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by ankitgoel26 » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:50 am
Hi All,
I am planning to apply for Tier 1 visa from Bangalore, India. I want to clarify my doubts about previous earnings:
1. As per the visa application guide "Points are awarded for your previous earnings from work for a period of up to 12 months out of the 15 months preceding your application".
My doubt is that does the 12 months period needed to be consecutive(without break) or not? For example: As of Dec 2010, can I show previous earning for months Oct 2009 to Jun 2010 plus Sep 2010 to Nov 2010, or else does it have to be consecutive12 months like Oct 2010 to Sep 2010?
2. VERY IMPORTANT: I was working on an overseas assigment in UK through the work permit sponsored by my company until Oct 2010. I am currently in India. During my assignemnt in UK, I received salary in both UK salary account (overseas maintanance allowance, basket of allowance, etc) and Indian salary account (basic salary, PF gartuity, bonus, etc).
My doubt is that can I include both Indian and UK salary for calculating previous earnings points. I will sum up the total salary recived in UK with the adjusted total Indian salary (by the correct uplift ratio = 5.3). I doubt that since I was not physically present in India, I cannot show the Indian salary in my previous earnings.
This is very important to understand because otherwise I will not have enough preivous earning to apply for Tier 1 visa.
Your suggestions and help will be highly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Ankit