Maintenance evidence

[Prince32]

Dear all,

I am planning to apply for Tier 1 but have this questions regarding documentary evidence for maintaience of funds.

I have account with ICICI bank. which got sufficient funds(more than 3 lakhs from past three months).

When I check for online printout it is not having Account holder name,which is compulsary as per Tier 1 guidelines.
Other way i found is requesting a physical statement from bank through online.As per the information avaiable it may take 7 days.

1)So my question is how to get this with in time and does this again need to be verified/stamped by bank?

2)Aslo does ICICI bank providing the letter on official paper stating that we are maintaining the required balance from a specified period ? Anybody have format?

3) Are above two things are required? or any one of the two suffice?

Thanks for your help in advance

Regards
Prince

[taniaferoz]

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Dear all,

I am planning to apply for Tier 1 but have this questions regarding documentary evidence for maintaience of funds.

I have account with ICICI bank. which got sufficient funds(more than 3 lakhs from past three months).

When I check for online printout it is not having Account holder name,which is compulsary as per Tier 1 guidelines.
Other way i found is requesting a physical statement from bank through online.As per the information avaiable it may take 7 days.

1)So my question is how to get this with in time and does this again need to be verified/stamped by bank?

2)Aslo does ICICI bank providing the letter on official paper stating that we are maintaining the required balance from a specified period ? Anybody have format?

3) Are above two things are required? or any one of the two suffice?

Thanks for your help in advance

Regards
Prince

[nishantchawla]

1)So my question is how to get this with in time and does this again need to be verified/stamped by bank?

The bank statement for Previous Earning or Maintenance Fund should not be older than 7 days.
Requesting for statements on phone or online might take more than 7 days to deliver. So the best way is to go to the bank and request for the statement. This way you’ll get the statement on time, on the official stationary of the bank and properly stamped.

2)Aslo does ICICI bank providing the letter on official paper stating that we are maintaining the required balance from a specified period ? Anybody have format?

ICICI Bank provides any kind of letter you want as long as you pay them
ICICI Bank charges Rs. 100 + Service Tax (total approx Rs. 112) for each statement. They do provide the letter required. You can contact your bank manager for the same.

3) Are above two things are required? or any one of the two suffice?

Both Bank Statement for the last three months and a letter from the bank stating that the funds have been in the account for all days of the past three months are required.

[LondonGuy]

Dear friends, I have a question here, if the statements provided by the bank is original then do we still need to get them signed & stamped?

In this case do we need the letter from the bank?

[mjmani]

Prince32, it is better to ask someone to go to ICICI bank directly and get the letter. Then they can send to you in the fastest courier. It may reach you in 2 or 3 days worst.

As a best practice, it is better to maintain funds where you are current resident rather than in another country.

[hina_France]

1)So my question is how to get this with in time and does this again need to be verified/stamped by bank?

The bank statement for Previous Earning or Maintenance Fund should not be older than 7 days.
Requesting for statements on phone or online might take more than 7 days to deliver. So the best way is to go to the bank and request for the statement. This way you’ll get the statement on time, on the official stationary of the bank and properly stamped.

2)Aslo does ICICI bank providing the letter on official paper stating that we are maintaining the required balance from a specified period ? Anybody have format?

ICICI Bank provides any kind of letter you want as long as you pay them
ICICI Bank charges Rs. 100 + Service Tax (total approx Rs. 112) for each statement. They do provide the letter required. You can contact your bank manager for the same.

3) Are above two things are required? or any one of the two suffice?

Both Bank Statement for the last three months and a letter from the bank stating that the funds have been in the account for all days of the past three months are required.

PLEASE CLARIFY

As far as i know,
Only three months bank statements can work. In case, if the online statements are provided then only the letter from the bank is required.

[geriatrix]

Dear friends, I have a question here, if the statements provided by the bank is original then do we still need to get them signed & stamped?

In this case do we need the letter from the bank?

If the statements are original (like the banks post to your correspondence address), then you don't need to get anything else done.

regards

[geriatrix]

The bank statement for Previous Earning or Maintenance Fund should not be older than 7 days.

Only if the same account is being used to show both previous earnings and maintenance funds.

If separate accounts are being used as evidence of previous earnings and mainenance funds, then only the maintenance fund account statement must be issued within 7 days preceding the application.

Both Bank Statement for the last three months and a letter from the bank stating that the funds have been in the account for all days of the past three months are required.

Where is this specified that you need both the statement and the letter too??

Please read the Tier 1 policy guidance *carefully* and get your facts right before you start advising others.

regards

[geriatrix]

if the online statements are provided then only the letter from the bank is required.

Yes! If the statements are not original or not on bank's letter-headed paper, then a letter from bank must be provided to confirm that the min. balance has been maintained for the required 3 months.

regards

[mjmani]

Hi Friends,
I am applying for Tier 1 in another week. For Maintenance Funds, can I now show as my wife & daughter will join after 1yr from my arrival in UK and then if I decide to bring them earlier than 1yr, is it going to cause any problem?

[vineet.b5]

Hello
I am plannng to apply for tEIR one in Feb, March-2008...
Hence I am planning to maintain fund of Rs. 2.5L for Dec, Jan, Feb.
My doubt is till november I'll be compleleting 1.6L from my salary and balace 0.8L, I am planning to take from my father in 4 entries of 20K each in the months of sep. and oct. Will these four entries of 20Kmatter for BHC? Do I need to mention about these entries in my coverletter? Since I am planning to have these entries in my account in Sep and Oct and showing the maintenance fund for DEC, JAN, FEB; I am doubtfull for these entries.
I am showing maintenance funds in the same account as salary account.

[SureShot]

Hi All, i intend to apply for Tier-1 visa as soon as i can. But the problem is that i have not been maintaining a balance of GBP 2800 in my account. I am in india right now.

Are there any work arounds to it? or i have to deposit money and wait for 3 months to make an application...

Thanks in advance.

[mjmani]

SureShot,
No workarounds. This is mandatory. Pls read the guidelines before posting any questions in forum. Guidelines will ans most of your basic questions.