ALL OCTOBER applicants POST here

[uk4James]

I just called and No case worker for me either.
As they always say... please be advised processing will take 5 - 14 weeks... I asked if our apps are being processed slower due to the new system and he said NO it should have no affect on the applicaitons that were already submitted.

It seems all of us are in the same week of ref # / cc charged: Oct 16-20th
AS of OCT 10th
dolphin_m70 - Oct 15 ?
Uk4James - Oct 16 No Case Worker
ukjobs4me - Oct 17th No Case Worker
sssm - Oct 18 Case Worker
Hari15 - Oct 19 No Case Worker

sssm... keep us updated with the speed of processing now taht you are in the loop.

Lets keep our heads up guys.
Uk4James
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[uk4James]

Sorry..AS OF NOV 10th

[quote]AS of OCT 10th
dolphin_m70 - Oct 15 ?
Uk4James - Oct 16 No Case Worker
ukjobs4me - Oct 17th No Case Worker
sssm - Oct 18 Case Worker
Hari15 - Oct 19 No Case Worker [/quote

[sssm]

Decision is made on 9/11/2006. Just saw a mail.. No decision sent via mail. Just said.."decision made on 9th nov and documents and decision letter on the way"

[uk4James]

sssm- so I am guessing they haven't told you if you are approved or not?
Did they tell you that they can't disclose that information to you?

Decision is made on 9/11/2006. Just saw a mail.. No decision sent via mail. Just said.."decision made on 9th nov and documents and decision letter on the way"

[dolphin_m70]

AS OF NOV 10th

AS of OCT 10th
dolphin_m70 - Oct 15 No Caseworker
Uk4James - Oct 16 No Case Worker
ukjobs4me - Oct 17th No Case Worker
sssm - Oct 18 Case Worker
Hari15 - Oct 19 No Case Worker

[sssm]

uk4james,
Exactly.. they said its confidential and asked me to call 00441142074074
i tried that but it was getting engaged and now they are off for a weekend.

need to keep fingers crossed till monday or till i receive the airmail..

[hari15]

Ya very sad, i'm just down.

here is summary of the letter i've submitted

I've master degree in computer science with about 6 years of experience.

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This is to certify that Mr. JD has been working with “company xxxx” since 1st November 2000.

He joined xxxxxxx as Associate Customer Support Engineer on full time basis; this job requires someone to have at least a graduation degree in computer science or in an IT related field.

Since Mr. JD joined the company, he has been promoted to different posts and presently he is working as Head of our Customer Support Department. His total experience with us amounts to more than 5 years and 10 months.

Detailed break down of his duties and responsibilities at the company are as follows:
Head of Customer Support Department (Jan 2005 – present)
-----detailed job responsibilities

Principal Customer Support Engineer (Jan 2003 – Dec 2004)
-----detailed job responsibilities

Senior Customer Support Engineer (Jan 2002 – Dec 2002)
-----detailed job responsibilities

Customer Support Engineer (May 2001 – Dec 2001)
-----detailed job responsibilities

Associate Customer Support Engineer (Nov 2000 – Apr 2001)
-----detailed job responsibilities


During his tenure, Mr. JD has proved himself to be a very loyal, talented and hardworking person. He has performed his duties intelligently with highest standards of professional integrity. He has been able to achieve most of the targets assigned to him.

Mr. JD is a responsible and self motivated person. He takes up challenging assignments with his professional abilities. His competence, dedication, skills and hardwork are assets for our company. We wish him all the best for his future.
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Can someone please advise what would be the reason? Ican't see any flaw in this letter.

I'm now waiting for docs and then i'll go for review. Also, how much time it take for a review?

Thanks,
JD

hello jd

sad to hear. can u plz share ur profession and designation u mentioned in exp letters

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JD,
Key is in Job responsibilities what you listed.. If they are not convincing that it is graduate level they use to reject it.. also since Customer support Engineer is not in their list of Graduate level post, roles you are listing plays an important role

dont worry, anyway try for a review

[sach1636]

hi,

I came across this forum recently

I am an IT professional with more than 7 years of experience.

My case was rejected twice by Home office on experience letter format. Once of the reasons I wanted to post here was may be some one will benefit from my experience (I am still not able to understand my mistakes though)

I had claimed 35 points under experience as I had 5 years+ graduate experience and two years as a manager in large top 5 MNC.

