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by HSMP holder » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:10 am
Thanks for the replies.
I have read the FLR form and think that the period of EC is actually the date of your leave to stay in the UK under HSMP.
HSMP approval letter valids for 6 months from the date of issue. Within that 6 months, you may apply for an EC. THe start dat of the EC, however, is what you wrote on the EC application form. For me, my letter valids from Oct 06 and I applied the EC in Jan 07. On the application form, I stated 1Apr07. That's why I have the EC starting from 01 Apr 07. It's just a multi-entry Visa having a valid date from Apr 07 to Apr 09. I applied through their online system in the US and it took 3 business days for me to get back my passport via Fedex.
What I concern most at the time being is how difficult for me to get a job in my profession.
For retrospective changes, I have the advantage of knowing their change before coming to the UK. So I would carefully consider the prospect or risk of getting extension and indefinite leave to remain and I will make the decision as to whether or not to come to UK eventually.
I myself is a recent graduate of English law. I know that retrospective enactment is unfair and is indeed subject to judicial review under UK public law. So if a decent legal action can be brought before judges, I belive that there is a resonable to decent chance of success.
The problem, however, is that the legal action takes time and the court may not in anyway grant extension/further leave/indefinite leave on behalf of the Home Office, which has the executive function of controlling immigrants. Ultimately, it is difficult to predict what remedy the court would grant, eventhough the claimants win. I STRONGLY OPPOSE restrospective legislation one must realise the legal implication of this issue. I myself is still struggling because the Home Office has lost all their credibility.
So, God bless me...