Can all June applicants from India post here pls

Hi Jaysan

See my repsponse below

1)I have recently upgraded and my salary is changed so will there be any questions raised? or i have submit my appraisal letter to justify the hike?

As far as you can show a correct nett tak home which reflects your bank statement , you need not show any apraisal letter. They won be bothered about hike in the Gross for a month.

2)I am placed onsite where as my Bank A/c is in Chennai ICICI Bank so do i need to submit orginal ICICI Bank Statement or statement send by Bank thorough email is Acceptable?

You have to get original statements on banks letter head,sealed & stamped.

3)Can i submit only Form 16 orginal or photocopy ? Is current year Income Tax is sufficient or I have submit last 2 year Income Tax proof also?

Its enough to submit current year as you wil be claiming the same.

4)I need to submit a salary certificate from my Company ? is it required?

You can submit one ,coz its always a weightage to your past earnings proof

Hope this is clear & please reply if i missed any information.

Cheers
ikon

Hi Ikon,
Thanks a lot for your vaulable reply which has clearified all my doubts.

Thanks again.
Jaysan

Achtung wrote:Guys need all of your help...

For the past income (period Apr06 to Mar 07)...

I have the following documents:

1) Payslips
2) Form 16 and ITF
3) Bank statements
4) Letter from Employer stating my GROSS salary

I think I have mentioned this before...that in this period my company name changed a bit from XYZ Software India Pvt Ltd to XYZ Semiconductor India Pvt Ltd.

All the docs have the new name.

But my bank statement address still has the old name and the address...

What do you guys suggest?

Should I drop the bank statements? and do with docs 1,2and4.

Or I mention this discrepancy of the bank statements in a covering letter? I think this will complicate the issue...dont you think so?

can you provide format of letter from company stating salary.
How much detailed should it be? how would it contain details monthly?
will some company be willing to give such kind of letter besides pay slips?

Application posted : 16th of June thru FedEx

Home office received : 19th of June

DD was cleared and reference number received: 26th of June

No idea whether the application is assigned to case worker or not

warm regards! & Good luck to every one who applied for HSMP

Hi Madu

All de best & advance congrats for the approval.



Cheers
ikon

Hi ppl,

Can you help me with this query?

I posted my application on 16 June and Home office debited my credit card on 19th June.

The consultant claims we may or may not receive a reference no. at all. Is this true? I am eager to know what is happening to my application.

Pls help.

HI rsathish

As soon as your payment is received they will give a unique reference number(through email normally) , coz this number is very important for future references of your case.

Then most of them receive this email & i have one friend who dint receive any email and one fine day he got his documents back in post (luckily with approval letter).

So wait patiently & check your mails properly , sometimes it might sit in bulk too

All de best

Cheers
ikon

Application posted : 22th of June via FedEx

Home office received : 25th of June

CC was debited and reference number received: 27th of June

Called the home office help line to check the case worker's name, cindy rep @ call center denied disclosing the name of the case worker. How do you guys come to know about the case worker's name?

Please help.

Hi Friends,
Can anyone please provide me letter format of for Salary certificate given by Employer.
As I have to apply for period of 1-Jul-06 to 31-June-07 and in between my salary got revised. I have seen the existing letter format given by 'nirvu' but it's clear to me. Could anyone provide another format or suggest me do i need to provide details for each month or can i say like this.

Earning from 1-July-06 to 31-May-2007 is 12 Lakh
Basic
HRA
.....

Earning from 1-June-07 to 31-June-2007 is 15 Lakh
Basic
HRA
.....

Please advice.

regards,
JaySan

Hi,

Is "Driving Lisence" sufficient for the age proof?

Did any one of you get an approval with just "one" age proof document?

Thanks
CD

One quick question please:

Do we need to attach any photographs with the HSMP application?

Thanks
CD

HI cdraina

Its ok if you give you original driving licence.tat wil suffice

Cheers
ikon

Hi ikon 1400,

Could you please give the format of the letter that you got from ICICI bank?

I got a similar letter from my bank but at the end it says that the issuing manager does not hold any responsibility and liability. I am worried that this statement would nullify the whole contents of the document. So if you could share the format of your letter it would be really great and I can ask my bank to give another letter in the same format.


Thanks in advance !!

Hi fly2uk

The same sentence was mentioned in my letter too. Even i had doubt about this when i applied.

But DONOT worry. It worked well for me.go ahead buddy.

