Any Tier-1 (General) new applicants??

I don't have exact details as my docs are with consultant. It reached there yesterday so must have stamped day before yesterday

abhishekagrawal79 wrote:Congrates mg,

Can you please give few more details like when was the approval made, when was the passport stamped?

Thanks
Abhishek

mg wrote:mg
====================
Date of application:2nd April.
Payment date: 9th April.
Reference: Received
Results: wait over 13th May

Ok. Can you please update everybody once you get the documents.
Congrates again.

Abhishek

mg wrote:I don't have exact details as my docs are with consultant. It reached there yesterday so must have stamped day before yesterday

abhishekagrawal79 wrote:Congrates mg,

Can you please give few more details like when was the approval made, when was the passport stamped?

Thanks
Abhishek

mg wrote:mg
====================
Date of application:2nd April.
Payment date: 9th April.
Reference: Received
Results: wait over 13th May

To get an idea, See the latest example below... this is not mine.

The approval date for him is 30 April but when he rang them on 9th May, he was told decision not made!

HSMP Extension: Approved in 27 days

User: xxxx (from Singapore) Applied From: United Kingdom
Application Filed: 02 Apr 2008 Application Received: 03 Apr 2008
Points Claimed: Fee Debited: 09 Apr 2008
Reference No. Received: 10 Apr 2008 Reference No.: PB301*
Application Status: approved Approval Date: 30 Apr 2008
Papers Received: 14 May 2008 Last Updated: 12 minutes ago
Notes: Called HO on 9May, told no decision made yet.

I have called Home office customer service to check about high court ruling impact on hsmp extension.

Initially they told me that i need to fill tier1 form, then i told them about High court ruling and home office letter to HSMPForum, then they said that today or early next week homeoffice is uploading full clarity for people who are on HSMP and have entered before Nov 2006. This can mean new forms or new exceptions for us.

So he was not sure as to should i fill tier 1 or not, he then asked me wait for 1 week and check what information is being uploaded at homeoffice website.

They have also replied to my email:

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Dear rajivferroin,

Thank you for your e-mail,

Thank you for your enquiry regarding the recent Judicial Review relating to the

changes to the HSMP extension processes.



What does the ruling mean for those affected in practical terms?



We will offer a remedy for those affected in line with the judgment.

The practicalities will be announced as soon as possible.





But when will you announce the practicalities?



We want to make sure we give the arrangements due consideration so that they

work as smoothly as possible after they are announced. We have interim

measures to deal with individual cases as they arise.



Please refer to our website for announcements regarding this subject,

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk



Tier 1 (General) applications should be submitted up to one month before your Leave to Remain as a Highly Skilled Migrant expires.


Please complete a Tier 1 (General) form, enclosing the appropriate fee (£750) and specified required documents (see the Tier 1 (General) Guidance Notes).



The applicant’s passport and those of any dependants must be sent together with the Tier 1 (General) form in order to be endorsed. A separate Tier 1 (General) Dependant form must also be submitted for each dependant.



It is important that applications are made before your current leave to remain expires.



Applicants will be able to continue working whilst their extension application is being considered provided :-



· They have previous leave granted under the HSMP scheme and their Tier 1 (General) application is submitted before their current leave expires.



The application form and guidance can be downloaded from our website - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk.

They are also available by calling our application order line on 0117 344 1471.



I hope this is helpful,

Yours sincerely,

Angela Straw
Customer Service Advisor
Customer Contact Centre
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

Telephone: 0114 207 4074
Fax: 0114 207 4000

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Regards
rajivferroin

HI,

Update of my WP to TIER1 status :

Applied on 11th April
Got reference number on 14th April ( PB3026******)
Called HO on 14th May - Was informed that it is bening looked into by a case worker and after which it would be sent to a Manager who would need to sign it off before it is sent for stamping of Visa .

Wish that they decide ASAP and send the documents .. this wait is extremely painful .

