My extension application got approved. Details below
Intial approval - October 2006 - October2008
Applied for early extension --- yes, now itself (11th December 2007) as I am eligible to reach the points, english language requirement and also
I might have a bit of break (in my earnings) next year because of my marriage and I am also having some out country projects next year.
So I dont know myself (because of other country band etc) how to represent the earnings next year when i want to apply for extension. To avoid all this confusion, I made the application thinking that worst case
1.they might reject the early application - a loss of £350
2.they might issue me the visa for 3 years from now which will extend the expiry date to October 2010.
anything should be fine as I can apply for one more extension in 2010 if I want to go for ILR and I am confident enough that I could satisfy the points in furutre as well, but just worth a try.........
To everyones Surprise
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So my equation is
October 2006-->2 years---->(applied for extension Dec2007)October 2008+3 years = October 2011.
hahaha,
I am so happy......
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KEY POINTS:
1. In guidance notes they just say that they recommed 5 weeks in advance to apply for extension, but there is no rule that you cant apply earlier (confirmed with contact centre also)
2. But there should be valid reasons, also try to provide some proofs if you can.
3. Importantly you have to be ready to loose £350, just in case if things go wrong.
4. Also you have to be prepared if you are getting extension started from today (date of application) itself instead of adding it to the final day of the present expiry(hope you understand what I meant), in this process you might loose some amount of HSMP time because it is upto case workers discretion.
5. Plan it properly and explain it properly
6. FINALLY Hard work always repays you
Shout me with the queries if you have any...
GO HSMP GO.....