Tier 1 Dependant for Wife - Primary applicant not travelled

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:19 am

Hello Friends,

I am a holder of Tier 1 General Migrant visa. I got my visa on 23rd Oct 2008. I have not traveled to UK on Tier 1 visa till now. Due to family issuse and also official commitments. However I have traveled to UK twice after 23rd OCT 2008 on Business visa.

I got engaged in Feb 2009 and got married in April 2009. Now I wish to travel to UK along with my wife and I an about to apply for my Wife;s Tier 1 Dependant visa.

My question is:: Will there be a problem in getting a visa or at the immigration (assuming I get a visa and I travel to UK) because I have not traveled for 1 year 3 months after getting my Tier 1.

Please guide me on this. I am planning to apply for visa on 12th Feb 2010.
My visa is valid till October 2011.

Please guide me friends.

(NOTE:) I do not have UK company offer letter.

Thank you
Sanjay

vks · Post by **vks** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:23 am

sanjaywakhare wrote:Hello Friends,

I am a holder of Tier 1 General Migrant visa. I got my visa on 23rd Oct 2008. I have not traveled to UK on Tier 1 visa till now. Due to family issuse and also official commitments. However I have traveled to UK twice after 23rd OCT 2008 on Business visa.

I got engaged in Feb 2009 and got married in April 2009. Now I wish to travel to UK along with my wife and I an about to apply for my Wife;s Tier 1 Dependant visa.

My question is:: Will there be a problem in getting a visa or at the immigration (assuming I get a visa and I travel to UK) because I have not traveled for 1 year 3 months after getting my Tier 1.

Please guide me on this. I am planning to apply for visa on 12th Feb 2010.
My visa is valid till October 2011.

Please guide me friends.

(NOTE:) I do not have UK company offer letter.

Thank you
Sanjay

There will not be any problems for getting your wife's visa. You have to show appropriate maintenance fund for her, along with yours, as per the guidance.

gotcha · Post by **gotcha** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:13 am

sanjaywakhare wrote:However I have traveled to UK twice after 23rd OCT 2008 on Business visa.

Business visa overrides your Tier1 visa. So I fear, you need to go for Tier1 again.

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:12 pm

Thanks for your reply guys.

@Gotcha: Can you please elaborate on your comment. I have had two business visa's and both of them are NOT valid now. Most recent business visa expired on 26th November 2009.

I am afraid I cannot go for re-applying Tier1 because according to new rules it needs Masters degree.

Waiting for reply.

Thank you
Sanjay Wakhare

gotcha · Post by **gotcha** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:29 pm

sanjaywakhare wrote:Thanks for your reply guys.

@Gotcha: Can you please elaborate on your comment. I have had two business visa's and both of them are NOT valid now. Most recent business visa expired on 26th November 2009.

Sanjay, I could not find link having information. But, I'm quite sure, new visa replaces existing visa. Drop an email to BHC in India to confirm this.
I wonder, why you needed to apply for business visa, when you could have travelled with your tier1.

katanayi · Post by **katanayi** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:33 pm

Hi All,

Can anyone kindly clear my doubt,
I got Tier-1 visa valid from 21 jan 2010, Have not travelled yet.
now would like to apply for my wife and go together,

My over all perception that I need following documents,
1] Covering letter
2] marriage certificate
3] bank statement of min.3months 1600+2800 GBP ( have not travelled yet)
4] bank letter stating regarding min and max amount in my account
( optional)
5] Letter from UK house owener ( optional)
5] photo and passport of wife
6] my original passport or copies of visa?!! kindly clear this .

anything I am missing?

Thanks in advance

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:49 pm

gotcha wrote: Sanjay, I could not find link having information. But, I'm quite sure, new visa replaces existing visa. Drop an email to BHC in India to confirm this.
I wonder, why you needed to apply for business visa, when you could have travelled with your tier1.

@gotcha: Thanks, Can you please provide me with BHC email address in India.

Gotcha. actually I had a business visa ( for company work) before applying tier 1, then I applied for Tier 1, and again due to my company's needs I had to travel again issuing another business visa (earlier bv had only 6 months validity).

I had raised the same point in my company as you said but the 'Travel dept.' in my company said that we cannot allow you to go on Tier1 for company's work, you would require NI number if you enter UK on Tier1.
So there was a need to apply for another business visa.

The 'Travel dept. guys' may be wrong but I really did not have much time then. to delve into immigration rules and all.

gotcha · Post by **gotcha** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:55 pm

Email id is Bombay.VisaEnquiries@fco.gov.uk for Mumbai DBHC.

Good luck !

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:58 pm

gotcha wrote:Email id is Bombay.VisaEnquiries@fco.gov.uk for Mumbai DBHC.

Good luck !

Thank you Gotcha.

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:35 am

gotcha wrote:Email id is Bombay.VisaEnquiries@fco.gov.uk for Mumbai DBHC.

Good luck !

Hi,

I emailed BHC but no reply till now. I called up VFS and they said that Tier 1 and Business visas are totally different and they do not have any information on Tier 1 and Business visa conflict situation.

If any body knows about this situation please inform me.

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:53 am

To put to rest all doubts, it is best to get a written response from BHC.

regards

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:35 am

Thanks for your reply. I am really confused by all these immigration laws. The more I read , more I get confuse.

