Hi,
The reason for my REJECT was....I did not submit the Original Income Tax Returns. I had submitted the Stamped SARAL. Below is the letter I had sent them explaing the process in India for ITR.
Hope this may be useful to someone.....
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London,
8th January 2007
To,
The Officer,
Highly Skilled Migrant Programme,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield, S3 8WA
Dear Sir or Madam:
Sub: Reasons for review of my application (HSMP Reference# XXXXXX)
With reference to the above subject, I would request you to review the decision made against my application. The reason for my application refusal as per your letter dated 4th January 2007 is that: “Income Tax Return form I have supplied is not an original.” In this regard, I would like to CONFIRM that the Income Tax Return I have submitted is the ORIGINAL DOCUMENT and also would like to explain the process followed in India for Income Tax Return Document.
1. At the end of the financial year, the employer gives employee, a Form-16 which will have the details about the income received and the tax deductions made during the year.
2. Once Employee receives Form-16, he need to fill up Income-Tax Return form (called SARAL) with his income details and submit the same to Income-Tax office along with Original FORM-16. The SARAL form needs to be filled & submitted in duplicate.
3. Once Income Tax Office receives the SARAL form, they validate the same and return DUPLICATE COPY of the SARAL with a Seal of Income Tax Office (ITO) on it, as acknowledgement and is considered as Original Income Tax Return Document
So in this case, I had submitted the SARAL form I received (For year 2005-2006) from Income Tax Department with a seal of ITO on it along with my initial application. I am resending you the same document for your review.
I am also having my previous Income Tax Returns forms for the years 2003-2004, 2004-2005 in the same format. I would be able to submit the same for your reference / verification if needed.
I am attaching a sample blank SARAL form (which has instructions at the back of it) for your reference. I have highlighted the instruction #1, which confirms the explanation I have given above. (This form can also be downloaded from
http://incometaxindia.gov.in/ , which is an official site for Indian Income Tax Department or using the link
http://incometaxindia.gov.in/forms/2d.pdf )
I would be grateful if you could review the decision made for my application with this explanation / justification in accordance with the HSMP Programme guidelines.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
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