Extension under TIER1(currently on HSMP,but date is expiring

Dear all

I am currently on HSMP and working in UK. My HSMP is expiring and i need to put an application for extension under TIER1.
Following are the documents I will be sending with my TIER 1application, could you please check and let me know your comments.

1. Age : 5 points claimed
a)Documents provided: Current valid original passport
b) Notorised passport from UK notary on date of birth page.

2. Qualifications : 30 points claimed
Documents provided:
a) Points-based calculator print out
b) Original degree of graduation
c) Letter from UK NARIC (although i have submitted it earlier during my HSMP application)

Do i provide the above or just tick the option in the form :
Evidence previously provided with the applicant’s
initial HSMP application

3. Previous Earnings : 45 points claimed
Claiming period 1Nov2007 to 31Oct2008
Documents provided:
a) Formal payslips
b) Personal bank statements showing the payments

Earnings per month to be counted is gross or net. please confirm.

4. UK Experience : 5 points claimed
Shall i get a letter from employer confirming my employment for a year and a half for this.

5. English : 10 points claimed
Documents provided:

Letter from Indian university confirming the graduation is in english. which was earlier submitted when I got my HSMP approved two years back.

Do I need to submit this or just tick the option :
Applicant is currently in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (General) migrant,
a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant or as a Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
participant and has previously satisfied the qualification Requirement

6. Maintenance : 10 points claimed
Documents provided:
a) Bank statements provided for ‘Earnings’ earlier
b) statements of my wife.

Please confirm if i can show combine fund(my bank statement & her bank statement) for the maintainenece fund for me, my wife and the son.

I was going to make a post about my case but I thought it may be a good idea to check if someone else has a similar situation.. so it looks like you are in similar situation. And you have asked pretty much the questions I wanted to ask, except that I am only showing my own bank statements as I am single. And I am claiming 20 points for age.
By the way are you making a separate application for your wife and son as dependants? And obviously your bank statements need to show more funds as compared to a single application since you have dependants.

As far as your concerns about whether to tick the box of evidence previously submitted, i can tell you that i did tick the relevant boxes.. but I would still be submitting the same evidence along with the application. Atleast that is what I was told over the fone when I spoke to someone in the Home Office.
So lets see if anyone else has something to say about this or has an experience of a similar case.

i also want to ask how important is it to claim for all these points or as long as it is 75, we should just ignore the rest?

many thanks!

amitgupt22k wrote:Dear all

I am currently on HSMP and working in UK. My HSMP is expiring and i need to put an application for extension under TIER1.
Following are the documents I will be sending with my TIER 1application, could you please check and let me know your comments.

1. Age : 5 points claimed
a)Documents provided: Current valid original passport
b) Notorised passport from UK notary on date of birth page.

2. Qualifications : 30 points claimed
Documents provided:
a) Points-based calculator print out
b) Original degree of graduation
c) Letter from UK NARIC (although i have submitted it earlier during my HSMP application)

Do i provide the above or just tick the option in the form :
Evidence previously provided with the applicant’s
initial HSMP application

3. Previous Earnings : 45 points claimed
Claiming period 1Nov2007 to 31Oct2008
Documents provided:
a) Formal payslips
b) Personal bank statements showing the payments

Earnings per month to be counted is gross or net. please confirm.

4. UK Experience : 5 points claimed
Shall i get a letter from employer confirming my employment for a year and a half for this.

5. English : 10 points claimed
Documents provided:

Letter from Indian university confirming the graduation is in english. which was earlier submitted when I got my HSMP approved two years back.

Do I need to submit this or just tick the option :
Applicant is currently in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (General) migrant,
a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant or as a Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
participant and has previously satisfied the qualification Requirement

6. Maintenance : 10 points claimed
Documents provided:
a) Bank statements provided for ‘Earnings’ earlier
b) statements of my wife.

Please confirm if i can show combine fund(my bank statement & her bank statement) for the maintainenece fund for me, my wife and the son.