Tier 1 - New application from India - SUCCESS!!!

[rely]

keep your employer informed about it.Integra characters might contact them.Did you provide all contact nos.?
rely

Yess Rely , today I have launched my application & I have mentioned that in the additional section .
Hope, everything will be alright .............frm now onwards till I get the Visa , I'll keep my mouth shut )))

Cheers
Shubi

those cases must have been rejected for some other reasons but not becoz dependents were following later on.You explain that your wife is studying and will join later on.
rely

Dear rely,
Thanks for your reply but my friend some of the applications has been rejected because they have not included their family in their application becaue as per the para 135(a) they check that do you want to make uk your main home or not , My problem is that my wife is in her final year of her Msc IT so not possible for me to incude her on my application kindly suggest what to do

deepinder

[jcs]

Hi all,

I believe the application fees is separately charged for dependents and it is the same as the main applicant i.e. Rs. 51,000/-. So in my case the fees would be Rs. 1,53,000/- (self + 2 dependents).

My question is: do we make separate Banker's cheques / Demand Drafts for all 3 applicants or can the entire fees be combined in a single cheque and submitted?

Thanks!

[hraina]

Hi Kaushal,

Great to hear that you got it! Congrats.

One question:
My earnings and maintenance will show up in the same bank account. So under Maintenance should I mention in the cover letter that they should refer to my bank statements sent for the purpose of earnings proof.

Thank you.

[spanig]

Hi Kaushal ,

a) I have passout from NIT Surat . When I passout the college name was SV REC and college was not autonomous and it was under South Gujurat University.. So my degree certificate was awarded by South Gujurat University. The college got renamed from SV REC to SV NIT . As I see in the offcial website SV NIT is there in the list , but not South Gujurat University, This is very peculiar situation .

Do you think I have to apply for IELTS or If I get a letter from the college it shld be sufficient.

b) As per the maintenance , we need to provide consistently for 3 months an amount 2800 GBP equivalent in our account. I dont have the same amount in my savings account. Rather it is there in share , MF , insurance .Can we see all this as part of the proof.

-spanig

[hsmpinuk70]

1. If SV REC is not on the list, go for IELTS.
2. MF, insurance, demat, shares are not liquid assets. IMHO, you wll not be able to use them as evidence of maintenance funds.

regards

[rely]

Go for NARIC.It will solve both the problems.You had not reckoned other problem ie your education.It is not mentioned in BIA website.
rely

Hi Kaushal ,

a) I have passout from NIT Surat . When I passout the college name was SV REC and college was not autonomous and it was under South Gujurat University.. So my degree certificate was awarded by South Gujurat University. The college got renamed from SV REC to SV NIT . As I see in the offcial website SV NIT is there in the list , but not South Gujurat University, This is very peculiar situation .

Do you think I have to apply for IELTS or If I get a letter from the college it shld be sufficient.

b) As per the maintenance , we need to provide consistently for 3 months an amount 2800 GBP equivalent in our account. I dont have the same amount in my savings account. Rather it is there in share , MF , insurance .Can we see all this as part of the proof.

-spanig

[rely]

Simply put you should have equivalent to GBP2800 in your account for last 3 months.
rely

Hi Kaushal ,

a) I have passout from NIT Surat . When I passout the college name was SV REC and college was not autonomous and it was under South Gujurat University.. So my degree certificate was awarded by South Gujurat University. The college got renamed from SV REC to SV NIT . As I see in the offcial website SV NIT is there in the list , but not South Gujurat University, This is very peculiar situation .

Do you think I have to apply for IELTS or If I get a letter from the college it shld be sufficient.

b) As per the maintenance , we need to provide consistently for 3 months an amount 2800 GBP equivalent in our account. I dont have the same amount in my savings account. Rather it is there in share , MF , insurance .Can we see all this as part of the proof.

-spanig

[rely]

One single dd will do.
rely

Hi all,

I believe the application fees is separately charged for dependents and it is the same as the main applicant i.e. Rs. 51,000/-. So in my case the fees would be Rs. 1,53,000/- (self + 2 dependents).

My question is: do we make separate Banker's cheques / Demand Drafts for all 3 applicants or can the entire fees be combined in a single cheque and submitted?

