I’m very glad I came across this discussion board, I was utterly shocked for the first 5 whole minutes when I first read about the HSMP scheme; I have spent countless hours going over the guidelines provided by the home office, and not less than 6 hours of continuous reading and note taking on this board..
I would not be exaggerating if I said that the HSMP is the only thing I think of, the idea of migration is like a brink of light to someone in very dark tunnel :)
I would deeply appreciate consideration and notes regarding the application I am planning to send detailed below, I am sure I missed something somewhere.
The points I am claiming are as follows:
1. 5 Points for being under 28: I was planning to send a notarized copy of my passport; yet the public notary in my home country will only authenticate it in Arabic. What I did is contact the British Embassy here in Bahrain and asked if they do the “authentication” service, they said they do, for 25 pounds; Do you guys think this is enough? The last thing I need is to be in the middle of a situation where I will be pointing fingers here and there.
2. 15 Points for my Educational Background: Alright this should be relatively easy, I have attached my BSc transcript, signed and stamped by the registrars office of the university. Plain, and simple.. unlike how this whole thing is going…
3. 25 Points for my Work Experience: Alright, here where it starts to get tricky. Now I have been recruited as a “Graduate Trainee” in a Bank, and so I have stayed for 2 years, now; I can get my employer to issue me a letter that says I was a “trainee” for those past two years, and that the position needed a university degree (I also have a work ad from the same bank with the same position, stating the a university degree is required); After those two years I have been promoted to the position of “Officer” and so I have stayed so till today (which is a little less than a year).
Is this sufficient enough to satisfy their requirements? I mean, I did prove that my last position did require a degree right, (by the ad) and my current position too (which I can let it say so in a letter)? Or is the word “trainee” isn’t hmm.. bright.. enough?
4. 25 Points for my Previous Earnings: Alright bear with me through this please, I’m almost done. Since I live in a tax free zone, I do not have tax return forms; and since this whole HSMP stuff only popped into my life two weeks ago, I never thought of keeping my pay-slips (except the first one I got, which is in some big binder under my bed) Anyway, so the best I can come up with are bank statements, in addition to a letter from my employer stating my salary for the past year; straight forward you say? Not quite!
You see, I have decided with my utter wisdom to join an internal saving scheme; now, since the whole thing is internal (only limited to the employees of the bank), the amount of my contribution is automatically deducted from my monthly salary, which will result in a mismatch between the bank statements and the letter detailing my income which will be provided by my employer.
The good news, is that even without counting my monthly contribution I still go beyond the required threshold to gain the points; the bad news is that I can only get a letter from the bank stating that I have an amount of X in my internal savings (which will not add up, as my employer matches my contribution).
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