hussainkothari
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Switching from WP to Tier1 (main + 1 dependant)
Applied (by Special Delivery): 7-May-08
Received by HO / Ref No dated: 8-May-08
Approval Letter Date: 09 June 08
Visa on the passport: 09 June 08
Faxed urgent treatment: 11th June 2008. HO ack by mail and considered urgent treatment
Dispatched: 12 June 08
Received: 13 June 08
Time take: exactly 5 weeks at HO
My case -
- Print out of the output of the PBS calculator available on BIA site.
- Covering letter
- Filled application form
1. Age: - 20 points
- passports (3 passports, old and new)
2. Qualification - 35 points
- Masters degree original certificate
- Masters original mark sheet
- Bachelors degree original certificate
- Bachelors original mark sheet
3. Past earnings: 40 points
- formal UK payslips and online Indian payslips (signed and stamped on letter head)
--- 2 months in UK (payslip showed only net and gross had to be calculated with an effort). Use only the "net" for consideration.
--- 4 months in INDIA (used the uplift ratio)
--- 6 months in UK
- bank stmts
--- original UK bank stmts with highlighted transactions
--- original Indian bank stmts with highlighted transactions
4. Uk experience
- Earned more than 16K GBP. Asked them to refer to the payslips and bank stmts.
5. English req - 10 points
- IELTS certificate
6. Maintenance funds
- Online bank stmts (same acc as that submitted for past earnings) until 6th May (one day before submissions) with more than 800 + 1600 GBP over 3 months.
Dependants
- Filled dependant application form
1. Passports (all, old and new)
2. Marriage certificate (as proof that she is my partner). The marriage certificate has our photos on it.
3. Online bank stmts again (same acc as that submitted for past earnings and maintenance funds) until 6th May (one day before submissions) with more than 800 + 1600 GBP over 3 months.