Cheers,

Can someone help.....I am in UK on WP and I am going to apply for TIER-1 on 21/05/08 as some of my documents are arriving on 20th....However my passport is expiring in end of july this year.....do you think that makes any difference...coz i've heard that if passport is expiring within 6 months of travel then we are not allowed to travel....does that rule applies to visa application.


Another question....i came to UK on student visa. after finishing studies I got job here and currently I am on work permit.....while filling the Ties-1 form it asks at some point...when did applicant enter UK and also what is visa number....do you think I should give my student visa number and my first entry date of UK or should I give my work permit visa number and that issue that.....I am sure someone else might have had same scenario.....

help

I have applied on April-08 and my passport was expiring in September-08 I got the approval even though my PP expring less than 6 months.

Other option available is you can get your PP renewed from the your country embassy ( if it is India , then I have seen people getting PP within a week if you apply in person).

I feel anything is ok for your second question.If you check the visa stamp one will be Entry clearance you can enter the number on it.

-Ra

bajaj06 wrote:Can someone help.....I am in UK on WP and I am going to apply for TIER-1 on 21/05/08 as some of my documents are arriving on 20th....However my passport is expiring in end of july this year.....do you think that makes any difference...coz i've heard that if passport is expiring within 6 months of travel then we are not allowed to travel....does that rule applies to visa application.


Another question....i came to UK on student visa. after finishing studies I got job here and currently I am on work permit.....while filling the Ties-1 form it asks at some point...when did applicant enter UK and also what is visa number....do you think I should give my student visa number and my first entry date of UK or should I give my work permit visa number and that issue that.....I am sure someone else might have had same scenario.....

help

if it is the application for approval alone then no need to send passport. but now for tier 1 u need to send the passports as well. So I guess its better to extend ur passports before applying. I am not sure if they can give a visa which is valid for longer than the passport.

For your 2nd question i think u have to give the student visa number and the date u first entered. I am sure even if you dont give any thing they will have al your details. so there is no need to lie. It will help if nothing in the application raises doubts.

all the best

You can off course get a VISA whose validity is longer than your passport validity.

foreign_immigrant wrote:if it is the application for approval alone then no need to send passport. but now for tier 1 u need to send the passports as well. So I guess its better to extend ur passports before applying. I am not sure if they can give a visa which is valid for longer than the passport.

For your 2nd question i think u have to give the student visa number and the date u first entered. I am sure even if you dont give any thing they will have al your details. so there is no need to lie. It will help if nothing in the application raises doubts.

all the best

Abhi, could you add me to the list please?
I called HO today and they told me it should be ready within a week. Oh well, at least I got an update.
Cheers

Linuxman2k3:
=======
Date Applied:14th April
Payment Taken: 15th April
Reference Number Received: 17th April (PB302**)
Decision : Awaited
Stamped: Awaited
Documents received: Awaited

Done !!

Abhishek

linuxman2k3 wrote:Abhi, could you add me to the list please?
I called HO today and they told me it should be ready within a week. Oh well, at least I got an update.
Cheers

Linuxman2k3:
=======
Date Applied:14th April
Payment Taken: 15th April
Reference Number Received: 17th April (PB302**)
Decision : Awaited
Stamped: Awaited
Documents received: Awaited

Please update my status

Sidshekhar:( Work Permit to Tier1)
========
Applied: 11th April
Received: 14th April
Payment Taken:18th April (paid by Cheque hence extra 5 days)
Reference Number:21April
Decision: Awaited
Documents Received:Awaited


[quote="abhishekagrawal79"]ashraya:
======
Date Applied :6th march
Reached Home office : 8th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :18th March ( PB2988....)
Approval Date: 9th April
Docs Received: 15th April

asiar08 ( Tier 1 with Valid HSMP letter )
=====
Date Applied : 11 March
Reached Home office : 12th march
Credit card charged: 13th March
Reference Number : PB299***
Decision : Approved
Documents received :22nd Apr


aylee:
======
Date Applied :11th march
Reached Home office : 12th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :14th March ( PB2993....)
Decision : Approved on 19th March
Passport Stamped 1st April.
Docs Recieved :3rd April


