Hello,
can someone please help with this situation.
I obtained my master results beginning of August 2008
I came in Uk in March 2002 on student visa.
(i) I studied for a degree, March 2002 to Febuary 2005 at college A
(ii) Febuary 2005 to March 2008 i enrol on a second degree course from college B
(iii) After year 1 of second degree, I switch college and enrolled on the same degree course but with a different college C. ( 3rd April 2006 to April 2007)
(iv) April 2007, I stopped the second degree course with only transcripts for year 1 and year 2.
(v) I enrol on a Master from April 2007 to March 2008.
Since I came in UK, I have renewed my student visa 3 times without problem
I am currently on Tier 1 Post Study Work since September 2008.
I want to convert to Tier 1 general in Febuary 2009 next year using my back home salary earned before i came to UK as full-time student.
Before I came to this country as a student, i was working full-time in my home country.
I have the salary slips and tax certificate to confirm my income from March 2001 to Febuary 2002.
Using the calculator, it gives me 80 points.
I read in tier 1 general guidance on page 16 the following:
"
85. The provision for full-time study is designed
to allow an applicant to claim points for previous
earnings under Tier 1 (General) if he/she has not
been able to earn any money during the 12 months ( ??? this is my confusion)
before the application because of a period of full-time
study. This is only available to initial applicants to Tier
1 (General).
86. To qualify for the full-time study provision an
applicant must establish that he/she either:
• is currently in full-time study; or
• has finished a full-time course within the 12 months
immediately before his/her application. "
I am not in a full-time job yet. I am still in my 20 hours part-time job but i do overtime occasionally.
From april 2008 to March 2009, I am not sure I am going to hit £20,000 salary to get 20 points on Tier 1 general using UK salary, am more confident I will hit £17,000. That's why am using my salary before i came to study for my degree and my master
My concern is because I am already on Tier 1 PSW and working, will my application be eligible if applied in April 2009 using the 12 month income in 2001& 2002 ??
A second question, when it's written in the guidance "has finished a full-time course within the 12 months", for my master course, does this mean the date when i was first notified of my result or the date i submitted my dissertation?
Please help, really appreciate this forum and dedicated members.
thank you.
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