Dear team, I have a query regarding the 'Visitor Visa'. My mother-in-law visited UK twice so far and her stay in the UK was from June 2013-Nov 2013 and from May 2015-Oct 2015. She returned to India on 26th Oct 2015. We have a 3-year-old son who is born and raised in India by my in-laws. My son is ba...

Hi, Just to summarize my case with more details. My two recent offences are - First offence is a PCN and I have seen a copy of this. I am waiting for Fulham council to reissue the notice directly to me as requested by my company. The other offence is a speeding offence which I have not seen yet. It ...

Just a small clarification, the first offence is PCN and not FPN.

Hi All, I drive a company car and I was informed by my company that they received two motoring offence details for me in July and August. I have not seen the details of these offences. They are in the process of redirecting both to me so I can pay the fine or accept points. One is FPN for stopping a...

Thanks that really helps

Hi All, First want to thank you for all the advice I received over the last few years. I am hoping I can get some guidance on the "Citizenship - English language requirements". I have obtained my ILR after Oct 28, 2013 which should be sufficient for my English language requirement as per few posts. ...

Hi Vinni,

Can I bring my son as a visitor first and apply for dependant VISA when he is UK?

Regards

Thanks Vinni

Hi Vinni, Can you confirm if the 90 balance maintenance is "Average balance over 90 day period" or do we need to maintain a minimum balance for 90 day period? Because Average balance over certain period is calculated differently as explained below http://budgeting.thenest.com/banks-work-out-average-...

Hi,

Has any one recently applied for a Tier-1 dependant Visa for child from India? If so can you please share a list of documents you used.

Regards
Sri

Hi Vinni,

Can I use my wife's bank statements together with mine to show the maintenance funds?

Regards
Sri

Thanks Vinny, I went through the documentation and I understand that I need to maintain £630 for last 90 days. I could not unfortunately maintain the balance, it was below £630 for few days in last 2 months. But I have a steady job from last 6 years and paid monthly. Do I have any options to bypass ...

Hi All,

My Son is born and raised in India. I want to apply a dependant VISA for him in India and bring him here. Can any one please clarify what the financial requirements are, if any?
Do I need to show any funds in my bank account for 90 days?

Regards
Sri

Hi, I have a TSB travel insurance. The document clearly says that the area of travel it covers is Europe. It also advises me to obtain an European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) if I am travelling to countries with in the EU. I will be providing TSB travel insurance document for my Austria Schengen Vi...

I checked with VFS helpline again and they told me that having spouse's name in passport will work only if one of us in EU Citizen. So I am back to square one. When I asked them for suggestion, they suggested that my wife should apply for Visa on her own showing funds in her bank account. But one pr...

Thanks for your replies. I am unable to get my marriage certificate attested by Indian High Commission as they want Ministry of External Affairs to attest the document first. For that I need to travel to India which I can't. So I called VFS helpline and they mentioned that if I cannot produce a lega...

OK from the posts given, I understand that France does not care about Marriage certificate attestation while the Italians do. Is this one off case or is it general understanding. I went to the italian website (http://www.esteri.it/visti/home_eng.asp) and in the requirements there is no marriage cert...

Hi, I want to apply for a ITALY Schengen Visa and one of the requirements for my spouse is "* If unemployed/ dependent, all the above documents must be provided by the Sponsor along with proof of relationship, ie marriage certificate, birth certificate etc which must carry a stamp of legalization fr...

Hi, My brother is currently on PSW Visa and has been working as an Oracle Database Administrator for the last 10 months. He wants his company to sponsor Tier-2 general Visa. We have looked at the exemptions for Resident Labour Market Test. His job category falls under NQF Level 4. Can his company sp...

I submitted the NARIC certificate along with the application. They did not ask for it. From my conversations with UKBA croydon callcenter, I feel its enough if you get 10 points in points calculator through your degree being recognised in their DB. But if you want play safe like me, make alternate p...

Hi All, My application to ILR was successful yesterday at Solihull. The staff were very friendly and there were no hitches. I applied for ILR after being on Tier-1 general from 04/12/2008. I came to UK on 21/12/2008. Documents carried- (1) Set(o) application (2) Two photos (3) Points calculator (4) ...

to: SettlementOpsPolicy@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk date: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:08 AM subject: Settlement Knowledge of language (New rule effective 28th November 2013) query - Tier 1 General category II would like to get clarification on applying for ILR, based on the new rule effective 28th November 2013...

Hi,

I have booked my PEO on 21st Nov at Solihull office. I have a doubt regarding the new english language requirements. I have a degree from India and the transacript says the medium of instruction as "English". Along with this if I take a NARIC comparable letter, will it be sufficient?

Regards

Thanks Amber, I also got hold of ILR application guidelines from UKBA website which also says the same.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

Thanks for your help.

Thanks Vinny. Can you please clarify your answer for Q2. I have seen people suggest that we can extend tier-1 general dependency even though I get ILR. But isin't this fundamentally wrong? Also as per the information in the link we can only apply using FLR(M). Can you please confirm? http://www.ukba...