lisa_simpson
========
Date Applied : 11 March
Reached Home office : 12 March
Debit card charged: 13 March
Reference Number Received: 14 March
Reference Number : PB299***
Decision Received: YES!! Very Happy
Documents Received: 8th April

butterfly08: ( HSMP to Tier 1 )
=======
Date Applied :12th march
Reached Home office : 13th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :14th March ( PB2994....)
Decision : Approived and got documents back on 16th April

hsmpaspirant2007:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 17th March
Reference Number Received: 18th March
Decision Taken: 31st March
Passport stamped: 4th April
Current Status: Approved.
Documents Received: 9th April

sinspider:
=========
APPLIED: March 13th
RECD at Home Office: March 14th
Charged : 18th March
REFERENCE no: 19th March
Decision :Rejected 2nd April( Reason mentioned: Degree was in Swedish)


GobOOst:
=======
Date Applied:14th March
Payment Taken: 20th March
Reference Number Received: 25th March (PB299**)
Decision : Approved on 10th April
Stamped: on 10th Apirl
Documents received: 18th April


Laskk:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 19th March
Reference Number Received: 20th March(PB299**)
Decision : Approved.

irf_bar:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 17th March
Reference Number Received: 18th March(PB299**)
Decision : Rejected -- Reason HO refused the application on the basis of previous earning.


qqq
========
Date Applied :17th March
Reached Home office : 18th march
Credit card charged: 18th March
Reference Number received :20th March ( PB2999....)
Approved on 2 April 2008
Stamped on 24th April 2008
Valid until 2 April 2011
Documents recieved: 30th April


rajiv502
======
Date Applied :19th march
Reached Home office : 20th march
Credit card charged: 25th March
Reference Number received :28th March ( PB3001....)
Approval date: 31st march
Received date: 16th April

Carpra
===========

Date Applied : 19 March
Reached Home office : 20th March
Credit card charged: 20th March
Reference Number : PB300***
Decision : Approved on 26th April
Documents received :06 May


SSTier1:
=======
Posted my Tier 1 Application: 25-March-08
Recieved Home office : 26-March-08
Debit card charged: 26-March-08
Reference number recieved : 29-March-08
Decision : Approved
Visa stamped: 08-April-2008
Passports received : 12-April-2008

Tier1HSMP
===========

Applied Date - 25/03/2008
Debit Card Charged - 04/04/2008
Reference number allocated - 04/04/2008
Reference number received - 08/04/2008
Passport stamped - 29/04/2008
Documents received - 07/05/3008 (by RoyalMail recorded delivery)


mmmsa5:(From student to Tier 1 )
=======

Application received at HO: 26 March
Payment Taken: 26 March
Reference number received: 29 March (PB300***)
Decision Taken: 3 April (Approved), 4th April for dependants
Documents Received: 15th April

getkumars:
=========
Date Applied : 25 March
Reached Home office : 26th march
Debit card charged: 27th March
Reference Number Received: 29th March
Reference Number : PB3007***
Passport stamped: 3 rd April
Documents Received: 15th April


cisman:
=======
Application Sent : 29 March 2008
Application Received : 31 March 2008
Payment Processed : 31 March 2008
Reference no. Allocated : 31 March 2008
Reference no. Received : 02 April 2008 (.....)
Decision : Awaited


urgent:
=======
Date Applied :29th march
Reached Home office : 31st march
charged: 31st March
Reference Number received :2nd April( PB3012***)
Passport stamped: 17th April
Documents Received: 22nd April

AmitGoyal
---------
---------
Date Applied :1 April
Reached Home office : 2 April
Debit charged: 3 April
Reference Number received :4 April ( PB3014....)
Approval Date: 16th April
Docs Received: 21 April

Twinkle.
---------
Date Applied :2 April
Reached Home office :
Debit charged:
Reference Number received :
Status: Approved
Docs Received: 30 April

mg
====================
Date of application:2nd April.
Payment date: 9th April.
Reference: Received
Results: Approved.
Docs received : 13th.


nibbs:
====
applied by special delivery-4th april
fees deducted - 7th april
reference no - 7th april
passport stamped - 28th april
docu+pp recieved - 3rd May - by special delivery post
(self addressed send with application)


emacmac
===============
Applied:7th April (claiming 105 points)
Received at HO: 8th April
Payment taken: 8th April
Ref number received: 9th April (PB/3020)
Called HO on 9th May and they advised it is “under considerationâ€

Just called again and told "no decision has been made yet".

