Can all July 2007 applicants, India, post here pls

[lunaticzombie]

my HSMP application will reach in the first week of july.
can I claim apr 2006 - mar 2007, as earning time period?

I want to use this time period because Form 16 covers this period.

[HolaHSMP]

Hey guys!!

Wish me luck!!!

I am posting my documents tommorow:

1. B.E India degree certificate, no NARIC approval - 30 points

2. Earnings in UK - 35 points
a. 12 months bank statement
b. 12 months wage slip
c. Salary Certificate letter from organization stating gross salary

3. Age - 10 points
a. Notarised copy of Passport front, back and visa pages
b. Indian driving licence

4. Previous UK Work EX: - 5 points
a. Employment Proof Letter

5. IELTS Official Score Report 8.0 - English Requirement met

TOTAL POINTS: 80

I am sending my documents by courier tommorow so hopefully will reach there by 28th Thursday and I should be ontime for seeking the previous earnings claim period from April 2006 - March 2007.

NOTE: If it reaches by 2nd July Monday I am screwed since I cannot claim the period till March 2007. As a backup I am submitting 14 months wage slips (from April 2006 till May 2007) and corresponding Bank statements.

Let me know your opinion

Thanks for reading

[kck9]

I think you need income tax return or you should provide the exceptional reason why you are not able to provide.....

[HolaHSMP]

My P60 which is the UK income tax return for 2006 -07 does not state my Gross Pay but states my taxable Pay which is lower than my Gross Pay as stated in my final salary slip. Hence I have stated the reason that I have not received it till now and I am submitting both bank statements and certificate from employer as alternate evidences. I have mentioned this in the covering letter as well as in the HSMP form.

I hope this should suffice.

[suresh-hsmp]

do you know that, it is obligatory for every employer in uk to give the P60 to each employee by the end of may.Dont you think case worker suspect if you say i have not recieved it .

[roy_rajat]

do you know that, it is obligatory for every employer in uk to give the P60 to each employee by the end of may.Dont you think case worker suspect if you say i have not recieved it .

Even if you say you have not received it, then you need to provide evidence for it that you really have not received it....i.e it should be mentioned in the letter from employer that P60 is yet to be issued!!!! if not they will not consider your exceptional evidence!!!

[roy_rajat]

my HSMP application will reach in the first week of july.
can I claim apr 2006 - mar 2007, as earning time period?

I want to use this time period because Form 16 covers this period.

No u cannot. App must reach end of June

[HolaHSMP]

I would require a clarification please. I have posted this earlier as well. If my P60 does not show the Gross Salary but shows the taxable salary while is less than Gross salary, then, is it advisable to submit the P60 since I will end up losing points if the casework decides to only consider the P60 as evidence.

Upon digging deep into my payslips I found the following:

My March 2007 salary slips contains 2 things:
1. Gross Pay for the year: Assume £100
2. Taxable pay for the year : Assume £80.

Now the P60 contains the taxable amount £80 rather than £100 which is the gross salary. The deviation is due to the fact that in April 2006 there was a negative tax carried forward from the previous year 2005 and it got deducted form the taxable pay component.

Now how do I explain the case worker this situation

[lunaticzombie]

my HSMP application will reach in the first week of july.
can I claim apr 2006 - mar 2007, as earning time period?

I want to use this time period because Form 16 covers this period.

No u cannot. App must reach end of June

In that case can I claim may2006 - apr2007 with following docs:
for may2006 - mar2007 :
salary slips (attested from company)
bank statement (attested from bank)
form 16 (original)
and for apr2007:
salary slip (attested from company)
bank statement (attested from bank)

OR should I get something else for apr2007

[lunaticzombie]

can someone provide format of letter from company stating salary.
How much detailed should it be?
will some company be willing to give such kind of letter besides pay slips?

[HolaHSMP]

Hey guys,

Based on your feedback, I altered the documents:

1. Degree Certificate -30 points

2. Previous Earning: - 35 points
a. Covering letter explaining the P60 and the gross salary confusion.
b. Last 14 months payslip just in case I miss the target for April 06 - March 07.
c. P60 for the year 2006 -07.
d. A grid explanation of payslips by Month, Tax, Bonus, Net Pay, Gross Pay, Taxable Pay, Cumulative Gross Pay and Cumulative Gross Pay
e. Grid of salary credited dates.
f. 14 months Bank Statements corresponding to the salary credited dats grid.
g. Stamped letter from Finance Department. The letter contains:
Current Location: UK
Currency: GBP
Gross Salary: £

3. Previous UK Experience: - 5 points
No documents required

4. Age Assesment: - 10 points
a. Notarised copy of Frontpage, Backpage and Work Permit page. I have attached the business card of the solicitor who provided the seal.
b. Full Indian Drving licence.

5. English requirement: IELTS Offfical Report

I have provided a covering letter, table of contents, label for each document, HSMP form in seperate plastic sleeves and each of the document in seperate plastic sleeve.

I posted the documents today by Royal Mail next day delivery.

Fingures CROSSED

[lunaticzombie]

holaHSMP best of luck, hope to hear good news soon.

one querry:
where did u get the grids, from Office OR did u prepare it urself?
and did u got them attested from ur company?

[HolaHSMP]

Hi,

I made the grid myself and it was only for the caseworker's reference so I did not get it approved from my company. Its basically in an excel sheet with columns as below:

Pay Date|| TAX PERIOD || CUMULATIVE PAYE TAX
||Total Deduction|| Bonus + Arrears|| Net Pay||
CumulativeTaxable Pay || Cumulative Gross Pay

You will find most of these colums in your UK Pay Slip.