Thanks!

[Rajesh.Nadhe]

Hi,

This is regarding Currency Conversion of Maintenance Funds.

I am planning to apply from India and maintaining my funds in INR those are equivalent to 2800 GBP. But looking towards the current fluctuations in Currency Exchange Rates, I was wondering like which Conversion Rate would be considered for Maintenance Funds assessment. I mean would that be the INR to GBP Exchange Rate on the Date of Application or the Date of Assessment?

This is very important to know since the Exchange Rate of GBP has gone close to 83 Rs. per British Pound from Rs 79 since last few days. Looking towards this fact we need to know how much excess funds we must have in account in order to face the currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Please guide on this.

Thanks n Regards,
Rajesh

[Rajesh.Nadhe]

Rely,

Would it be good to provide concerned persons names and contact nos. in company's HR and Finance Dept. instead of giving company's general phone or fax nos.?

Please guide on this.

Regards,
Rajesh

keep your employer informed about it.Integra characters might contact them.Did you provide all contact nos.?
rely

Yess Rely , today I have launched my application & I have mentioned that in the additional section .
Hope, everything will be alright .............frm now onwards till I get the Visa , I'll keep my mouth shut )))

Cheers
Shubi

those cases must have been rejected for some other reasons but not becoz dependents were following later on.You explain that your wife is studying and will join later on.
rely

Dear rely,
Thanks for your reply but my friend some of the applications has been rejected because they have not included their family in their application becaue as per the para 135(a) they check that do you want to make uk your main home or not , My problem is that my wife is in her final year of her Msc IT so not possible for me to incude her on my application kindly suggest what to do

deepinder

[rely]

HR /concerned persons name with designation , his office nos with extension and his office timings.

rely

Rely,

Would it be good to provide concerned persons names and contact nos. in company's HR and Finance Dept. instead of giving company's general phone or fax nos.?

Please guide on this.

Regards,
Rajesh

keep your employer informed about it.Integra characters might contact them.Did you provide all contact nos.?
rely

Yess Rely , today I have launched my application & I have mentioned that in the additional section .
Hope, everything will be alright .............frm now onwards till I get the Visa , I'll keep my mouth shut )))

Cheers
Shubi

those cases must have been rejected for some other reasons but not becoz dependents were following later on.You explain that your wife is studying and will join later on.
rely

[Rajesh.Nadhe]

Thanks Rely, this is real valuable information.
Thanks a ton,
Rajesh

HR /concerned persons name with designation , his office nos with extension and his office timings.

rely

Rely,

Would it be good to provide concerned persons names and contact nos. in company's HR and Finance Dept. instead of giving company's general phone or fax nos.?

Please guide on this.

Regards,
Rajesh

keep your employer informed about it.Integra characters might contact them.Did you provide all contact nos.?
rely

Yess Rely , today I have launched my application & I have mentioned that in the additional section .
Hope, everything will be alright .............frm now onwards till I get the Visa , I'll keep my mouth shut )))

Cheers
Shubi

[80sPop]

Hi kaushal,

You say your application had a gap of 4 days...if I show 3 months statement but fall short of 3 months by 3 days...

here is the scenario: cash is available in savings from 14th May (after closing FDs) n HSMP approval expires on 12th Aug., if I apply on 11th Aug. thn i fall short by 3 days for the 3 month clause(3 months from 14th May is 13th August). Whats with your 4 days, do I fall in the same category. Will they accept it? Please advise.

Thanks

[jcs]

Hi,

Is it good to make separate covering letters for each section along with the application? I am not too convinced about this idea so I intend to provide just 1 main covering letter with my application. But any other ideas, suggestions, advice is welcome.

Please let me know.

Thanks!

[chiru1973]

Dear Friends:

I am from India & would like to apply for Tier-1 (General) but found in recent BIA website & VFS website that previous earning should be GBP 40000+ to fetch 45 points!!!
To score 75 I can obtain 30 for my education & remaining 45 for previous earning,but GBP 40000+ is almost INR 32 Lacs.During HSMP regime, it was I believe around GBP 7500+.

I still have doubt that GBP 40000+ is true figure posted in the website or not????

