UK Allowance

HI,

My question is:

I was there in UK arround 4 n half months in the year 2007 from June to Oct. I was on the Work permit. I was getting the UK allowance form the company during these periods and I was also getting my Indian salary.

refer the below thread where the discussion was going on:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=27816

Currently I am considering only my Indian salary for earning calculation. I just wanted to confirm does my UK allowance will make any problem during the calculation of my earning by Case officer.

The below rule was refered by sushmehta: I wanted confirm whether these rules are also applied to Tier 1 PBS.

Here's what the HSMP guidelines say:
HSMP Guidance wrote:
41. If you have lived and worked in more than one country during the past 15 months we will normally assess your income over a 12-month period against the country where you have spent the longest period, on a pro-rata basis. For example we consider a period of up to 12 months in the last 15, so that if you have spent 8 of the months in the United Kingdom and 4 in Nigeria, we will take your earned income in the United Kingdom, divide it by eight and multiply it by 12 to give an annual income figure. You will then be allocated points appropriate to that figure. If you wish to have your earnings calculated on a pro-rata basis, you should supply supporting evidence to cover the full earnings period claimed. You need to submit the appropriate forms of evidence for consideration for the earnings period claimed(see below).

42. If you have been seconded overseas during the last 15 months and your salary continues to be paid in the normal manner overseas,
the country where you have been seconded to and working would normally be considered. In order for us to establish which country
code to consider your earnings against you will need to provide evidence of where you have been working and where your salary has been paid for the 12-month period you wish us to consider.
43. If you are living and working in a country but having your income paid into a bank account in another country your income will be considered against the country code where you are living and working.


chirag

First, if you are applying for Tier 1, why are you referencing to a discussion related to HSMP and quoting HSMP guidance???

cgohill wrote:I wanted confirm whether these rules are also applied to Tier 1 PBS.

Why don't you read the Tier 1 guidance and see for yourself if the two set of rules match? Or if Tier 1 rules say something different?? Let common sense prevail on you, or you might regret later.

One thing you need to bear in mind is that you cannot use uplift factor to the portion of your Indian salary that you earned when you were physically present and working in UK. So what's the point in hiding your UK allowance (unless you have no documentary evidence to prove it)??Whether you can achieve the required income band with (or without) the allowance is for you to ascertain.

While this forum is *immensely* helpful in supplementing your understanding of HSMP / Tier 1 schemes, this should not be used an excuse to ignore / not read the official guidance notes. Before you do anything, I strongly recommend that you read (and understand) the Tier 1 guidance carefully. It will help you a lot.

regards

HI Sushmehta,

Wat do u mean by Uplift ratio. I am not considering UK allowance I am only considering my Indian salary only.

thanks and regards,
chirag.

cgohil wrote:Wat do u mean by Uplift ratio.

Precisely the reason why I suggested that you read the guidance notes and understand the rules, before you do anything else.

In the PBS guidance available on the VFS website, if you read through section C3.20 (previous earnings), you will find this:

C3.57 The country in which the applicant has been working, rather than their nationality, determines the income bands against which the earnings will be assessed.

It is important to understand the meaning of this statement - which I have explained in the post above. Read Annexure A of the same document to know the uplift factor for different countries.

The master Tier 1 policy guidance is available on the UKBA website - though this more suited for applications from UK. You can read this one in addition to the one on the VFS website - if you so wish. Read UKBA guidance to understand the scheme better in general, use the VFS document to understand India specific requirements (e.g.- maintenance funds requirements) and use the self-assessment tool to help you assess your points *accurately*.

regards

HI,

Thanks for the information I already gone through the document but thnx for pointing the right point to me.

chirag