Hi All,
A big thanks to each one in this group for sharing the required information in getting the UK visa. After a great struggle in gathering documents for Maintenance funds, I have now got my Passport stamped with Tier 1 visa for 3 years
. I like to share my experience, as it may help someone in similar situation.
Timeline:
HSMP Approval letter expiry date: 21 July.
Visa Appln: 16 July
Visa Stamped: 30 July
Integra: No idea.
I faced difficulty in producing required documents supporting maintanence funds, as I am maintaining my account with Citibank UK.
Every month I get statements to my India address only by end of the month... hence it was not possible to produce the statements/letter with in 7 calender days. I have even tried changing my mailing address to my friends in UK, however was not able to get the documents within 7 calender days. It almost took 2 solid months in trying to get the required information on time. Finally I ended up with the option of receiving the Reference letter via Fax.
I have produced the following documents for Maintenance part to support my Visa appln and explained clearly in my covering letter stating the case on why I am unable to produce the original documents dated prior to 7 days of my application.
1. 15 months Bank statements up to June 2008.
2. For the intermediate period from July 1st to 16th, I have produced
(i) a reference letter received via fax on 14th July, with the details as
A/c number, A/c name, Citibank Logo and address, my name,
current balance, minimum balance maintained for the past 3
months.
(ii) Internet account - transaction page and sign-off page printout
showing the last 3 months transactions as on 15th of July. It also
contains, Logged in date and time, a/c number, Running balance.
Apart from this, I have also submitted a original reference letter dated May 13th from Citibank just for additional reference as it is outdated.
I was doubted initially on my approval, as I have not submitted the required original documents dated with in 7 calender days. Luckily, I got my visa stamped as I think BHC had enough proofs/documents to approve my visa..
Thanks again to everyone for your tremendous help!
All the very best to all who are waiting for the results / about to apply.
Cheers,
Sweety