that count as my earnings...

Thanks for being so helpful. I am switching.

I read somewhere else in this forum that if they cannot process payment, they have to contact me - is this the case or am I misguided?

Oh dear.

What do you think is advisable then -

Forget it, cancel my cheque and save my £850, or
call them and ask them what they can do for me, and send the photos?

I'm a muppet I know - but 10 mins after coming back from the post office I realised that I haven't put my photos in. AHHH!!

What do I do now? Wait for reference number and then send it in? Will they have the onus to decide not to grant me a visa because of this small mistake? I assume not?

No one has any idea?

Hello - I am preparing to apply for my Tier 1 (General) visa in the UK. A quick question about overseas income and what country it is applicable to. I was contracted to do some work by a company in Thailand. During this period, I was also travelling - as the nature of my work means it can be conduct...

"We will consult later in the year on further settlement reforms. However, those making applications for leave to enter or who are already in the UK and apply to switch into an alternative route on or after 6 April 2011 should be aware that the opportunity to apply for settlement and the requi...