Hello everybody, I came to this country on April 2006 on student visa. i was on student visa till February 2009. I got married on august 2008( my spouse was on work permit). I went back to my country in february 2009 to get entry clearance and got visa ,dependent of work permit holder, in february 2...

hi dear, can you please help me to fillout my form please - while filling in the form I ended up in few questions. I will appreciate if these can be answered - i) In previous earning section 9 A4 - I want to claim for period 01APR11 to 31JUL11 and 01AUG11 to 31MAR12 [No Gap in Both] Because of chan...

Hi Brakesh I got the technical change in my employment (Company's name slightly changed from Chemist to Pharmacy) We already informed the Home Office and received the confirmation. Do we need to submit any letter from the company? Please let me know.... Thanks Hi umesh, You dont need any letter con...

Hi Praksh, Smam Thank you very much for your input. yes I sent it through Royal mail special delivary which might be courier and for the courier they take the date they receive not like postal in which date of application is the date posted. We did not challenge. I have special delivery receipt as ...

ramay wrote:Hi brakesh!
Did they ask you on reception about single absence over 90?I have heard recently they start to ask that at Croydon...

nobody @ croydon asked me about the absences.

hi smam, I tried home office as well o. however, they were not able to advise. I contacted solicitor also he also could give definite answer. Hi meeta, Do you have the proof that you send the day before they changed the form? if you have then it might help because legally its the postal date that m...

Hi Smam, Just wondering, if you would be able to manage to chat with your HR manager about my case below. It would be a greatest help. I came to UK in April 2008 however visa was issued in Feb 2008. when I applied for extension in 2010. UKBA returned my application saying that I did not use the cor...

Hi Brakesh, Few questions. Did you make photocopies of complete file including bank statements, cohab docs etc? Did CW take copies from you or made his own copies? I was just thinking that making copy of all cohab docs, last 12 months bank statements, pay slips etc are just useless and so much time...

Dear brakesh, Many Many Congrats first of all. Regarding P60 for year ended 05APR2012 - You have submitted that to CW which is good. I was in impression that one get P60 in May month. Same was told by my employer to me. I was ready to explain same to CW that P60 can not be issues before mid of May....

Hi Could you please help me in finding the info for the following on SET (o) application page 11, Tie 2 (Gen) please? You must complete ALL four of the boxes below if you are applying as a Work Permit Holder; a Tier 2 (General) or a Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant – (Your employer will be a...

Hi Brakesh Thanks a million mate honestly I haven't met you personally but I must complement you that you're an absolute gem I mean it. I had a similar discussion with the HR director of my company he use to work as a Senior Grade 7 Level CW in Croydon nearly 8 or 9 years ago and he's well in to th...

Hi Brakesh Thanks a lot for your kind and extreme prompt reply. It's much appreciated. Once again I've another question I think I had this discussion with you previously as well if I am right. I got my WP as a Finance Assistant in my company but later on I got promoted to Assistant Financial Contro...

Hi Brakesh Congratulations.... to you ... I got next month appointment for ILR for myself and mywife at croydon PEO. I have the similar case like you. I am on work permit with the same employer since almost 5 years. I need help for couple of queries. 1. My annual salary is about £7000 more than sal...

Hi Brakesh Lots and lots of heartiest congratulations on getting your ILR what a biggest Sigh of Relief for you I'm also very happy for you that's a great news I don't know if you remember in one of your post you've replied to few of my querries regarding SOC code or some thing like that any ways I...

The forum has been great help for me and the discussions, experienced shared by members and information provided had been very helpful to me to prepare for the appointment. I would like to thank all of you who had answered my queries to resolve any issues I had faced. My case was quiet straight forw...

My appointment was at 9AM on 10th April. They exactly told me the same thing that all the documents are fine and i will get a call by the end of this week. when i asked if there is any contact number to know the update and the CW said it is of no use as general line wont give much information. I th...

My appointment was 8.00 AM in the morning. They kept me waiting till 4.00PM and then told me that they want to retake my biometrics. Then @5.15PM they told me that they are unable to make the decision today. I wish you don't have to face all this. So best of luck for tomorrow but be mentally prepar...

Hi My appointment was for ILR (SET-O) @ 8.00 AM in the morning. They just told me that everything else is fine and they are just waiting for the biometric finger print verifications. They said they would let me know soon but did not give any timelimit. What abt you? actually i have appointment tomo...

bluebird2011 wrote:Hi

My appointment for ILR was yesterday 11th April at Croydon office. Decision was not given due to their IT problems. Is there anyone else who had the same issue on 11th April?

Regards

what time was your appointment ? did they say by which day they will give you call?

Thanks,
BR

Hi All, many people(including me) are having issue in WP as employer asked to start work as soon as work permit get approved, despite the fact that Work permit document says that we should not start before getting leave to remain unless allowed to work in current category. Employees don't get the o...

hpat wrote:Hi Gurus
Does anyone know how much is the mini balance required for ILR.
I can't find on UKBA website.

Thanks for your time

There is no minimum balance required for ILR but its recommended to have some money in the bank account.

barker wrote:The SET O form on UKBA is still the old one issued after the 29th February. Will keep checking to see if it is changed

Hi Barker,

Just spoke with the home-office. The lady said the new set (O) form will be available from tomorrow. I hope they will.

Regards,
BR

Hi,

any idea about the publication of SET (O) application form applicable from 06/04/2012 with new fees?? still they have got old application form with old fees on it.

Thanks,
BR

Hi Brakesh, Thanks a million for your reply mate. I will definitely work on your advice. But my SOC code for both of my positions are still the same and even the duities as described in the SOC code are also the same,my company told me that my SOC code is 3537 which covers both of my positions I me...

[quote="purplepple"]Thanks for the response BR. I think I might be alright actually because the way the duties were described initially were broad so it still covers my current position. Also, my increases were just part of normal annual increase and pay awards that were given to all staff...