:P :lol: Nice one Kayalami :o) No it never occured to me that it could make me more marketeable :o) Now that you have blessed me with the idea I can think on those lines :-)) Jokes apart..... What I meant was that is there any stipulated time married couples should stay together before a EC for spou...

Yeah probably it is not true. But I have seen and heard first hand experiences where a foreign national's skills are an exact match to the company's requirement but still they prefer searching for some one in UK or with a WP already rather than sponsoring a WP for the new candidate. In fact the sear...

My friends and colleagues tell me that it is virtually impossible to get WP nowadays compared to how it was couple of years back. What I fail to understand is that, whether this "impossibility" is because WPUK is not favoring more foreign nationals to come and work here so as to allow resi...

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What if a person gets an EC and then within 3 months goes back to his
home country and gets married.
What is the status of his/her spouse now ?

Cheers,
Anup

I am also confused as to what could be a document for proving that
the school/university or office uses english as the medium of communication.
Thanks in advance for the answer

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Anup

Hi Time, Yeah if I withdraw one then that should be fine. But let us say I fax my offer to HO to speed up the process and also the company files for a work permit and none of them is withdrawn. In such a case which application will take precedence ? Or is it that ...which ever gets processed first w...

Friends, Sorry to open up the topic again. But a slightly different variation of the same question. So did not want to create another topic for it. I am planning to apply as an Out of country candidate for HSMP. But what if the company in UK, I might get an offer from decides to apply for a work per...

Hi Kayalami,

If a person has a firm job offer from UK does the funds matter that much?
Regards
Anup

Thanks a lot Joseph,
That was really really informative.

Will definitely help not only me but so many people out there.

Keep sharing your knowledge friends.
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Anup

Ohhhhhhh......ok
Thanks time factor.
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Anup

Apologies for waking up late :wink: I was going thru the post and have a query about the salary. For under 28 if the equivalent salary is £5000 in India(where i am from) then you get 25 points. 1. Is this gross salary that is talked about ? 2. What if the gross is £5000+ but in hand salary is £4000 ...

Nice experience Cosmopol. :lol: Hey Kayalami......I read in your post about returning of 'original' documents. I also read in other posts that attested copies are also accepted. Please clarify ........ Does HSMP approval also include a stamp on your passport ? I mean if let us say a person has appli...

Hello friends, I have been asking lot on this forum recently. Pardon me for keeping you all busy :-). Thanks to all you out there. I noted in various posts that there are mentions about "good documentation" and "organized documentation" which could speed up the processing as they...

Hi Kayalami, Yeah I do agree that you,chess and HSMP has cleared out the doubts about my in UK/outside UK confusion. :-) Thanks a ton for that. I am still in the process of gathering the documents I need but thought that I will follow this forum closely so that I can use the vast experience the peop...

Thanks Zahid.
I found the post and it says that if there is a pending offer the process
might be quick.

Anyone actually experienced this priority processin first hand.I mean
what does quick mean ? Instead of 8 weeks how much would it take ?

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Anup

Friends, Does it make any difference if you have an offer in hand from a company in UK ? I mean difference to the processing time.It looks like that nowadays the processing time is around 2 months at least. Is there any other advantage apart from the processin time if you have an offer in hand ? Ple...

I also believe that practically there is nothing illegal in that. Anyway for an EC I have to get it from my country anyway right? And otherwise also I am planning to go back in a few weeks so my approval might be received only when I am back in my country. Thanks a lot for all the inputs. Cheers, Anup

hmmmm......makes sense.....
So chess.......in that case the care that should be taken is that in the
hsmp form you should not be mentioning that I am in UK.
Right ?

TIA
Anup

Yeah I think you are right HSMP. Why take risk.

So you suggest that I go back to India and then apply from there itself
right?
So I have to wait again for few weeks before applying

Thanks HSMP.
Cheers,
Anup

Ok

But can't you apply as an out of country candidate still. I mean I still
apply as if I am applying from India.
Is that advisable ?

Thanks in advance all of you.
Anup

Hi HSMP,

Thank you HSMP.
Are you really sure about this ?
If yes then I won't spend time and money in getting the relevant
documents from my country to here in UK.

Thanks again,
Cheers,
Anup

Hello friends, I stumbled upon this site(thanks to google :) and found this a really informative one. Thanks to the people making it possible. Coming to my query..... I am in the UK on a business visa and found that there are a lot of opportunities matching my experience and am thinking of taking th...