I asked them if it was to be approved does it have to go through any other processes before the stamp in the passport, but she said no - once approved it will go to the passport processing team and then to dispatch.

My application has been with a caseworker since 1st May, so is starting to get a little frustrating and a little nervous. This makes it 10 working days (well 9 with the bank holiday).

I would have thought this was a fairly straightforward application (i.e. passport from an English speaking country, all education documentation previously submitted on initial HSMP app two years ago, maintenance bank account statements, full 12 months pay slips, P45, bank statements, letter from employers)....

Does anyone have any ideas of the time it takes from caseworker assignment to a decision? I think I read in here for some people it's been a week.....

I can understand your frustration and I guess that's applicable for all who are in the waiting-in period, but this is how HO processes applications.

Anyways, please see below the text excerpt from BIA website about the actual start of consideration date

Application date by post
The date of postage is used as the date of application.

The date of an application made by post is decided by the postmark. The payment handling service attaches the original envelope with all postal applications. If the envelope in which the application was posted is missing, or if the postmark is illegible, the date of posting is taken as at least one day before its receipt. The day of receipt is normally the date the payment handling service processed the fee. If there is any uncertainty, you will be given the benefit of the doubt.

So you need to add 4/6 weeks to your payment date as per their service standards for Tier1(general).

Hope this helps.

emacmac wrote:Just called again and told "no decision has been made yet".

I asked them if it was to be approved does it have to go through any other processes before the stamp in the passport, but she said no - once approved it will go to the passport processing team and then to dispatch.

My application has been with a caseworker since 1st May, so is starting to get a little frustrating and a little nervous. This makes it 10 working days (well 9 with the bank holiday).

I would have thought this was a fairly straightforward application (i.e. passport from an English speaking country, all education documentation previously submitted on initial HSMP app two years ago, maintenance bank account statements, full 12 months pay slips, P45, bank statements, letter from employers)....

Does anyone have any ideas of the time it takes from caseworker assignment to a decision? I think I read in here for some people it's been a week.....

Hi junior

That's useful to know, thanks for putting it up there.

My payment date was 8th April, so hopefully a decision will be made any day now.. Maybe it's 1-2 weeks from assignment to a caseworker?

When I've called for an update they said because it's a new process, there still aren't any service standards identified yet - guess that's the downside of being in the first batch(es) of the new system.

Will cross my fingers for the next week then!

Hi emacmac,

every time I have spoken to the HO CC these are the standard/tailored replies I have got.

1. No Service Standard
2. 4-6 weeks average processing time
3. "Under consideration" or "assigned to a caseworker"

so based on the information on the BIA website, Customer Contact standard replies and from the time lines of those who have got their approvals, I can roughly say that processing times are somewhere like..payment date + 4-6 weeks...This is purely my guess work, though...

All the best to all the wait list applicants.

emacmac wrote:Hi junior

That's useful to know, thanks for putting it up there.

My payment date was 8th April, so hopefully a decision will be made any day now.. Maybe it's 1-2 weeks from assignment to a caseworker?

When I've called for an update they said because it's a new process, there still aren't any service standards identified yet - guess that's the downside of being in the first batch(es) of the new system.

Will cross my fingers for the next week then!

Please update my details in the list..

Lokesh(WP to Tier-1):
=======
Date Applied:8th May
Payment Taken: 9th May
Reference Number Received: 12th May (PB305**)
Decision : Awaited
Stamped: Awaited
Documents received: Awaited

please update. i have applied today

TIER 1 GENERAL

Date Applied:15 May
Payment Taken: waiting
Reference Number Received: waitin
Decision : Awaited
Stamped: Awaited
Documents received: Awaited

Done!!

