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wanna_bee wrote:Hi Friends,
First, I would like to thank you all for making this forum a great source of information. The info I found here has helped me a lot for HSMP + EC.
Recently I got my EC visa.
I applied for the EC from VFS , Bangalore , India on 5th Dec 2007. I received the visa on 2 Jan 2008. The visa is post-dated : it starts on 1-March-2008 and valid for 2 years.
I have no clue when the Integra verification took place.
Here are some of my experiences:-
The complete document list can be found from Paul's great website , but something’s specific to me for this EC application:-
I did not include any letter from my CA since I felt my finances were straightforward.
I took a "gift" (of INR 4,00,000/-) from my uncle to show sufficient funds in bank . The documents I produced for this were:-
One Notarized gift deed.
One letter from uncle to BHC stating info about the gift.
Photocopy of the cheque.
Uncle's bank statement showing debit of cheque amount.(highlighted)
My bank statement showing credit. (highlighted)
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In my EC cover letter , I requested them to give me a post-dated visa starting 1-March-2008. My hotel booking also started from 1st March. [finally I did get a post-dated visa starting 1st March !]
Hotel booking: I booked thru booking.com , one bad experience here : the hotel deducted one day stay's fee from my credit card coz I booked for 15 days and this is their "policy" for long reservations. I went thru their terms and conditions on booking.com and didnot find this "policy". so guys just be careful about long reservations!
When I applied for the EC , VFS asked me to get photocopies of *ALL* pages of my passport , including the BLANK pages. Also they asked for photocopy of my driving license even though I didn’t claim any points for age in my HSMP application. I don’t know why they need my DL photocopy . Anyway , I kept my documents with them and went out to get the photocopies. So remember , VFS , Bangalore has no photocopy facilities and there is no photocopy shop close by .
About Integra , I didn’t inform my employer about the same coz I work for a MNC here and the HR guy doesn’t know me that well. So I decided to take a risk . I thought if he got a call from Integra he would initially think it is a routine visa verification for a visa applied through company for business travel and cooperate with them. I think it worked somehow. But I have not found out yet if they really received the Integra call or not.
If anyone needs any info for EC application , I would be glad to help. Further wishing all future applicants Best of luck for your HSMP/EC applications.
Thank you again.
Regards,
wanna_bee.