Hi All, I've received a response on this from HomeOffice explaining the reason for expiry date 30-Dec-2024 Thank you for your email regarding a possible error with the expiry date on your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). The issue has now been investigated and the 31 December 2024 validity date is...
Why do you insist on extending the Tier 2 ICT Visa? After you were granted ILR, the ICT visa is no more. No chance to extend it at all. I am not expert, but whoever advised you at UKBA was wrong. Don't trust those phone advisors, they are often wrong and never own up. If you hold ILR, there might be...
So, in your experience, what can I expect if I report a change of address now, roughly around 4/5 months after I moved out instead of the 3 months they mention in the site? Am I going to get fined? Are they going to withdraw my ILR as a penalty? Would a cover letter explaining the ILR leaflet did no...
I have got ILR approved around June / July and had to move out 2 months after that. The leaflet that comes with the ILR approval mentions to report changes of circumstances such as major appearance changes, gender & nationality, but nowhere does it say changes of address, unlike previous leaflet...
Is this it? https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/329137/hc-532.pdf (Page 16) Please notice they will remove 2 or 3 Cambridge tests, not ALL of them. If you go thru the approved tests list https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/3...
I am not a solicitor but I have gone thru something similar, so I'll give you a few tips: - You can transfer under TUPE, along with the rest of your colleagues. The only difference is you being a T2G migrant, you need the new company to hold a T2 sponsor license to "accept" you. - Your emp...
Or does this still apply, meaning it still falls out of the public fund category? "(f)a council tax reduction under a council tax reduction scheme made under section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in relation to England or Wales or a council tax reduction pursuant to the Council T...
Quick question. I will be applying for ILR soonish, from a Tier 2 General Visa. All these years I have been claiming single person council tax discount (25% off) with no problem, as it was not considered a public fund - ie, I have not had any problems getting an extension last year, or even going th...
Hate to break it to you, but the it's quite obvious Tier 2 immigration rules are there not just to control skilled immigrants, but to discourage employers from hiring migrants from outside the EU as well. Everything is against you, from the legal requirements companies have to comply with, and the c...
hmmm the full text is =================== (iii) where a Tier 2 (General) Migrant applying for settlement is recorded (at the time o f application for settlement) by the Certificate of Sponsorship Checking Service as being sponsored to do a job that either: (1) appears on the list of shortage occupat...
It's neither. I did some research on this some time ago before applying for my tier 2 extension. Seems benefits and reductions are means-tested. Also the layman term "25% discount/reduction" they use for this reduction, does not exactly match the definition of "reductions" accord...
Hi Manci, Just to let you know they have confirmed the reversal of the curtailment one hour ago, and will be sending me a letter with their decision, which should arrive in the following days. So this story has a happy ending after all. But yes, it's not really reasonable to have to wait for a confi...
Just a quick update. UKBA has still not deemed to revert the curtailment. I am 9 days away from becoming an overstayer aka *ILLEGAL* (past the 60 days I was given to sort everything and leave), and all I have is an email from someone stating the curtailment was an error and that they are looking int...
Good news! UKBA has today confirmed the curtailment was done in error as an internal miscommunication regarding the TUPE transfer. As they have some sort of internal problems to sort out, they can't reinstate the leave immediately, but they have confirmed they will be doing it next week and then com...
Just a quick update. After waiting 2 weeks in vain for any response from UKBA, I will be seeing a solicitor from London tomorrow. The only issue is I spoke to HR today and they have mentioned what they must have thought were "minor details", and had left them out from me. It turns out ther...
Terribly sorry to bother you again, but I still have some questions: 1- How long does it usually take for a caseworker to reply back? Could it happen he will not be bothered to reply at all? Just asking because it's Friday, and we have not heard anything back from him since we emailed him on Monday....
Hi Manci, I understand what you mean by the dpt. divisions within UKBA. HR did send an email to the caseworker on Monday, as soon as I told them to. They have asked me not contact the caseworker myself as they want to take this up themselves. But I've been kept in the loop on what they've emailed. I...
Consider it done. I've just gone back to talk to HR (they are gonna love me, lol), and they will be writing to the caseworker from the letter, providing an account on the situation and all relevant details about the takeover, TUPE and licence application. Would the caseworker confirm or revert his d...
Hi Manci. I have spoken to my HR department. While they did not tell me the exact dates, they confirmed they have made the application well within the 28 days from the takeover agreement finalization. 1- The interview I underwent some time ago was part of a Ukba audit after getting the new license, ...
What is my immigration status now? The letter says the Tier 2 General has been curtailed to Sep 1st. Does it mean I am still a Tier 2 General and I can continue working till this day? In the event I am not allowed to, and shouldn't work ... the letter is dated 03 July 2013 - I received a post office...
I don't think so, I should fall under 196... my job remains exactly the same, same pay - the only difference would be the SOC Code change due to the reclassification from SOC 2000 to 2010. I fell under TUPE protection as well during the takeover. Thanks for taking time to help! I will dig out more i...
Again, I will confirm it with them on Monday. That's what I think he did - I might be wrong. He interviewed me, as he had done three years ago when I got my first grant of leave, to confirm I was doing what I was supposed to be doing and there was no foul play ... And he also collected a fairly thic...
Yes, I believe the application was made within 28 days. The sponsor licence for the OLD company expired on the 13 May 2013. I will get the actual application date on Monday when I speak to HR. Is the application date the important bit here? Or is the decision date on the application what counts for ...
Greetings, I currently hold a position as a Software Engineer, under a Tier 2 General Visa. The company I had been working for was taken over a couple of months ago. Let's call it "OLD". Just before the takeover - and because my visa would expire at the end of July - they asked me to exten...
