I sent across my application today (24-06-2006) by DHL from Bangalore, India. It is expected to reach Sheffield office by Tuesday(27-06-2006) before 12pm.
I have applied in the under 28 category and claimed a total of 80 points. My payment mode is Credit Card.
I supplied the following supporting documents for the claimed categories:
1.Cover letter
2.Updated CV
3.Under 28: 5 points
Supporting Documents:
a.Notarised Colour Xerox of personal details page of passport.
b.Notarised Xerox of car license.
4.Educational Qualifications: 25 points
Supporting Documents:
a.Original Convocation Degree certificate of Bsc and Msc. Computer Science from India
b.Original marksheets of Bsc and Msc. Computer Science final year.
(Have confirmed from NARIC, UK that my degrees are equivalent to British Bachelors and Masters degree, although, I was unable to enclose the NARIC comparability statement as they only dispatched it day before yesterday. )
5.Work Experience: 25 points (min 2 years exp )
a.Letter of experience outlining start/end dates, position(s) held and detailed description of graduate-level roles and technical responsibilities for each position from my current and previous employer on offical letter heads with stamp and signatures of referee. My current HR manager issued letter for current job, whereas, a project manager in the absence of HR from my previous company issued reference letter for previous job (on letter head with company seal).
b. Print-out from
www.companieshouse.gov.uk showing registration information for both of my companies.
6.Past Earnings: 25 points
1.Print out of Pay-slips for June 2005 to May 2006 on plain paper stamped and signed by employer. This is accompanied by cover-letter from employer on letter head endorsing the pay-slips to be verified and accurate.
2. Employer letter on letter head indicating my gross and take home salary income for June 2005-May 2006.
3. Original Income Tax returns form for financial year April 2005 to March 2006 stamped by the government Income Tax officer.
7.English Language Proficiency:
Original IELTS test report score.
8.Balance Statement of savings account indicating sufficient funds for suporting myself in UK.
9.Print-out of job ads matching my graduate-level profile and expected salary and some printouts of email from UK based consultants showing active interest in my CV and encouraging me to apply for HSMP.
I will keep everyone updated with my application status. Given the current processing times, though, I do not see any result coming before atleast 2 months...unless there is some problem debiting my CC
.