I had submitted following evidence,

-Experience letter from latest organization detailing my roles and responsibilities
-Organizational chart
-Org chart of present assignment overseas
-Appointment letter
-Increment letters
-Detail breakdown of my present duties and to whom I report
-Apart from above I had submitted appointment, experience & service letters, org chart with my roles and responsibility letters from my previous employers

My first application was rejected as experience letters did not have duties and responsibilities Sad

Today I received my second rejection letter saying we did not consider evidence you provided. Crying or Very sad

It is so agonizing considering the high cost of application and the time one wastes. I had also given offer letter from my new UK employer which had salary at a very top bracket at my level.

Despite all this I had received negative response which made me wonder 'Are they genuinely interested in candidates who want to contribute to their society and what significance they give to applications. I feel I am robbed. At the cost of expenses some family in poor country would have survived for almost entire year.'

Despite all this I want to submit request for review letter, I do not want to loose my hard earned money without reason.

I request you all to please suggest what I should include in my review letter. Any help is highly appreciated.

sachin

Dear Sach,
Very sorry to hear your result.

But you know one thing? even OISC registered consultants were scared to claim senior level / specialist level work experience

Even I have 6 years experience with 1 year experience as Project leader

I asked my consultant, Can I claim 5 years Graduate level & 1 year Senior level

He Replied "If you can get 65 points by 4 years Graduate level, Dont claim Senior level"

He also said that Success % in Senior level claiming is not even 10% how much ever genuine it is is, he told

At last I submitted by application by claiming only 5 years of Graduate level exp (result didnt came yet)

Sach dont worry, Under new system of points there is no experience criteria at all, It has only earning , Qualification & age as important criterias. If you are getting 75 points in that then dont worry, apply under that new scheme by December

Thanks Hari. I do qualify even with new rules. I had given my TOEFL and got 600+ in paper based exam. Well I doubt if my review request would be of any use. I dont know success rate for reviews and appearantly review request would be of no use. Any pointers for what points I must highlight. I am happy even if they justify rejecting my case. May be senior level experince could not be considered but alteast the graduate experience should have been considered.

Thanks.
sach

[jd]

Hi hari15,

should I submit review request simple with a cover letter explaing the situation (I don't know exactly the reason of rejection as I've not received documents yet).

is that enough? please guide me as I really worked hard to complete my initial application and I don't want that just to be a waste!!!

Please anyone else?


Thanks,
JD

[kolithask]

Best would be to forward a new application under the new regulations if you do qualify .

[dolphin_m70]

jd

i was in same situation
my first appl was rejected
i applied for review w8d anxiously for nearly 2 months to get a reply tht it has been rejected
it was rejected for a very silly reason
they said tht my exp letter was not in the letter head
i cant understand what type of letter head they need
bcoz i got my exp letter in my company letter head
anyhoo..

applied with fresh application
hoping this time it'll be approved
but till now no caseworker
donno wat is going on

[hari15]

jd

i was in same situation
my first appl was rejected
i applied for review w8d anxiously for nearly 2 months to get a reply tht it has been rejected
it was rejected for a very silly reason
they said tht my exp letter was not in the letter head

One thing is sure that we cant be sure of approval until we get that. Because if they decide to reject they will reject on any silly reason

Dolphin,
Did your previous letter head had employer's address in it and Employer's Name & emblem (if any) in big size?

I Think paper quality also matters... If our letter head is in normal printing paper, they are getting doubt and used to reject

[dolphin_m70]

One thing is sure that we cant be sure of approval until we get that. Because if they decide to reject they will reject on any silly reason

Dolphin,
Did your previous letter head had employer's address in it and Employer's Name & emblem (if any) in big size?

I Think paper quality also matters... If our letter head is in normal printing paper, they are getting doubt and used to reject

the paper quality was good (bond paper)
there was employers proper heading address evertg
but still this is the reason i was given

[HSMP_CANDIDATE]

Hello Friends, I have some Good news to share with all of you. I got my HSMP approved

Here's the details: (In Country Application)
First Application rejected on the basis of Employee Reference Letter. And I took care of this part in the 2nd application and got the approval. And to my surprise, I got this with in 2 weeks. Here's the timelines:

Application Sent: 28th October 2006
Application Received: 30th October 2006
Received Ref No & CC Charged: 31st October 2006
Got Approval : 8th November 2006
Documents Received: 10th November 2006

Thanks a lot for all the help provided to me and now I am looking forward for the next stage (FLR).

Someone please tell me if I can use the old FLR form or a new one? I saw the new FLR form and guidance, and it says that it is valid after November 8. Please advice.