Kindly confirm if I am wrong..

regards

[jcs]

chiru1973,
40000 GBP is the upscaled amount and you should not convert it to INR directly. Use the tier-1 points calculator on BIA website and enter your earnings. The equivalent GBP earnings will automatically be calculated using the upscaling factor.

[ramesh1]

I am planning to apply for Tier - 1 visa (General
Highly Skilled worker) at India in the month of
July(july-2008). My Date of Birth is 14/09/1976 as of
now i am 31 years old and by coming september i will
be 32. can i claim 5 points for my age (one of the attributes)
when i apply for the Tier -1 visa in the month of july
it's because only by september i will be completing 31 and
my 32 begins by 14-Sep-2008?

[Rajesh.Nadhe]

Your Age on the Date of Application will be considered. So even if you apply couple of days before you become 32, you will earn 5 points for Age.

Regards,
Rajesh

I am planning to apply for Tier - 1 visa (General
Highly Skilled worker) at India in the month of
July(july-2008). My Date of Birth is 14/09/1976 as of
now i am 31 years old and by coming september i will
be 32. can i claim 5 points for my age (one of the attributes)
when i apply for the Tier -1 visa in the month of july
it's because only by september i will be completing 31 and
my 32 begins by 14-Sep-2008?

[ramesh1]

Rajesh thanks for your response. So i get 5 points. But i heard that the applicants above 28yrs old got their visa's rejected. UK govt is more interested in youth mobility and hence visa for applicants above 28yrs are rejected and interested only in applicants with age below 28yrs. Any success stories for 30 or 31 years old applicants from India pls confirm so that will make me more confident.

[Rajesh.Nadhe]

This sounds really strange to me. If UK Govt. want only youth under 28 to come to UK then why they introduced categories beyond 28 years and awarded 10 or 5 points to applicants above 28 years.

They had more easy way to restrict the applicants above 28 years from entering the UK.

I hope you would agree with this. However if anybody can come up with some statistics based on Visa Success and Age then it could be an interesting artifact to look at…:)

Rajesh thanks for your response. So i get 5 points. But i heard that the applicants above 28yrs old got their visa's rejected. UK govt is more interested in youth mobility and hence visa for applicants above 28yrs are rejected and interested only in applicants with age below 28yrs. Any success stories for 30 or 31 years old applicants from India pls confirm so that will make me more confident.

[laskk]

Hi guys,

my friend is applying from india for tier1.

He asked me question about the previous earning.

He got the bank statement for the whole year ( only two papers). which shows that his salary in and out (his employer is from India) . so he want to knew whether the two papers from his bank is sufficient. or do he have to take each month bank statement.

Does it really concern about the no.of pages.

We need yours advice.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
laskk

[hsmpinuk70]

Duplicate post. Please avoid posting the same question in multiple topics.

regards

Hi guys,

my friend is applying from india for tier1.

He asked me question about the previous earning.

He got the bank statement for the whole year ( only two papers). which shows that his salary in and out (his employer is from India) . so he want to knew whether the two papers from his bank is sufficient. or do he have to take each month bank statement.

Does it really concern about the no.of pages.

We need yours advice.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
laskk

[sudhakart]

Hi Kaushal,

First of all congratulations for getting the tier 1 visa for UK.

I started collecting the documents, I almost finished and I started mantaining the funds also, can you tell me how to start once we have all the documents ready? do we need prior approval from UK home office?

Thanks in advance!
Sudhakar

[hsmpinuk70]

Go through the Tier 1 guidelines available on the BIA website http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/workin ... sedsystem/

regards

Hi Kaushal,

First of all congratulations for getting the tier 1 visa for UK.

I started collecting the documents, I almost finished and I started mantaining the funds also, can you tell me how to start once we have all the documents ready? do we need prior approval from UK home office?

Thanks in advance!
Sudhakar

[rely]

These are hearsey.Old wives tales.Take no cognizance of it.
rely.

Rajesh thanks for your response. So i get 5 points. But i heard that the applicants above 28yrs old got their visa's rejected. UK govt is more interested in youth mobility and hence visa for applicants above 28yrs are rejected and interested only in applicants with age below 28yrs. Any success stories for 30 or 31 years old applicants from India pls confirm so that will make me more confident.