Overseas employment earnings for Tier 1 extension

[jithan]

Dear friends,

i am in need of your advice on the following,

1. i have applied for Tier 1 from India and received it in Jan-2011 (visa valid from 15-Jan-2011 through 15-Jan-2013).
2, I came to UK in Mar-2011 for searching jobs, in the meantime i got job offer from an IT company in Malaysia , hence i left UK in May-2011 and joined them in Malaysia by May-2011.
3. Now i got an employment offer from London based IT company and i am coming back to UK in Aug-2012.
4. As my visa expires by 15-Jan-2013, i think of applying for extension by 1st week of Jan (using same day premium service).

Now my question is,
as i would have worked only for only 5 months in UK at the time of Tier 1 extension, my 5 months UK salary will not meet the eligibility criteria of 40,000 GBP. Hence Can i show my Malaysian earnings (in last 12 months) as part of previous earnings ?

someone told me that we may not able to show overseas employment earnings when our UK Tier 1 visa is valid. Can't I show my earnings from Malaysia for Tier 1 extension ?

Please some one clarify.

[longshift]

You can show overseas earning for extension but with no uplift ratio will be applied to it. So if you earned 86 ruppees it will be considered as 1 pound as per todays rates. No uplift ratio.

[jithan]

thanks for ur kind response!

I worked in Malaysia (Malaysian company) for last 1+ year and My earnings are in MYR (Malaysian Ringgit) .

i'm planning to show my Malaysian Earnings for period between Jan-2012 to Jul-2012 and my UK Earning for period between Aug-2012 to Dec-2012.

[jithan]

I become circumspect only after reading the guidelines in ukba website.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... idance.pdf

The point # 94 in the pdf document says....

94. We will not consider earnings made
during a time when the applicant was in
breach of the United Kingdom�s immigration
laws.
For example: Earnings made from
United Kingdom employment will only be
considered if the applicant had leave to
enter or remain in the United Kingdom at the
time they were earned, and in a category
which permitted the applicant to take that
employment.

[jithan]

Gosh! I'm afraid I have misunderstood the point #94.
It looks they are talking only about UK earning, not about overseas earning.
I misinterpreted that, once I get UK Tier-1 visa I should work only in UK and if at all I work overseas for overseas employer, that is not considered for extension.


Now i feel little bit clear.

thank you.