entering uk under tier 1 general

joy_kavee wrote:hi

i have my tier 1 general approved from back home.

is there any documentation that you should carry with you when you reach the airport?

can anyone share their experience of at the airport with tier 1 general?

Do you need to show where you gonna stay or bank statement or anything??

somebody mentioned having chest x ray? does that apply to all foreign nationalities?

thanks

tvn_ramesh wrote:

joy_kavee wrote:hi

i have my tier 1 general approved from back home.

is there any documentation that you should carry with you when you reach the airport?

can anyone share their experience of at the airport with tier 1 general?

Do you need to show where you gonna stay or bank statement or anything??

somebody mentioned having chest x ray? does that apply to all foreign nationalities?

thanks

if u r coming first time into UK.. it is safe to carry the follwoing;

1. Have al the documents you submitted handy incase the immig officer asks for
2. Have the address wher eyou will be staying once u enter UK... even it is a hotel for 1day initall
3. have a TB test done in india and get teh xray n report handy incase the officer asks for
4. rest of all the other things like having GBP in hand to pay for taxi or train,
5. international driving licence if u intend to drive is valid for 1yr in uk

goodluck

VK82 wrote:

tvn_ramesh wrote:

joy_kavee wrote:hi

i have my tier 1 general approved from back home.

is there any documentation that you should carry with you when you reach the airport?

can anyone share their experience of at the airport with tier 1 general?

Do you need to show where you gonna stay or bank statement or anything??

somebody mentioned having chest x ray? does that apply to all foreign nationalities?

thanks

if u r coming first time into UK.. it is safe to carry the follwoing;

1. Have al the documents you submitted handy incase the immig officer asks for
2. Have the address wher eyou will be staying once u enter UK... even it is a hotel for 1day initall
3. have a TB test done in india and get teh xray n report handy incase the officer asks for
4. rest of all the other things like having GBP in hand to pay for taxi or train,
5. international driving licence if u intend to drive is valid for 1yr in uk

goodluck

Hi Ramesh, just picking up point 5, person can drive in UK even with their home country license for 1 year from the date of their first entry. Its a hassle applying for an International license. Thats what I know but do correct me if I am wrong.

amit_cris wrote:hi,

Your home country ( India) DL is always valid for initial 1 year , i have used that for driving while in UK, only problem that you have to pay more money while taking car Insurance which is mandatory and very costly in UK, and if you have UK driving license ( though its very tough to get that as you have to take a number of test for that ) then you have to pay less towards Car insurance.

Amit

ukdest wrote:

amit_cris wrote:hi,

Your home country ( India) DL is always valid for initial 1 year , i have used that for driving while in UK, only problem that you have to pay more money while taking car Insurance which is mandatory and very costly in UK, and if you have UK driving license ( though its very tough to get that as you have to take a number of test for that ) then you have to pay less towards Car insurance.

Amit

Here is my concern... I have an indian license, not indian international

I am buying a car and getting an insurance. The insurance websites have the option for giving license info as :-

Full(UK/Ireland/EU/International)
Provisional.

"International" is my concern. Hope the insurance company will not give any problem telling my license does not belong to the first category, if in case i have to go for claims.

yasa wrote:

ukdest wrote:

amit_cris wrote:hi,

Your home country ( India) DL is always valid for initial 1 year , i have used that for driving while in UK, only problem that you have to pay more money while taking car Insurance which is mandatory and very costly in UK, and if you have UK driving license ( though its very tough to get that as you have to take a number of test for that ) then you have to pay less towards Car insurance.

Amit

Here is my concern... I have an indian license, not indian international

I am buying a car and getting an insurance. The insurance websites have the option for giving license info as :-

Full(UK/Ireland/EU/International)
Provisional.

"International" is my concern. Hope the insurance company will not give any problem telling my license does not belong to the first category, if in case i have to go for claims.

i cannot agree with that, the following link i found mentions i can drive with indian license

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/Motor ... _in_gb.dsb

Basically u should have International driving permit not normal licence to drive for the first year...

ukdest wrote:

yasa wrote:

ukdest wrote:

amit_cris wrote:hi,

Your home country ( India) DL is always valid for initial 1 year , i have used that for driving while in UK, only problem that you have to pay more money while taking car Insurance which is mandatory and very costly in UK, and if you have UK driving license ( though its very tough to get that as you have to take a number of test for that ) then you have to pay less towards Car insurance.

Amit

Here is my concern... I have an indian license, not indian international

I am buying a car and getting an insurance. The insurance websites have the option for giving license info as :-

Full(UK/Ireland/EU/International)
Provisional.

"International" is my concern. Hope the insurance company will not give any problem telling my license does not belong to the first category, if in case i have to go for claims.

Basically u should have International driving permit not normal licence to drive for the first year...