Hi gurus, In the form of Tier 1, the following was mentioned: "The Home Office will assess what provisions are needed for indefinite leave to remain applications once all extension applications have been processed after April 2015, and will consider making adjustments in a future change to the ...

You may need Self Assessment if your income is above certain level, even if you are employed and paid through PAYE.

Hello all,
I was trying to find the pdf of latest Immigration Rules so I can download and print. However, it seems to be only available as hyperlink websites (I could find pdf for older versions prior to Nov 2015, but not the most recent one). Does anyone know where to find it?

Cheers.

Thank you so much sushdmehta. Just to clarify, on the PBS dependent form, there is a section for details of the main PBS Applicant. What details will I provide, given that I will no longer be a PBS applicant. For example, in section C, question 4, it says "What is the reference number for the m...

Hi, I am on Tier 1 General, and hope to apply for ILR next year (June 2017). My dependents (wife and kids) would will be eligible for ILR later (their 5 year period will complete in Dec 2018). However, their current Visa is only valid till March 2018. I will need to apply for an extension for them t...

Hi, I expect to apply for ILR in 2017. My question is that I came to UK in April 2012. However, I did not find a job here till May 2014 I didn't even apply for my National Insurance number till late 2013 given that I didn't have any income or job here. Because of that, 2014/2015 was the first year f...

I have had a similar question -- What if you are an employee, working for a large company and living in UK? The only way I can work in this country is to have a valid work permit. The employer is not sponsoring it for me. It really hurts now given the increased fees and a family of 3-4 dependents.

sushdmehta: Do you need P60s for ILR applications? For the first 18 months of my UK stay, I did not have a job in UK (I only had oversees employment income, which is what I claimed in my extension applications). I did not even apply for a NI number till the time I got close to getting a good job off...

Seems like if the salary is greater than £155,300 per year, the resident market test can be avoided. Also, if you are already in UK, the annual cap is not applicable and it can be an unrestricted CoS. Not sure if this will help anyone in this tough situation, but hope it does.

My understanding is that the 80 points (or 75 points if your original was before April 2010) are different than 20 required points (10 each for English and Maintenance Funds). Maintenance funds will need to be proved again, while English requirement may already be met based on previous applications.

Thanks naveediiqbal.
So, is it that they need to first terminate the existing employee, create a new position (that is filled with an existing tier 1 employee), and do a resident market test? Only if that resident market test is not successful, can they sponsor the tier 2?

Cheers.

Still confused -- does the employer need to do a Resident Labor market Test if you are already employed in the role on a Tier 1 (G) visa?

It is 630 (for you, since you have been in UK for more than 12 months) + 1890 (for your wife planning to apply for the first time) = £2,520. For each additional dependent, keep adding another £1,890

Hi Jonbca,
Where do you see the requirement that "you do need to be currently employed when you apply"? I was not aware of this for Tier 1 General i.e., once you earn the required amount, whether or not you have a job, is not relevant (one of the advantages for Tier 1 G)

So, what happens to your BRP card etc. that you will submit with the ILR application, if ILR application is rejected? Do they send it back like nothing happened?

I thought I had read it somewhere in the continuous period document (will look again). However, there is also a question on the application (7.11) asking

- How long have you lived in the UK? years months:
- Please provide details of any periods of absence of more than six months during that time.

I don't think you will be eligible in 2016. Based on the dates you've been outside UK, it seems May 2017 should be your date for eligibility. For continuous residence, you need to meet two criteria: a) no more than 180 days in any continuous 12 months period from application date (this is what the a...

Since it is extension, the requested documents only asked for: 1) Bank statements (or other applicable documents) to show proof of funds 2) Photographs 3) The original passport and BRP (if applicable). There was no other document listed in the checklist. For the main applicant, we had to fill the BR...

@Abhishek, why is this not deductible? I have not seen anything that says otherwise. This is a work visa, and not reimbursed by the employer?

I assume that money is needed for lawyer fees? I wonder if the case seems strong enough for a lawyer to do more risk / reward sharing in this case? i.e. people have to pay more, but after the case is successful. That way, we may have more people pledge for paying. It is also possible that people wil...

Anyone knows if the visa fee is tax deductible?

ram80,
Have people contacted you to go after a review of fees / policies? I think, the numbers are not in our favor this time, and home office knows this.

Cheers.

From Visa / UK citizenship perspective, easiest will be to have baby born here, and he can register as citizen after you get ILR. As long as the baby doesn't leave UK, you will even avoid the visa fees etc. You are so close to ILR!! However, there may be family and other conveniences to have the bab...

Only if you are able to transfer to Tier 2 General, the period spent on Tier 1 will count towards ILR. Sorry to hear the situation. Talk to lawyers and may be to local MPs? The language in the form does say that they may consider further changes after April 5 deadline is passed and all tier 1 G are ...

I believe you can fill application online and pay the fees now (if you have your approval reference number on the letter), and send the printed app + required docs in a few days after receiving the BRP.