Hi guys
are you sure about the 180 days ??? for ILR in 5 Years !!

Have you got the reference for that ?

and is that for the main applicant or dependants?

Thanks

I'm on hsmp and my visa expires Aug 09 I want to extent (switch) to tier 1 now for two reason: 1-I will renew my passport soon and I prefer the stamp to be on the new one. 2-I would like to renew my visa while I can qualify as you never know what is the home office upto every day...the rate of chang...

Please post if you applied foe FLR under Tier 1 .. if you applied early (more than few months) of your current FLR expiry...

I have the same question

I think people used to apply early before and it was ok. but I don't know now.. you might need to give the BIA a reason for early extension. otherwise they might turn your application down and lose 750 £ ..

Did you ask BIA?

do you know how early can you apply for extension ? My passport will expire and I need to renew it and also for my wife aswell and my visa expires on Aug 2009 can I apply for extention now (as I will need to extend the visa any way later and I also want the stamp to be on the valid passport). Do you...

Thank you very much wpleo this is good news for me !

Did they tell you how early can you apply for your extension?!

the reason I wanted an e-mail reply is to print it down and send it with my application as an evidence to a disscusion.

Thank you all for your reply As usual BIA has been very unhelpful , I have sent two specific questions to them 1- IELTS Expire or not Expire after 2 years? 2- Can I apply early as my passport will expire before the visa They sent me the FAQ list which is very vague and irrelevant to my Questions!!! ...

I have the same situation

I'm 1+3 + ? and need to ask about my IELTS (older than 2 years).

Will it be accepted ? nothing in the new rules says a date for IELTS, But I think we might need to email the ..... HO.

I don't know .. It seem to be that that was available in the pre tier 1 system and many people got their visa with an old IELTS if you were extending your HSMP. I don't know if that will be the case still. I'm in the same dilema and been living in the UK and having have to think of the idea of takin...

Hi I'm planning to switch from 1+3 to Tier 1 next month. My IELTS is older than 2 years as I had to do it when i did my PLAB test. I understood that under the previous rule the expired IELTS certificate (older than 2 year) was accepted from existing HSMP applicant as a proof of english. and I knew m...

hi guys

Do you know if you have an IELTS older than 2 years and you hold an HSMP and apply for tier 1 will it be accepted as it was before???

The rules doesn't state that it should be older than 2 years !!
it just said that you sould pass the test ..

Hi I'm planning to switch from 1+3 to Tier 1 next month. My IELTS is older than 2 years as I had to do it when i did my PLAB test. I understood that under the previous rule the expired IELTS certificate (older than 2 year) was accepted from existing HSMP applicant as a proof of english. and I knew m...

Hi I'm planning to switch from 1+3 to Tier 1 next month. My IELTS is older than 2 years as I had to do it when i did my PLAB test. I understood that under the previous rule the expired IELTS certificate (older than 2 year) was accepted from existing HSMP applicant as a proof of english. and I knew m...