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Switching from WP to tier1

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mrnaidu
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Switching from WP to tier1

Post by mrnaidu » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:46 pm

Hi,
I am currnetly on worpemit, i have been here from past 9 months, and my workpermit is valid for 5 years.
Now i am in doubt of redundancy so i want to switch to tier 1 for safe side,Am i eligile to apply as per the new rules have come on april 1 ,2009?
I have done Bachelors in my home country(india) wether i can get points for my degree or not?
I am 28 years old, and £33K is my gross pay, can some suggest me please...How many point i would get?
which is best to apply before 12 months of my stay in uk or after 12 months

tvn_ramesh
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Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:52 pm
Location: Sussex

Re: Switching from WP to tier1

Post by tvn_ramesh » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:39 pm

mrnaidu wrote:Hi,
I am currnetly on worpemit, i have been here from past 9 months, and my workpermit is valid for 5 years.
Now i am in doubt of redundancy so i want to switch to tier 1 for safe side,Am i eligile to apply as per the new rules have come on april 1 ,2009?
I have done Bachelors in my home country(india) wether i can get points for my degree or not?
I am 28 years old, and £33K is my gross pay, can some suggest me please...How many point i would get?
which is best to apply before 12 months of my stay in uk or after 12 months
you shd post in UK tier1 General forum..

I think the min qualification for fresh tier1 applicants is Masters degree from 6th april and 20K for earnings to qualify.. so u shd have applied in the month of march..

yasa
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Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:52 pm

Re: Switching from WP to tier1

Post by yasa » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:22 pm

mrnaidu wrote:Hi,
I am currnetly on worpemit, i have been here from past 9 months, and my workpermit is valid for 5 years.
Now i am in doubt of redundancy so i want to switch to tier 1 for safe side,Am i eligile to apply as per the new rules have come on april 1 ,2009?
I have done Bachelors in my home country(india) wether i can get points for my degree or not?
I am 28 years old, and £33K is my gross pay, can some suggest me please...How many point i would get?
which is best to apply before 12 months of my stay in uk or after 12 months
u got to do masters otherwise u get zero in education. by da way u r very late in your decision.

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