Hi, I have a tourist visa appointment in the coming weeks in London. I believe the standard processing time for the visa is 7-10 working days and the passport will be with the embassy during that time. If there is a need to travel outside the country on an emergency situation during the visa process...

Thanks for your reply TickTack.

Hi All, I have U.S visitor visa appointment coming up in next 2 weeks. Will be applying B2 visa for myself, partner and Son. Anyone has any suggestion how much balance i should keep it in my bank statement. I have been maintaining close to 2500£ for the last 3 months. Is that sufficient or they expe...

Thanks Zimba. Unfortunately i am not too sure on my travel dates. I will consider my 2014 visa as my start and work towards the timelines for the ILR.

Ideally i should apply for the ILR this year but due to the unavailability of the travel dates i will push it to 2024 Jan.

Thanks for your reply Zimba. The objective for getting the SAR is to review my travel dates since those details are not available in the report I am not too sure about my next step. Below I have given my Visa application, Granted and Expiry Details. With this can any solicitor advise me by when i wo...

Hi, I got my SAR report from UKVI. Could someone kindly advice me the details i need to check to find out my ILR application date eligibility. Its a 59 page document and there is no reference available to my international travel dates. It has only got all my UK visa application details (submission a...

Dear Zimba, Many thanks for the reply. It clears my doubt.

Apologies for the late response.

Hi, I have been in the UK for last 10 years with gaps related to work travel. However from 2014 onwards I have been maintaining the stay criteria. I have been under ICT TIER 2, TIER 4 dependent and TIER 2 general visa and my family are with me as dependent. As per the new private life route changes ...

Thanks everyone for your response. It seems all the assurance and confidence giving by the solicitors are mere words i guess...I may be wrong. Thanks once again.

Thanks Seagul and Zimba for your response. It really helps me to understand the situation. If i take O3rd Oct 2010 as my entry and calculate the absence days its coming around 760+ days. Out of that 760+ days nearly 150+ are official visit to offshore due to the nature of my job and 70+ days due to ...

Hi, I need your help to in getting my ILR question clarified based on your experiences so far. Entered UK on 12th Jan 2009 and returned back to my home country by 23rd Jan 2009 Had to stay back home as we were going through fertility treatment Made 2 more trips on HSMP visa for official purpose betw...

Hi,

Can someone kindly let me know whether my understanding is correct or not.

Regards

Hi, I was on TIER 4 dependent and switched over to TIER 2 general a employer sponsor visa in Dec 2019. My wife she has got valid TIER 4 visa till Jan 2021 and my son is (aged 8) is under TIER 4 dependent now. Only I moved from TIER 4 dependent to TIER 2 General last month with the valid visa till 20...