Abhishek

aamirmalik wrote:please update. i have applied today

TIER 1 GENERAL

Date Applied:15 May
Payment Taken: waiting
Reference Number Received: waitin
Decision : Awaited
Stamped: Awaited
Documents received: Awaited

Smartboy_uk:
=======
Date Applied:8th April
Payment Taken: 9th April
Reference Number Received: 10th April (PB302**)
Decision : Awaited
Stamped: Awaited
Documents received: Awaited

ashraya:
======
Date Applied :6th march
Reached Home office : 8th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :18th March ( PB2988....)
Approval Date: 9th April
Docs Received: 15th April

asiar08 ( Tier 1 with Valid HSMP letter )
=====
Date Applied : 11 March
Reached Home office : 12th march
Credit card charged: 13th March
Reference Number : PB299***
Decision : Approved
Documents received :22nd Apr


aylee:
======
Date Applied :11th march
Reached Home office : 12th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :14th March ( PB2993....)
Decision : Approved on 19th March
Passport Stamped 1st April.
Docs Recieved :3rd April


lisa_simpson
========
Date Applied : 11 March
Reached Home office : 12 March
Debit card charged: 13 March
Reference Number Received: 14 March
Reference Number : PB299***
Decision Received: YES!! Very Happy
Documents Received: 8th April

butterfly08: ( HSMP to Tier 1 )
=======
Date Applied :12th march
Reached Home office : 13th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :14th March ( PB2994....)
Decision : Approived and got documents back on 16th April

hsmpaspirant2007:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 17th March
Reference Number Received: 18th March
Decision Taken: 31st March
Passport stamped: 4th April
Current Status: Approved.
Documents Received: 9th April

sinspider:
=========
APPLIED: March 13th
RECD at Home Office: March 14th
Charged : 18th March
REFERENCE no: 19th March
Decision :Rejected 2nd April( Reason mentioned: Degree was in Swedish)


GobOOst:
=======
Date Applied:14th March
Payment Taken: 20th March
Reference Number Received: 25th March (PB299**)
Decision : Approved on 10th April
Stamped: on 10th Apirl
Documents received: 18th April


Laskk:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 19th March
Reference Number Received: 20th March(PB299**)
Decision : Approved.

irf_bar:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 17th March
Reference Number Received: 18th March(PB299**)
Decision : Rejected -- Reason HO refused the application on the basis of previous earning.


qqq
========
Date Applied :17th March
Reached Home office : 18th march
Credit card charged: 18th March
Reference Number received :20th March ( PB2999....)
Approved on 2 April 2008
Stamped on 24th April 2008
Valid until 2 April 2011
Documents recieved: 30th April


rajiv502
======
Date Applied :19th march
Reached Home office : 20th march
Credit card charged: 25th March
Reference Number received :28th March ( PB3001....)
Approval date: 31st march
Received date: 16th April

Carpra
===========

Date Applied : 19 March
Reached Home office : 20th March
Credit card charged: 20th March
Reference Number : PB300***
Decision : Approved on 26th April
Documents received :06 May


SSTier1:
=======
Posted my Tier 1 Application: 25-March-08
Recieved Home office : 26-March-08
Debit card charged: 26-March-08
Reference number recieved : 29-March-08
Decision : Approved
Visa stamped: 08-April-2008
Passports received : 12-April-2008

Tier1HSMP
===========

Applied Date - 25/03/2008
Debit Card Charged - 04/04/2008
Reference number allocated - 04/04/2008
Reference number received - 08/04/2008
Passport stamped - 29/04/2008
Documents received - 07/05/3008 (by RoyalMail recorded delivery)


mmmsa5:(From student to Tier 1 )
=======

Application received at HO: 26 March
Payment Taken: 26 March
Reference number received: 29 March (PB300***)
Decision Taken: 3 April (Approved), 4th April for dependants
Documents Received: 15th April

