mohsina wrote:Does anyone know whether IGS is for 1 year or 2 years
1 year. The new 2 year scheme will launch some time after 30 June 2008.
actually I have completed my master from England in Feb 2008 (now living in Scotland)I still have student visa valid till Feb 2009. Some people say that i should get IGS after 4 months of completion of the degree. But i dont want to waste my IGS untill i get good job. Should i get IGS now or otherwise home office would not give me later (after 4 months)???
You should only have leave for the length of your course + 4 months, i.e. until the end of June 2008. Whatever the reason for you having a whole year extra, you cannot simply treat it as a free gift, because to be a non-student on a student visa is a big problem. You must still think of your student permission as ending in June 2008, and so you will need to either leave the UK or switch to a different status by the end of June.
If you wait longer to switch to IGS, you may well be refused the extension for having breached the terms of your student visa (i.e. you had a student visa, but you were not enrolled on a course). If you wait longer
and work full-time beyond the +4 months, that is a second breach of the student rules.
I do not give immigration advice. I refer you to Immigration Rules, guidance, other online content and to your sponsor.