Calling all those who have applied in past 3 months

Hi bilalsab,

My legal rep just called me this morning and its an APPROVAL.......

Thanks to everybody in this forum.

Hi skilachi, mine is the same situation i applied for my HSMP extension approval but they rejected me with the new system saying i haven't gave them consicitive payslips for 8 months. now i want to go through legal process like u'rs, so if u can help me in this process. if u can give me details of u'r legal rep i will contact them or if u give me u'r contact no i will contact u to get suggestions from u..thanks

can you explain your case a litte more.

Are you saying that you have provided 8 months payslips, but breaks in between them? how much earnings did you claim over all etc.,

And the complete wordings in the refusal letter.

Hi,

Home Office is not going to refuse your HSMP visa if you dont get points for extension due to the Judicial Review filed by HSMP Forum (http://www.hsmpforum.com). So, till the outcome of the Judicial Review if you dont get points as per the new criteria then your application can be kept on hold till the judicial review decision which can take 6 to 7 months.

They wont give a firm refusal letter they would just say you fail to get the points and thats not as same as a refusal. So pay and join them.

just want to use this medium to thank all the numerous people who av posted one thing both positive and negative true and untrue on this site and immense thanks to SHOW BABA, a friend 4 reall

d key is the GUIDANCE NOTE, my advice is whosoever is making an HSMP application go through the note it is all written there in black and white secondly a very neat and carefull arrangement of the 'selected' documents in a slimy seperated folder is necessary so the case woker sees each section and each document seperately finnaly believe it or not Baba's favour whoever u take baba to be (4 moi its God)[/b]

innitial applic feb 12
ref. numba feb 13
approval recd mar 5

stage 2 aplic mar20
paspot recd apr2

incountry applic

once again a big up to all the moderators n every one that has posted one info or d other on this site and Biggest up goes to SHOW BABA congratulations on your approval 2

Hi Friends,

For your information, I have posted my file on 17th april
reached their on 19th, fee debited on 20th, called HO on 27th to get the reference number, It was told that they have not beet yet allocated a case worker to my file...Looks there is such lagginf from march.

Regards,
ARUN

Applied on June1st
Reached HO on June 4th.
Till now my debit card has not been debited
And i have not even got any reference number.
Anybody with same status?
Bit worried pls help.
IN country application.

A couple things:

My application was sent to the HO on May 29th and the fee was debited on June 1...out of country app, but it arrived to the HO from in country. I received my ref # on June 6.

But I didn't see the charge on my credit card until the 5th. Have you tried calling your credit card company to see if the charge has posted? I knew on the 1st that the HO had debited my card because I called my credit card company (with most credit card companies, the customer service people can see charges before you can).

Second, have you called the HO to inquire? They've been very helpful each time I've called, so I would try that if I were you.

moganlal wrote:Applied on June1st
Reached HO on June 4th.
Till now my debit card has not been debited
And i have not even got any reference number.
Anybody with same status?
Bit worried pls help.
IN country application.

Hi,
Thanks for the mail. I had called up HO today and got to now that there was some payment processing problem on their end and now its through.
I got my reference no. But said caseworker may be assigned this week and I could follow up from next week.
Yes they were indeed very helpful.
many thanks,
Moganlal

Application sent from New Zealand - 25 May
Payment Cleared - 30 May
Application Received - 5 June
Application accepted - 8 June

Amazed at how fast that was. I'm a happy camper!

Application sent: 15 June
Credit card debited: 19 June for 400 pounds (Used Standard Charterd Manhattan VISA Credit Card)

Reference No. yet to assigned. Waiting for their mail.

Hi

Iam a new member to this group, even through i was going through lot of post in this form, this is my first post,

My time line of the application are as follows:
Send through Fedex from Bangalore on 28th June 2007
Receaved by HO: 2nd July 2007:
Payment made through credit card on 3rd July 2007.

Awaiting for the Reference number
can any one please let me know the HO numbers to which i can call and get the status of the application.

Time Line:

Sent thru TNT : 29 June '07
Received by HO : 03 July '07
Paid thru DD,not yet encashed.

Any idea approximately how long does it take to encash the DD?

Got my HSMP approved. In-country.

Application Sent: 20/06
Card Debitted: 21/06
Letter and docs received: Jul 04 (Dated Jul 03)

No confirmation/reference was ever received.

Hello all

let me share the anxity with you all.

application sent on 9th July 07

Received In Sheffield on 11th July 07


Payment deducted from my account on 16th july 2007

I never received the reference. I called up HSMP Customer care, then they gave the reference no. by the way my application not yet allotted a case worker. as soon as it happens i will update you all.


all the best to you all.


