Going to the office for a same day application

[myegin11]

Hi guys

I am going to apply for an extention of visa under Tier 1 (General - Highly Skilled). Because of the maintenance requirement I need to wait until I am eligible (which is in couple of days) and my visa expires in the middle of next week.

For the sake of being on the safe side, I looked for an OISC registered agency and found one who said he can arrange a same-day appointment three days before my visa expires. Then I asked if I could go to the appointment with him as I am a bit paranoid about my documents being lost.

He replied with saying that the Home Office does not allow applicants to accompany representatives to the office on the day of the application and that they are quite specific about this.

Actually, I did not mean to go into the room with the caseworker but maybe waiting outside (even outside the building). The negative response from the agency made me a bit concerned.

Is this the normal practice? If I request, should they give a confirmation of receipt for the documents I give them?

Thanks

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yes that is normal, you do not need to be worried but to be on the safe side you can ask for the receipt of your documents

btw how much you are paying for the same day service?

[ChetanOjha]

Hi guys

I am going to apply for an extention of visa under Tier 1 (General - Highly Skilled). Because of the maintenance requirement I need to wait until I am eligible (which is in couple of days) and my visa expires in the middle of next week.

For the sake of being on the safe side, I looked for an OISC registered agency and found one who said he can arrange a same-day appointment three days before my visa expires. Then I asked if I could go to the appointment with him as I am a bit paranoid about my documents being lost.

He replied with saying that the Home Office does not allow applicants to accompany representatives to the office on the day of the application and that they are quite specific about this.

Actually, I did not mean to go into the room with the caseworker but maybe waiting outside (even outside the building). The negative response from the agency made me a bit concerned.

Is this the normal practice? If I request, should they give a confirmation of receipt for the documents I give them?

Thanks

Normally, if you are going through representative than you don't need to go to visa office with your representatives. Your agency will take care of it. Just make sure you submit all correct document and avoid Named OISC advisors(as they have robbed many people in this forum).