Regards

[hari15]

Hello Friends, I have some Good news to share with all of you. I got my HSMP approved

Here's the details: (In Country Application)
First Application rejected on the basis of Employee Reference Letter. And I took care of this part in the 2nd application and got the approval. And to my surprise, I got this with in 2 weeks. Here's the timelines:

Application Sent: 28th October 2006
Application Received: 30th October 2006
Received Ref No & CC Charged: 31st October 2006
Got Approval : 8th November 2006
Documents Received: 10th November 2006

Thanks a lot for all the help provided to me and now I am looking forward for the next stage (FLR).

Someone please tell me if I can use the old FLR form or a new one? I saw the new FLR form and guidance, and it says that it is valid after November 8. Please advice.


Regards

Dear Hsmp_Candidate

Heartiest Congrats .. and how fast it is for you .. Great!!

Can you please throw us more light on why your first application was rejected and what rectification you did in second application? That will help all here

I am also an Incountry applicant - workpermit holder. Claiming points only for age, qualification & experience (exactly 65) and not claiming any point in earning.. My CC charged on 19th still not alloted to caseworker .. I am worried on what will be my result.. Because I cant reapply if it fails as the scheme itself is over now

[HSMP_CANDIDATE]

Thanks hari15. The reason my first application got rejected was that I didn't provided reference covering the entire 5 year experience. And the refusal letter clearly stated that I need to submit the reference letter and appointment letter/contract letters are not accepted. Infact the same thing was mentioned in the case worker's manual. So in the second application, I ensured to get the references covering the whole 5 year period and on the company letter head. Also I ensured that it has start and end dates with job title and job responsibilities as specified in the case worker's manual.

And do not worry about assigning it to case worker, as it won't take much time once it is assigned(based on my experience). And now that they need to clear the backlog, hopefully you get a positive response soon.

ALL THE VERY BEST.

[dolphin_m70]

congrats HSMP_CANDIDATE
pls do keep us updated with ur EC
cheerios

[parrot]

I got a caseworker, finally!

[root]

Finally I got my docs back through airmail in Islamabad.
Yes expensive Approval letter is there.

they have sent on 7-nov and I got it today 13-nov-06 in islamabad. but letter date is 03-nov-06

[dolphin_m70]

hi parrot

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:13 am

I got a caseworker, finally!

Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:50 pm

I got approved last Tuesday on the 2nd!!!
I made it!
I can't wait!!!

Category: under 28 Out of country USA
age:5
education: 15
work experience : 25
past earnings: 25

Total: 70

Ref No Received: 068***
Application sent: 16-OCT-2006
HO Received: 20-OCT-2006
cc charged: 24-OCT-2006

Approved on 02-NOV-2006!

cud u pls tell whether u were approved / got caseworker ???
cheerios

[dolphin_m70]

*******LATEST UPDATE*********
AS OF NOV 13th 2006


dolphin_m70 - Caseworker ASSIGNED
Uk4James -?
ukjobs4me - ?
sssm - ?
Hari15 - ?

Please dear friends update urslvs
cheerios

[sssm]

*******LATEST UPDATE*********
AS OF NOV 13th 2006


dolphin_m70 - Caseworker ASSIGNED
Uk4James -?
ukjobs4me - ?
sssm - still they say docs and decision letter despatched..please wait until your docs arrive to know the decision..
Hari15 - ?

Please dear friends update urslvs
cheerios
_________________
Keep trying

[jd]

Hi sssm,

have u tried to check by calling on *6020 number. Actually when I called 1st time they gave same response as to you but I tried again on 2nd day and the operator forword me to HSMP and some nice lady there told me the decision but I was rejected.

Also, my decision made on 02/11 and I'm still waiting for my docs.

Thanks,
JD

*******LATEST UPDATE*********
AS OF NOV 13th 2006


dolphin_m70 - Caseworker ASSIGNED
Uk4James -?
ukjobs4me - ?
sssm - still they say docs and decision letter despatched..please wait until your docs arrive to know the decision..
Hari15 - ?

Please dear friends update urslvs
cheerios
_________________
Keep trying

[hari15]

Can anyone guide me how to send Urgent treatment form?

I have a genuine reason for my urgent treatment . My contract in UK is getting over by next month (I am now in workpermit). Based on this hsmp result only I can decide on whether to stay here further or to leave UK

Can I just fax the urgent treatment form with that reason? Is that enough?

Thanks

[inso]

The guidance notes clearly state under which conditions UT will be considered. Without a job offer, I do believe they'll think you are pushing your luck...