getkumars:
=========
Date Applied : 25 March
Reached Home office : 26th march
Debit card charged: 27th March
Reference Number Received: 29th March
Reference Number : PB3007***
Passport stamped: 3 rd April
Documents Received: 15th April


cisman:
=======
Application Sent : 29 March 2008
Application Received : 31 March 2008
Payment Processed : 31 March 2008
Reference no. Allocated : 31 March 2008
Reference no. Received : 02 April 2008 (.....)
Decision : Awaited


urgent:
=======
Date Applied :29th march
Reached Home office : 31st march
charged: 31st March
Reference Number received :2nd April( PB3012***)
Passport stamped: 17th April
Documents Received: 22nd April

AmitGoyal
---------
---------
Date Applied :1 April
Reached Home office : 2 April
Debit charged: 3 April
Reference Number received :4 April ( PB3014....)
Approval Date: 16th April
Docs Received: 21 April

Twinkle.
---------
Date Applied :2 April
Reached Home office :
Debit charged:
Reference Number received :
Status: Approved
Docs Received: 30 April

mg
====================
Date of application:2nd April.
Payment date: 9th April.
Reference: Received
Results: Approved.
Docs received : 13th.


nibbs:
====
applied by special delivery-4th april
fees deducted - 7th april
reference no - 7th april
passport stamped - 28th april
docu+pp recieved - 3rd May - by special delivery post
(self addressed send with application)


wp2tier1:
--------------
Applied:5th April
Received at HO: 8th April
Payment taken: 8th April
Ref number received: 10th April
Called HO on 28th April and they told Its waiting to be assigned to case worker
Called HO again on 6th May and they told its under consideration and with case worker.
Called HO again on 7th and they told documents despatched on 6th.
Received documents on 7th May.
Approval letter dated 28th April
Passport stamped 28th April(for myself and spouse)
Validity till 28th April 2011



SKris:
==========
Applied - 7th April
Fees deducted - 8th April
Ref number received - 10th April
Approval date - 29th April (as indicated in the HO letter)
Docs received - 7th May


emacmac
=======================
(HSMP to Tier 1 )
--------------
Applied:7th April (claiming 105 points)
Received at HO: 8th April
Payment taken: 8th April
Ref number received: 9th April (PB/3020)
Called HO on 9th May and they advised it is “under considerationâ€

can anyone please tell me how much time homeoffice is taking for Tier 1 general application. i have applied on 15 may from UK. I am a student here.
and also do they verify the documents????
anyone please reply?

aamirmalik wrote:can anyone please tell me how much time homeoffice is taking for Tier 1 general application. i have applied on 15 may from UK. I am a student here.
and also do they verify the documents????
anyone please reply?

Please refer to the list Abhi has been updated.

From Abhishek's post, I can see the application date for the latest approval is 9th April. So there has been no approval for application made after 9th april. Today is 16th May - so 1 month and a week is the minimum waiting time for people applied after 1 week of april.

Hi All,

I have some good news to share.
I got my approval for my wife and myself and received docs today.

Here is timeline:

Applied : 12th April
Payment taken: 14th April
Ref number received: 16th April
Received documents on 16th May.
Approval details I'll post once I reach home. I havn't seen the docs yet.

Here is application summary:

I am in Uk on WP and applied now to switch to tier 1.
Straight forward case with 80 points claimed(and awarded)
qualification - 30
previous earning - 40
Age - 10

Docs provided

1. BE degree and final semester marksheet for english and for qual. (my qualification is on BIA calculator)

2. 12 months salary slip (stamped and signed) and bank statements (on bank stationary). Also I attached the excel sheet for mapping wach months salary and amount deposited in bank.

3. Also for maintenance funds, I provided multiple accounts. Also I used the transactional arrangements put in place by the HO for maintenance funds. Bank statements and letter from bank on bank stationary.

4. Formal marriage certificate

I would like to thank you all for all the help. This forum has been of great help. Good luck to all waiting for decision.Let me know if there are specific queries and I will see if I can help.Thanks again. Also you can send me PM in case its urgent.

Thanks again,
Abhishek