Hi, I'm happy to answer your question: I got an Emergency Passport from the US Embassy in London whilst my Tier 1 Renewal Application was being processed. I traveled without incident on two occasions while my application was being processed. I had a letter from the UKBA stating that my application h...

Fortunately, my landlord has sent me a scan of the rejection letter and a copy of the appeal form. After a quick scan of both, I don't see anything that states I HAVE to be within the U.K. to file an appeal. Does anyone know of a successful appeal from outside the U.K. after a refusal for entry was ...

Hi. Hope someone can help me understand my rejection. From my rejection letter: "The evidence you have supplied do not corroborate each other because your wage slips and dividend payments are not shown credited to your bank account." This utterly baffles me as I provided the bank statement...

Here's my situation: I traveled outside the U.K. on an emergency U.S. Passport issued by the U.S. Embassy in London whilst my Tier 1 application was being processed. I tried to re-enter the U.K. on Sept 6 and was denied entry because my application was rejected in a letter dated Sept 3. I was shown ...

Does anyone know if getting the biometrics letter means that the Home Office doesn't have any questions about the application? That is, when in the application cycle (e.g. before or after receiving the biometrics letter) would the Home Office ask for clarification, more documents, or question someth...

So, just an update for people who may want to travel whilst their visa application is under review: I spent about 6 hours getting an emergency passport at the US Embassy in London. I learned that US passport photos are larger than the UK photo you submit with the application. So, that cost me about ...

@ Sushdmehta: Cool. Thanks for the info. Do you, or anyone know, if the border control system keeps track of things like entering without the Visa document as I did upon my return? It seems to me that if I explain my circumstance and provide a photocopy of my valid Tier 1 Visa and the acknowledgemen...

I plan on leaving this coming Wed and arriving back in London on the morning of the following Wed. My current Tier 1 Visa expires June 26, 2012 so I'm traveling whilst it is still valid.

A bit more detail: I'm wanting to travel this coming week - before my current Tier 1 Visa expires. A few months back, my wife and I went to Paris for the weekend and I forgot to bring my old passport that had my Tier 1 Visa in it. I had gotten a new passport (since my old passport had expired), whic...

I have my acknowledgment letter stating that my application for leave to remain has been received. I haven't received the biometrics letter yet. I also have a photocopy of my original Tier 1 Visa which expires on June 26, 2012. So, that's still good.

I submitted my Tier 1 application about three weeks ago thinking that it would take 4 weeks to get processed. My bad for believing the website: "75% of applications are processed within 4 weeks." My original application was processed by the L.A. Consulate in about 2 weeks. According to the...

Hiya,
Is it still true that leaving the U.K. using a temporary U.S. passport whilst a Tier 1 application is being processed will invalidate the application? Anyone tried this?