Cheers
Ikon

Hi Ikon,

Good to hear that !!
Thanks a lot for the quick reply !!

M

Hello,

I am applying through a consultant in bangalore(since I wasnt aware of this forum and also HSMP rules properly at that time).
I have all the documents required for all points section.

In the previous earning section.
I have got the payslips for the previous 12 months and an experience letter from the employer(No salary details on the letter).
Form16 and SARAL for assessment year 06-07.
bank statements showing salary credit entry with the Employeers name.

But my consultant told me that He is aware of a case where the an applicant got nil points since his paylips had the financial year mentioned at the top of the page and not next to the month for which the payslip is.
My payslip looks similar. Now as you all know we generate the payslips using the Workflow ourselves and there is noway we can change the format.

I requested HR dept to give me a letter on the company letter head, with the salary breakup for the last year.
Ofcourse I did not tell them the purpose for obvious reasons.
For which they refused saying that they donot disclose salary information formally on a company letter head.
They can max give me an experience letter, and they said they can speak through phone or in person If any entity wanted such a proof.



Now I am not sure what to do in this situation.
Please advise.

Here's my covering letter.

Application sent on 4th July.
Status (UPS): In transit

I haven't sent any Salary/taxation Grid, is that really required. Any one who has an approval without the Grid PLEASE reply to boost my confidence.

!!!Fingers crossed!!!



To,
Highly Skilled Migrants Programme,
HSMP Team,
Immigration and Nationality Directorate,
Work Permits (UK) HSMP,
7th Floor, Fountain Precinct,
Balm Green, Sheffield,
S1 2JA

1st July 2007

Dear HSMP Team,

SUBJECT: Application for Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

This letter is with reference to my enclosed application for the UK Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). To assist my application assessment, I am explaining the evidences I am providing for the ‘points’ I have claimed.

I trust the information I have provided is satisfactory, however if you may have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact me on:

Ph: XXXX Email: XXXX

Enclosures

1. Academic Qualifications: (For 35 Points Claim)
a. Original Degree Certificate stating that a Master of Business Administration (MBA) was awarded by “Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2. Previous Earnings – Salaried Employment: (For 30 Points Claim)

I have claimed 30 points for the gross income (INR XXXX or about GBP XXX+) earned by me from September 27th 2006 to March 31st 2007. As per annexure C of HSMP guidelines I am providing the following evidences:

a. Income Tax Return (ITR) for financial year 1-April-2006 to 31-March-2007. Please note that the actual period of earning (employment) covered under this
ITR was 27th September 2006 to 31-March-2007.
b. Wage Slips from October-2006 to March-2007 (covering the entire amount mentioned in the ITR)
c. Certificate of earning from my employer (XXXX)

3. Age Assessment: (For 20 Points Claim)
a. Indian Driving License

4. English Language:
a. Original TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) Scorecard/Transcript
b. Document supporting the claim that TOEFL score is recognized by Home Office as equivalent to IELTS 6

Total Points Claimed – 85 Points

Thank you for considering my application and I look forward to your valuable feedback.


Yours truly,



XXXXX

Application Submitted: 4th July
Application reached HO: 9th July
Fee debited: 10th July

Hi cdraina


good going.all de best.

Cheers
ikon

My Timelines:

Appln sentL June 16th
Fee Debited: June 19th
Reference No.; Jun 21
Approved: July 4th
Docs and HSMP Approval letter rcvd: July 10th

In total, approx. 24 days from application to recieving docs.

Hi rsatish,

Congrats. All de best for EC as well.

Cheers
ikon

mine too approved!

Mine was same timeline!
It was assigned to case worker on 4th and decision arrived on 6th.
They are pretty fast nowadays..best of luck for u!

madu wrote:Application posted : 16th of June thru FedEx

Home office received : 19th of June

DD was cleared and reference number received: 26th of June

No idea whether the application is assigned to case worker or not

warm regards! & Good luck to every one who applied for HSMP

Ikon et all,

My bank statements for the period that I am claiming are basically printouts on plain A4 paper, but stamped and signed by the bank manager. As you know, letter heads are expensive and they would never agree to give the 12 month statement on company letter head.

Do you guys think this would cause any problem? Or it is better to attach the statements sent by the bank by mail quarterly?

Pls advise.

Thanks

Hi ,
Once u have the Reference no. is there a way to check the status online?

Thanx.