Hi,

I had booked my flights in advance.

I had also made hotel bookings, but unlike flights, they are fully refundable so no worries there.

I have been granted Schengen visa for 3 months and hence replying to my own questions.. 1. Marriage cert need not be apostilled while applying by paying the full fees. This is only required when applying as a family member of a EEA national. 2. Hotel bookings need not be fully paid in advance. A can...

Hi I had the same question and wrote to the Italian VFS helpline and below is the reply I got. Info Schengen UK <Info.Schengen@vfshelpline.com> Dear Karthik, Thank you for your email. As you both are non EU nationals, your marriage certificate does not need to be legalised. Thank you & Regards, ...

Hi I am applying for a Schengen Tourist visa at the VFS Italy on 23rd of this month. I have the following questions. Facts Myself + wife - both Indian nationals with ILR Daughter - born in UK and on British PP Trip 1 - Italy - April 27 - May 3 Trip 2 - Norway - May 28 - June 1 Fully paid flight tick...

I submitted on the 1st of December and I had to give only 2 photos.

Actually only one application form is taken by them. In my case the photo on the other application form was removed and pasted to the first application.

Karthik

I had been to VFS, Goswell Rd this morning to submit OCI application for my 2 yr old daughter. She has a British PP. ME+wife have Indian PP + ILR. Member srinuuu has a great post on documents submitted. I will touch upon the document uploading bit. I uploaded/ was asked to upload copies of the follo...

Creating the master jpeg file 1. Open MS Paint. If not sure how, open Windows -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Paint. Stretch the image borders to create a huge working space so that we can paste multiple documents in the white area. Save this image as a jpeg or jpg. Filling the master file with d...

Yes. 12 months is the maximum consecutive period you can show earnings for. It is up to you to choose which ones you want to show. In fact a friend of mine had to qualify just based on the Dividends though he had salary for all the months. Cant remember the exact scenario though. And since you have ...

I am no expert in this area.. just my humble 2 paise worth.. I feel you should be alright. 1. You qualify for the points even without taking into account the Salary for Nov 14. 2. The accountant mentions that this was a mistake but has been taken care of. 3. You still are omitting the entry to be on...

Pls refer to this..

http://www.immigrationboards.com/indefi ... 84044.html

Don't worry. The accountants who deal with day-to-day issues do not have professional qualification. They do have certified accountants belonging to a professional body in their head office. They will scrutinise the paperwork and sign and stamp the paperwork on behalf of the accountants. I was in th...

1. Current vignette: Dependent Tier1 General for NewBorn 2. Date of expiry of current leave: NA 3. Date application posted: 22 Oct 2013 4. Date application received at UKBA: 24 OCT 2013 (Royal Mail) 5. Date payment debited: 25 Oct 2013 6. Payment mode : AMEX CARD 7. Acknowledgement letter received: ...

@kaymadi : Please be informed that the picture you upload will get merged with the pdf application form. Same is the case with your signature image.

You will have to take a print-out of that and submit. If the hard copy photo is too different from what you uploaded, you might be asked few questions.

Thanks Vinod. Your effort to give back to the forum is highly appreciated.

Anuj,

I have shared my phone number in a PM to you. Will you be able to call me?? or I can call u if u wish..

AnujMor,

Regarding pt.3 about the family details, I feel you might be looking at the wrong application form. There are two versions one for children born in India and one for those born outside. Are you looking at the one which says 'at a consulate'??

I went through the same experience. There was a young girl at the reception who made sure I wasn't seen by any of the banking officers. I got pissed off and thought there was no way out of this. But there are two ways this can be done. 1. Visit a branch that is close to the UKBA offices. They unders...

Couple of things to think about.. 1. You yourself do not have leave to remain. You may not be seen as someone who can accommodate and maintain another person. 2. The outcome of your application for extension is not guaranteed and hence may not be taken as evidence to help her application. 3. Though ...

1. Current vignette HSMP / Tier 1 : Tier 1 General  2. Date of PEO Appointment : 17 MAY 2013 3. Date of expiry of current leave : 01 June 2013  4. Date of expiry of the new visa : 17 MAY 2015  5. Payment mode : Credit card (Amex and HSBC) 6. Name of PEO Applied : Solihull (Self + 1 dependant) Appoin...

Appointments are not sold !!! They are booked !! What you must be asking is help/ tips/ prev experiences to book appointments. Booking an appointment has become very easy these days compared to those early days when there was no limit on the number of tries one can make. Have a look. http://www.lond...

Has anyone made split payments using a card ? For example, instead of making 1920 & 15xx as two payments for the main + dependant, have you done 3000 ( or similar) and the rest as another payment ? I nearly have the complete amount (3200 instead of 3500) as credit limit on one card and can use t...

They could have directly asked if we would be interested in waiting for 7 days for the decision if we were to be given GBP 100 as incentive.

Not sure if anyone posted this before..

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... 2improving

Had a similar experience while taking the ferry across the English channel to Calais.

No one checked/ stamped the passport while entering France whereas UKBA did it on return.

Had the same/similar experience but do not know the impact.

HSBC Savings account must be fine from what I have read from this forum. It is not a deposit and is liquid.

However I can confirm this since I will be using the same set of accounts to get my extension this Friday. Will post my experience on the PEO sticky. Please look out for it.