Tier 1 Extension

[hareaca]

Hi,

I am on a tier 1 visa which is due for renewal on 01/01/2013. I took up UK assignment with my existing employer in India. They pay me gross salary in UK which is taxed as per UK laws. Plus I am also paid Basic salary and PF contribution in India which is deducted from my net pay in UK.

I observed that there is neither any NI deduction from my salary nor my employer contributes to that. When spoke to them they said since I am on deputation from India so for first 52 weeks it is ok not to deduct. I am not sure whether that is true irrespective of visa category but am concerned whether it will be an issue during the visa renewal?

it will be great if some one can clarify who had to go thru similar process.

Regards, hareaca

[silent_warrior]

Hi,

I am on a tier 1 visa which is due for renewal on 01/01/2013. I took up UK assignment with my existing employer in India. They pay me gross salary in UK which is taxed as per UK laws. Plus I am also paid Basic salary and PF contribution in India which is deducted from my net pay in UK.

I observed that there is neither any NI deduction from my salary nor my employer contributes to that. When spoke to them they said since I am on deputation from India so for first 52 weeks it is ok not to deduct. I am not sure whether that is true irrespective of visa category but am concerned whether it will be an issue during the visa renewal?

it will be great if some one can clarify who had to go thru similar process.

Regards, hareaca

Hello
Till someone with a similar situation replies back to your query, i thought you might also want to have a look at this link about NI contributions
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/work/abroad-index.htm

[hareaca]

Thanks for the link, I believe it talks about people who have gone out of UK and want to be part of NI contributions.

[quote="silent_warrior"][quote="hareaca"]Hi,

I am on a tier 1 visa which is due for renewal on 01/01/2013. I took up UK assignment with my existing employer in India. They pay me gross salary in UK which is taxed as per UK laws. Plus I am also paid Basic salary and PF contribution in India which is deducted from my net pay in UK.

I observed that there is neither any NI deduction from my salary nor my employer contributes to that. When spoke to them they said since I am on deputation from India so for first 52 weeks it is ok not to deduct. I am not sure whether that is true irrespective of visa category but am concerned whether it will be an issue during the visa renewal?

it will be great if some one can clarify who had to go thru similar process.

Regards, hareaca[/quote]

Hello
Till someone with a similar situation replies back to your query, i thought you might also want to have a look at this link about NI contributions
[url]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/work/abroad-index.htm[/url][/quote]

[silent_warrior]

Thanks for the link, I believe it talks about people who have gone out of UK and want to be part of NI contributions.

Hi,

I am on a tier 1 visa which is due for renewal on 01/01/2013. I took up UK assignment with my existing employer in India. They pay me gross salary in UK which is taxed as per UK laws. Plus I am also paid Basic salary and PF contribution in India which is deducted from my net pay in UK.

I observed that there is neither any NI deduction from my salary nor my employer contributes to that. When spoke to them they said since I am on deputation from India so for first 52 weeks it is ok not to deduct. I am not sure whether that is true irrespective of visa category but am concerned whether it will be an issue during the visa renewal?

it will be great if some one can clarify who had to go thru similar process.

Regards, hareaca

Hello
Till someone with a similar situation replies back to your query, i thought you might also want to have a look at this link about NI contributions
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/work/abroad-index.htm

Apologies, I wanted to give you another link actually somehow this got pasted
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/migrantworkers/
and this
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ni/intro/basics.htm
and based on these I would have thought its better to pay voluntary NI contributions
and though an old post you might also want to look at this
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 33&start=0