The other grid for bank statements is as below:

Period Month Salary Credit Date Amount Creditor Name


I have provided the creditor's name since in month of April 2007 the salary got credited from a different reference number which was not my employer's name. I got a letter from my bank by post stating that the refernece number corresponds to my employer.

Help it helps!!

[HolaHSMP]

My application status

Application Sent via Royal Mail:

Application posted: 27th June 2007
Application received: 28th June 2007 (Royal Mail Tracker information)
Amount Debited: 02nd July 2007
Reference Number received: 03rd July 2007

At last talked to a someone in HSMP team and got to know that no caseworker has been assigned till now. I also sent few corrections and original employer's letter that the person told will be added to my HSMP application.

My question:
Do I send any urgent treatment form?

Fingers crossed

[cdraina]

One quick question please:

Do we need to attach any photographs with the HSMP application?

Thanks
CD

[HolaHSMP]

Quick answer NO

[rrst_101]

Hi all,
Imp. dates:
Documents sent via TNT : 29/06/2007
Documents received at HO : 03/07/2007

Waiting for ref. no.Might take 5 days more since I paid by DD.

[rrst_101]

anyone who applied during the same time?

[fly2uk]

Hi rrst_101,

Can you share the procedure to get the DD and in whose favor u got it?

Thanks,
FM

[vishalsunr]

My application status

Application Sent via DHL from India:

Application posted: 24th June 2007
Application received: 26th June 2007 (DLF Tracking)
Amount Debited: 27nd June 2007
Reference Number received: 29rd June 2007

Don't know what happened next as HSMP Team phone numbers are not reachable.

My question:
Do I send any urgent treatment form?

AT LAST Fingers crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vishalsunr]

My application status

Application Sent via DHL from India:

Application posted: 24th June 2007
Application received: 26th June 2007 (DLF Tracking)
Amount Debited: 27nd June 2007
Reference Number received: 29rd June 2007

Don't know what happened next as HSMP Team phone numbers are not reachable.

My question:
Do I send any urgent treatment form?

AT LAST Fingers crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rrst_101]

Hi fly2uk,
If you have an account with ICICI,SBI, HDFC etc. then you can get a DD for which the money will be debited from your account.But you may have to wait for a day for this process. If you are impatient like me , you can walk into any of the Thomas Cook offices ,pay them about 33,500 Rs. and get a DD of 400 GBP in favour of “Home Office, Work Permits (UK)â€

[!xobile]

Hello,

I am applying through a consultant in bangalore(since I wasnt aware of this forum and also HSMP rules properly at that time).
I have all the documents required for all points section.

In the previous earning section.
I have got the payslips for the previous 12 months and an experience letter from the employer(No salary details on the letter).
Form16 and SARAL for assessment year 06-07.
bank statements showing salary credit entry with the Employeers name.

But my consultant told me that He is aware of a case where the an applicant got nil points since his paylips had the financial year mentioned at the top of the page and not next to the month for which the payslip is.
My payslip looks similar. Now as you all know we generate the payslips using the Workflow ourselves and there is noway we can change the format.

I requested HR dept to give me a letter on the company letter head, with the salary breakup for the last year.
Ofcourse I did not tell them the purpose for obvious reasons.
For which they refused saying that they donot disclose salary information formally on a company letter head.
They can max give me an experience letter, and they said they can speak through phone or in person If any entity wanted such a proof.



Now I am not sure what to do in this situation.
Please advise.

[cdraina]

Here's my covering letter.

Application sent on 4th July.
Status (UPS): In transit

I haven't sent any Salary/taxation Grid, is that really required. Any one who has an approval without the Grid PLEASE reply to boost my confidence.

!!!Fingers crossed!!!



To,
Highly Skilled Migrants Programme,
HSMP Team,
Immigration and Nationality Directorate,
Work Permits (UK) HSMP,
7th Floor, Fountain Precinct,
Balm Green, Sheffield,
S1 2JA

1st July 2007

Dear HSMP Team,

SUBJECT: Application for Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

This letter is with reference to my enclosed application for the UK Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). To assist my application assessment, I am explaining the evidences I am providing for the ‘points’ I have claimed.

I trust the information I have provided is satisfactory, however if you may have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact me on:

Ph: XXXX Email: XXXX

Enclosures

1. Academic Qualifications: (For 35 Points Claim)
a. Original Degree Certificate stating that a Master of Business Administration (MBA) was awarded by “Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2. Previous Earnings – Salaried Employment: (For 30 Points Claim)

I have claimed 30 points for the gross income (INR XXXX or about GBP XXX+) earned by me from September 27th 2006 to March 31st 2007. As per annexure C of HSMP guidelines I am providing the following evidences:

a. Income Tax Return (ITR) for financial year 1-April-2006 to 31-March-2007. Please note that the actual period of earning (employment) covered under this
ITR was 27th September 2006 to 31-March-2007.
b. Wage Slips from October-2006 to March-2007 (covering the entire amount mentioned in the ITR)
c. Certificate of earning from my employer (XXXX)

3. Age Assessment: (For 20 Points Claim)
a. Indian Driving License

4. English Language:
a. Original TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) Scorecard/Transcript
b. Document supporting the claim that TOEFL score is recognized by Home Office as equivalent to IELTS 6

Total Points Claimed – 85 Points

Thank you for considering my application and I look forward to your valuable feedback.


Yours truly,



XXXXX

[cdraina]

Application Submitted: 4th July
Application reached HO: 9th July
Fee debited: 10th July