I have three UK visas stamped on my passport
1. business visa (Issued on: May 16, 2008: Expired on November 15 2008)

2. Tier 1 general migrant (Issued on 23rd OCT 2008, Expires on 22 OCT 2011)

3. Business visa (Issued on May 27 2009, expired on 26th Nov 2009)

MY EXPERIENCE:
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I traveled to UK on business trip on 28th May 2009. (at that time I had two visas valid tier 1 and BV). At that time the immigration officer asked me on which visa are you traveling?

I said on business visa as I am here in the UK only for a week for business meeting and I do not intent to work.
After saying this I asked can I enter UK now on Tier 1 visa?

The officer said Get your Tier 1 visa stamped when you plan to stay in the UK. Now I am stamping your business visa.

I am really confused and not able to find concrete information on 'First Enter' to UK on Tier 1.

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:07 am

Reading this post will help.

regards

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:13 am

sushdmehta wrote:
But as I said, best way to be sure is to get a response from BHC.

regards

Thanks for the link. I'll go thru. it

BHC people do not reply. I emailed them twice at bombay.visaenquiries@fco.gov.uk

I did not get any reply. Do you have any idea how much time they take to reply?

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:18 am

If they think your mail is worth replying to, it may take upto 20 working days.

Not joking .. didn't you get a auto-reply message which says so?

regards

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:33 am

sushdmehta wrote:If they think your mail is worth replying to, it may take upto 20 working days.

regards

I hate this.

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:36 am

Called up VFS they said that Tier 1 general Migrant visa will be INVALID without any notice if Business visa is stamped after that.

This is a shock to me.. lost 1.25 lakh

gotcha · Post by **gotcha** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:34 am

sanjaywakhare wrote:I traveled to UK on business trip on 28th May 2009. (at that time I had two visas valid tier 1 and BV). At that time the immigration officer asked me on which visa are you traveling?

I said on business visa as I am here in the UK only for a week for business meeting and I do not intent to work.
After saying this I asked can I enter UK now on Tier 1 visa?

The officer said Get your Tier 1 visa stamped when you plan to stay in the UK. Now I am stamping your business visa.

Now, that's interesting. But, wait for reply from BHC.

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:41 am

gotcha wrote: Now, that's interesting. But, wait for reply from BHC.

yes I will wait. I don't have any other immediate option

Gotcha, is there anything that can be done. I am still not able to digest the words the VFS guy told.

gotcha · Post by **gotcha** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:45 am

sanjaywakhare wrote:Gotcha, is there anything that can be done. I am still not able to digest the words the VFS guy told.

I'm not sure about it. I'm confused by IO's words with you.Otherwise , you don't have any option I reckon.

tvn_ramesh · Post by **tvn_ramesh** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:56 am

sanjaywakhare wrote:
The officer said Get your Tier 1 visa stamped when you plan to stay in the UK. Now I am stamping your business visa.

.....Edited not to confuse....

Will be interested to see wat the email reply says.. Goodluck mate..

sanjaywakhare · Post by **sanjaywakhare** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:43 am

tvn_ramesh wrote:
I am sure he meant, get your Tier1 Visa stamped (by HO i.e may be apply again n get it stamped by HO)

Agree with many n vfs guys here that BV overrides any previous visa's (Tier1/Tier2)

Will be interested to see wat the email reply says.. Goodluck mate..

Thanks for the Good Luck Ramesh

Get my tier1 visa stamped again by HO, re apply means..????
In any case I will have to pay 54,000 INR again na?

And I guess re-applying is not an option for me since now they require Master's degree for Tier1.

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:09 pm

I guess I am proving myself wrong

... but what the heck, I might just save OP from a INR 125K loss!

ECB10.5 Applying for another visa but in a different category wrote:An applicant may hold more than one valid entry clearance, for example a regular traveller already holding a longer period multiple visit visa can be issued with a visa for another purpose. When issuing a second visa, the applicant should be advised to explain to the Immigration Officer on arrival in which capacity he/she is seeking entry to the UK.

Earlier responses edited so as to not confuse others.

regards

tvn_ramesh · Post by **tvn_ramesh** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:24 pm

sushdmehta wrote:I guess I am proving myself wrong ... but what the heck, I might just save OP from a INR 125K loss!

ECB10.5 Applying for another visa but in a different category wrote:An applicant may hold more than one valid entry clearance, for example a regular traveller already holding a longer period multiple visit visa can be issued with a visa for another purpose. When issuing a second visa, the applicant should be advised to explain to the Immigration Officer on arrival in which capacity he/she is seeking entry to the UK.
Earlier responses edited so as to not confuse others.

regards

Sush.. thats a good find.. hope the BHC email says the same..

I stand corrected.. let me not confuse.. now i understand what the Immigration officer meant

The officer said Get your Tier 1 visa stamped when you plan to stay in the UK. Now I am stamping your business visa.

khahani main twist hai..

abhi picture bhaki hai dosth..

Good stuff sush

aruni4470 · Post by **aruni4470** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:30 pm

sushdmehta wrote:I guess I am proving myself wrong ... but what the heck, I might just save OP from a INR 125K loss!

ECB10.5 Applying for another visa but in a different category wrote:An applicant may hold more than one valid entry clearance, for example a regular traveller already holding a longer period multiple visit visa can be issued with a visa for another purpose. When issuing a second visa, the applicant should be advised to explain to the Immigration Officer on arrival in which capacity he/she is seeking entry to the UK.
Earlier responses edited so as to not confuse others.

regards

That indeed was a good find sush. That would clear doubts of many people.

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