Cheers

Astricks

Hi Guys,

Application Sent from NZ:

Applcation sent (Fedex) : 16 July
Application rec'd (UK) : 19 July
C/C debited : 21 July
Request for Urgent Treatment sent (Job offer) : 26 July
Descision made : 30 July

Doc's currently in transit

Thanks for all the postings - it really made life easier & helped me get a positive result!

Hi All,

I have to apply for EC clearance now in this month ..
I have 4.5 lac in my banck account .. Is it sufficinet ?

and once we got the VISA Stamped is there a minimum duration within which we need to travel to UK after the VISA If yes what is that Duration ?

best regards,
Deepak Kumar

Hello

my case is approved, the below are the time slots.

application sent on 9th July 07

Received In Sheffield on 11th July 07

Payment deducted from my account on 16th July 07

decision made to approve the application on 01 Aug 07


I would like to thank you all in this forum. without all of your support it would not have been possible to achieve what i have today. I shall apply for my EC soon and i will keep updated in this forum..

I need to arrange for funds for my EC to show I have sufficient balance.

Thing is I am onlyhaving about 1.5 lakhs in lquid cash in bank acct in my name. Rest can I take a personal loan and show as total 3.5 lakhs cash in account? Is personal loan OK? I wud have a proper document in that case to prove the new 2lakhs in my acct.

Again I can show docuemnts like KVP, mutual funds and NCSs FDs in my name which can amount to significant figure. Is that OK too? What else do I need apart from this? Do I need an affidavit on stamp paper n this that I can liquify these anytime?


Also I can get acct balance of my dad's acct but then my dad makes fund deposits in that acct in CASH quite often. Is that ok? Shall I need letter from dad stating he can support me. Is it needed to be on stamp paper too. If so what shd be the text.


Smone plzzz plzzzz help me out on my queries.......... Sm successful or knowledgeable person on this kindly answer the queries...


Thanks,

allgo

deepakuec wrote:Hi All,

I have to apply for EC clearance now in this month ..
I have 4.5 lac in my banck account .. Is it sufficinet ?

and once we got the VISA Stamped is there a minimum duration within which we need to travel to UK after the VISA If yes what is that Duration ?

best regards,
Deepak Kumar

4.5 lakhs is sufficient.
And 6 months is the time period with in which you need to travel to UK,
But I recommend to travel ASAP else you will have problems in getting your HSMP extended.

I had sent mail to vfs- delhi as well as vfs-chennai office regarding time to travel to Uk after getting visa. The Delhi office says you should travel within 3 months of the date of issuance of visa. But Chennai Vfs sent me reply that there is no specific timeframe for your travel after you obtain the visa.

I have searched vfs site and seen hsmp guidelines also but couldn't find this information written anywhere.

If anyone has found the information in any of their sites, Pls. let me know.

10th aug'07 : U.K. HO received my application on
12th Aug'07 : recvd confirmation for the fee charged to my acc
12th Aug'07 : I called them to hold the processing of my application as
I had not sent the english translation for the stamp of my
ITR.

18th Aug'07 : They got the translation and the process began

22nd Aug'07 : I rcvd the HSMP approval letter with all my supporting
docs.

Note : I didn't apply for a fast processing of my HSMP. Like you all, even I was surprised to get response so soon.

Wish u all Good luck !!

HSMP Turnaround time : Incountry
Sent to HO -July 4th

Did not receive any refernce number

Got approval -July 24th
Received docs - July -25th

FLR
Docs posted 30th July
Reference number received Aug 3rd
Received passports Aug 7th


I used postal orders for all my payment.

Application Sent: 07 Sep, 2007
Application Rec: 10 Sep, 2007
Reference Number rec by email: 18 Sep, 2007 (Payment made through DD)

Sent fax to arrange courier on 19 Sep, 2007, they sent mail saying decision was already made and my documents were already dispatched using Airmail on 19th MORNING...

Confirmed over phone that HSMP is granted successfully. although happy to get HSMP, i am late to sent fax to arrange courier....

my advice to all is to mention to arrange courier in cover letter itself... i missed this part somehow...

Following are some useful things for the grp members.

1) Payment through DD (Appling from India)
2) NARIC letter included.
3) I have masters degree, however I have lost my original bachelors degree certificate. In cover letter i mentioned that, the degree certi re-issued with "duplicate" written on it. also sent transcript.
4) my ITR was in english but stamped in hindi, NO english translation letter sent.
5) I was not given earning letter from employer, bank stmt submitted..letter from employer stating salary credited to so and so acct number in abc bank submitted... stamped and signed payslip submitted...
6) for english, submitted letter from university as well as from affiliated college where i attended the engineerig course.

hope this is useful...

thanks members for all yr help... this grp is fantastic...

Hi hvdin,

Was your ITR signed ? . By ITR I assume u mean the acknowlegement letter we get from Govt. of India ?. I have my ITR stamped in hindi , but not signed .

Thanks