Read your extension letter carefully and do what it says. If you are based in London you have to go to Overseas Visitors Record Office. If you are not in London, your local police station will do.

Vignette is the stamp on your passport; at least the embassy people call it like that. Anyway, I don't have the reference number on the stamp/vignette/stick piece of paper issued by the embassy in my passport.

Thanks for the reply Nazam. Meanwhile I got a reply from Home Office to my query; and as far as I can see the reference number is not on vignette.

Hi mates, I am filling in FLR(IED) form for HSMP extension and noticed that I have to fill in HSMP reference number; I presume that this number comes in HSMP approval letter. However I was never able to get back my approval letter from British Embassy in Ankara as they were operating in a lowered se...

So you are a citizen of Luxembourg, aren't you? Immigration is not the correct word for you. Just get on the next plane to Dublin with your passport and that's it. Don't forget to contact the local authorities once you are there...

Hi there, I can't see any point in collecting this data. It is useless because: 1)Successful candidates do not really know how many points they get, because Home Office sends a letter that indicates success but no breakdown of points. Break down of points is only provided within a refusal letter. Th...

You might consider joining a flatshare for a while. Of course, this route works better if a person is single. The good side of the flatshare is that you don't have to deal with red-tape stuff like references, bills etc

Hi everybody, Yesterday I have got my EC based on HSMP from Ankara, Turkey. It would not have been that easy, if this forum had not helped that much. Thanks to everybody, keep up the good work. I want to share some details hoping that it will help someone. Home office recieved my application on 23rd...

Selam gulgon,

Let's use private messaging function of this forum. I am writing you one, check it out.

Merhabalar, No HSMP is not restricted to any profession. However you need to convince the people in HSMP team that you will be able to be economically active(i.e paying tax). The chances for engineers and IT people are higher in current market situation. If you can give a strong evidence for possibi...

Thanks for the good wishes.

As I am from a nationality which is exempted from fees, I do not have the chance to monitor the process through credit card transactions. However I know that DHL has deliverd my envelope.

It is interesting that they do not give a refernce number without asking it.

Hello dear members of the forum, Finally I have completed to collect documents, get translations done and sent my documents to HSMP team. I must say that this won't be easy without the help of this forum. Thanks for the support. Given that HSMP team received my documents on wednesday, when should I ...

Thanks Joseph.

Hi folks, On HSMP form there is a question like following 9 Do you hold the necessary relevant qualifications and/or memberships to work in your chosen field (in the UK)? So my question: Is there any membership requirements to perfrom software engineering in the UK? Or is a degree sufficent? Best re...

Hi everyone,

Do you know any "business directory" that lists startups in UK? I am planning to focus my job search on startups.

Thanks in advance,
hcho

Hi everybody, I am in the stage of filling HSMP form and collecting supporting documents. There is a question at "Can you continue your career in the UK?" section, which I find a little bit ambigious. The question reads: Are you aware of any impediments to you taking work in your chosen fi...