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by Smam » Thu May 31, 2012 9:13 am
Hi
That's a pretty unfortunate situation for you. I'll highly advice you that request your employer to raise your salary just for 6 odd months before you apply for your ILR and even if your employer doesn't agree for that big salary rise request them to give you that salary rise for 6 months and then reduce it once you done with your ILR with double the amount of the salary rise so it'll net it off the difference.
To the best of my knowledge and understanding so far the UKBA is really getting stritct on WP and Tier 2 holders for their SOC or COP salaries as we dont have to claim any points to qualify for the ILR. Therefore they make sure that we're meeting the SOC salary requirements which just looks another way of making life difficult for WP and Tier 2 Visa catagory holders. Lucky me that I got promoted finally after working for a period of 4 years and nearly 2 months for the same employer on a WP and at the same position and at a same salary. Other wise God Forbid I'll be also packing my bags and getting ready to take the flight back to home instead of thinking to apply for ILR.
Good luck for your ILR.
