In my case me and my wife registered just three months before the baby was due, the local surgery had no trouble registering us but after a few days we received a call from the hospital having same financial concerns and I told them that I am not a visitor and here on an immigrant visa and working f...

congratulations.

You age does not matter anymore nor does your change of job.

goodluck with EC

in my case HSBC did not ask for any utility bills and used only my passport and provisional driving license. They have promised to upgrade my basic account as soon as i have my first salary transfered into it.

Thanks for recommending Alliance bank but I found the following clause on their advert. PLEASE NOTE: You must be a permanent UK resident to apply for this account. We do not accept applications from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Am I and most of us struggling to open an account eligible fo...

Just goto Abpara market and there you will find number of people doing translations. It should be on the letterhead of the translator's organization and duly stamped and further more you can also get the same translation attested by a notary public. Do not forget to attach the document in native lan...

What is the objective of the sponsor letter? is it to meet the requirement of accommodation arrangement only? if it is so, then an invitation letter with the full contact details is enough and certainly a copy of passport will help but is not at all necessary to provide. But if you do not have enoug...

I succesfully opened my bank account with HSBC and the documents I presented them were provisional driving license and passport.

Bank statement is a must and should cover atleast past three months. If you are applying for EC under HSMP category then residence proof may not be required but the invitation letter should clearly state the adress of the sponsor. Make the letter look more like a sponsor letter rather than an invita...

Halifax is probably the worst bank when it comes to new bank accounts. First of all they will not open a new account to a stranger secondly even if the open an account they will not upgrade it to a normal account for atleast one year. A friend of mine was earning more than 40K/annum and was working ...

I used master card from CITI bank without any problems.

It is perfectly acceptable. A colleague of mine worked in the same way and he got his approval easily. To prove it , the tax return and documentary evidence of contract for both job will be required.

It been some days since I last visited the forums. The update on my side is that I called the employer and both of us agreed to a notice period of 1 week during probation and 4 weeks during first year of employement and from then onwards 8 weeks. Apart from the notice period I liked everything about...

Banks require two type of documents for opening an account, 1. Your photo ID. 2. Proof of address. Your passport can serve as your photo ID. For proof of address what you can do is obtain provisional driving license from DVLA it has your photo and adress on it and it serves the purpose. With the abo...

Thanks for the feedback. The condition put by the employer is that the notice period shall be, "Company XXXXX " Ltd will give you one week for the first year plus one week for each complete additional year of service (maximum 12 weeks). You must give "company XXXXX " eight weeks ...

Hi,
Can anyone comment on the length notice period provided by the employee before changing a job like what is the minimum, typical and maximum duration for it. And how does 8 weeks notice period sounds to people in the software industry.

thanks,
Shoaib

can't say anything. You need expert advice....

Who is the assessment authority for your nominated experience.

sorry; who is the assessment authority for your nominated profession.

can you supply detail information about your academic such as duration and sequence of each course.

What is your nominated profession is and how many points it earns you.
Who is the assessment authority for your nominated experience.


IELTS score is good enough.

do not present money to be the sole factor for changing a job (although it might be the only factor). Before going to the interview try to find out the oppertunities available to you in the new company and use them to your advantage in the interview and keep the theme of conversation towards "c...

The rules are clear if you have a Australian Diploma in IT then you need to have 6 years of experience but they are different if you have a bachelor in CS.

Hi Claire, Just be patient, thats all you can do at the moment. Ask your husband to call then every few days to get the current status. In my case (it was HSMP not spouse visa ) they kept telling me that my case is under consideration but when it was decided they did tell me on the phone that I shou...

Its is alright to have fairly large amount to be deposited in your account prior to EC provided that the source of that influx can be traced and related to you. For example I sold my car and deposited around 3.5K in the account few days before applying for EC but I provided the sales receipt and pho...

Hi Rani, I don't know much about ACS but if you meet the guidelines set by them then don;t worry you'll be alright. Just go for it as this is a basic element of your application. Do you have IELTS? you would need original IELTS score card for applying. For fluency in the regional language please do ...

Thanks Alogomeji. I am looking for salary in the range from 30k to 35k. I did get a offer of 30K within three weeks after landing (unfortunately that offer was verbal and was withdrawn after three days due to some unknown buisness reasons), So I strongly believe that I am worth more than that but fo...

Thank you, Rogerio.

BTW,
I am really impressed by the british government's way to tackling the issue, they did far better than their US allies.