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Bit of background info:
I am currently on a Tier 1 Post-Study-Work visa, expires middle of November. I am self-employed and according to the points-based online calculator I meet the 100 point requirement to obtain this visa. I have a number of questions for those more experienced than myself:
1. Is the application process difficult to process by yourself / in-person? I am considering using a visa agency to help process my application just so that I have the peace of mind of not forgetting anything. However, this obviously costs money, so feedback from people who have done the application themselves would be much appreciated.
2. One of the requirements of the visa is that I have £800 or more in a bank account for the last several months. I have had this amount now for over a year, but is it acceptable that I've opened a bank account solely for my income and that I use this to show my earnings? (with nothing else going in, and bills continuing to go out of a different account - I'm living on my savings at the moment to make it easy and obvious to itemise my income into my second current account) I wonder if other people do this also and whether this is acceptable, or I need to show statements for every bank account I own.
3. Does anybody know where to write to if I wanted to express my opinions as to immigration policy? While I support (even though I'm not British) having tough immigration policies, it distresses me somewhat to know that the requirements I needed to meet to stay in the UK were £23k, and then changed up to £35k in a period of less than three months without any warning. I don't expect to change anything at all of course, but it would be nice to know where I should write to for clarification or to express an opinion.
Thanks in advance for your time / responses!