Hi, I am about to apply for the skilled worker visa. I have prepared documents which are listed below, please see my checklist: 1 - Defined Certificate of Sponsorship 2 - IELTS - Proof of my knowledge of English 3- A valid passport 4 - Character certificate 5 - Offer letter with the job title and an...

Hi, I am gearing up for my Skilled Worker visa application from abroad and I have noticed an issue with my degree certificate. My Surname consists of two words and on my passport, these two words are separated using a space whereas, on my degree certificate, the space is missing. Example: Surname on...

Thanks Vinny, I will try.

Hello, I will be applying for the UK Skilled Worker visa and in order to satisfy the language requirement, I have mistakenly booked IELTS Academic with British Council. I have now realized that I should have booked IELTS UKVI Academic. Can someone comment if simple IELTS Academic from British Counci...

Thanks, CR001. It is a relief to know that the requirement for the Resident Labour Market Test does not apply in my case even though I am overseas. Much appreciated!

Hi CR001,

Just one more thing. Would the employer need to do the Resident Labour Market Test if my job is on the short occupation list?

Hi CR001,

Thanks again.

So in summary I need to ask him to assign me a Defined CoS. If he does not have a Defined CoS then he needs to apply for one?

Hi CR001, Thanks for your reply. When I look at the UK Government register of approved sponsors the company is listed as: Type & Rating: Worker (A rating) Route: Skilled Worker The recruitment manager also sent me a snippet of the allocation letter from the UKVI. It does not state whether it is a De...

Hello, I have interviewed with a company in the UK and they are willing to offer me a job as a skilled worker. The job is on the short occupation list. The company has been recently granted CoS in T2 Skilled Workers Route The recruitment manager is not sure if they can sponsor me from Pakistan using...

Because they, along with TLS, are almost a monopoly on the market. Plus, I assume, they offer good deals to government. Sorry for skepticism. I completely agree with you, cheap is the way to go for most governments, but I expected better from the UK government, their own Gov.uk website is excellent...

Thanks for your response AmazonianX.

Have you uploaded all that is required prior to biometrics?

Yes, I uploaded all the documents that were required prior to going to the Biometric Appointment.

Thanks for your response Seagul. What is troubling me is that my wife did not receive an email confirming the biometric appointment and we can still upload the documents on-line as the VFS Global system has not been updated with the Biometric appointment/confirmation. Would you say it is normal that...

Hi, Can someone please shed some light on this, I am so nervous right now........ We self uploaded our documents on VFS website for our first spouse visa application, we booked an appointment for 26th November 2019 but my partner could not make that appointment so we decided to opt for the walk-in s...

Hi, I am having trouble with the VFS Global website. I have just self-uploaded my documents, all the files are in pdf format and all the files are less than 10 MB in size. I uploaded each document one at a time in each category separately. After uploading all the documents, when I am reviewing the u...

Cheers, Thanks Seagul.

Thanks, Seagul. One last thing that is confusing me is the Category as per the Appendix FM Section 1.7 Financial Requirement My Salary is above the financial requirement of £18600 and in the last 12 months it has not been less than £2000 in any of the months, but my salary varies a little due to ove...

Thanks again Seagul. One more item, Do I as a sponsor need to write a Letter of Support for my wife, detailing how we met, how we communicate, how I fulfil financial requirements etc? This seems unnecessary to me considering nearly everything is covered in the application and documents, we are provi...

Hi, Regarding the payslips, I have mentioned previously that we get electronic payslips, I have converted them to the PDF and will be sending them as proof of meeting financial requirements. I have also had the following generic statement added to my Employer letter (which does state my current annu...

Thanks again Seagul, your advice has been invaluable.

Hi, I have managed to convince a Natwest bank branch to stamp my printed Bank statement that I received as pdf in my online banking mailbox. They have stamped every page of the bank statement. In addition to this they printed a page showing the current balance, the extra page shows the bank logo, br...

Thanks Seagul for your prompt reply.

Thanks, Seagul. One follow up question. As part of the on-line application, we are asked to upload the employment contract as a supporting document. I do have my employment contract that was dated and signed in 2016, at the time my Salary was above the required threshold. Since then my Salary has in...

Hi, I would like to know when submitting documents online yourself, does one have to submit all the documents at once, or can the documents be submitted at two different times, such as I am waiting for my bank statements but would like to upload the rest of the documents now, is it possible? Also, A...

Hi, My wife is filling in the application form online and one of the questions about the sponsor (me) is as follows. What do they earn? (Required) 1: The same amount continuously, above the financial requirement amount 2: The same amount continuously, below the financial requirement amount 3: Not th...

Thanks a lot, AmazonianX