I am considering a reduced workload, or working 20 hours paid & 20 hours for free till the HSMP is approved.

Thank you very much for your advice Noah.

Cheers
smArti

:?: I'm in the UK on a Student visa & my husband is on a dependent visa. He applied for HSMP (has US MS degree, 5+ years exp in US, earned more than £40k) but got rejected, cos the paperwork wasn't clear enuf apparently. He's reapplying, but the other big problem is this: My visa expires in Oct ...