Work Permit Entry Clearance, India

kunal · Post by **kunal** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:40 pm

Hi,
I've received my work permit, valid for 5 years. Since my assignment does not start until three months later, I was wondering if it would be alright to request the ECO to defer the effective date of the EC by 3 months.

Does anyone if the ECOs in India, and Chennai in particular, honour such requests? Has anyone successfully requested such an extension in the recent past? Thank you.

Docterror · Post by **Docterror** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:19 pm

Yes. You can request the visa to be post-dated by upto 3 months and it clearly says so in the BHC India website.

kunal · Post by **kunal** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:32 pm

Thanks a lot Docterror. However, I read a few people claiming that ECOs turned down such requests for applicants applying for HSMP EC. I gather from your post that such requests are normally honoured for WP applicants.

Thanks again.

Docterror · Post by **Docterror** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:02 pm

They should honour your request. Especially if you tell them that you dont start your work till 3 months later. Such things are known to happen a lot with WP applications. Also HSMP is totally different in this sense to WP applications as applicants dont have a fixed starting date for the work.

On a soft note, just dont go overboard and tell them to postpone by more than 3 months etc. Who knows? They might tell you to come back after a month while still hanging onto your current fees as well!... and call me Jabi

kunal · Post by **kunal** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:12 pm

Great. I won't stretch it beyond 3 months. Thanks Jabi.

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Work Permit Entry Clearance, India

Work Permit Entry Clearance, India