Previuos Earnings - confusion

Hi there,
I'm planning to apply for the Tier 1 in the 1st week of Jan 2009. I'm currently with company X (joined on 16 Feb 2008) Before that I was with company Y.
As my joining to the company X was in Feb 2008, I got paid by 2 companies (X & Y) for the month of Feb.[ for X- I got Pay slip but for Y- I got settlement sheet.]
I'm planning not claim for earnings for Feb2008 (to avoid confusion). so my previous earnings claim would be as below:

Company X- 01/Mar/2008 to 31/Dec/2008 (10 months)
Company Y- 01/Dec/2007 to 31/Jan/2008 (2 months)

Is this allowed? because on the home office site it reads as "He/She is claiming points for a single, consecutive 12 month period from the 15 months immediately before this application"

Seniors please help me understand the rule? Thanks

Regards,
Gem

If you plan to apply in Jan 2009 (assuming that you do it say in the first week) then the qualifying period for you would be 1st October 2007 to 31st Dec 2008.

You are free to use any 12 months (consecutive) from the above 15 month window i.e. it could be 1st Oct 2007 to 30 Sept 2008 or January 2008 to Dec 2008.

What you are planning to does not fit the bill, therefore. Why dont you use the period from January 2008 to Dec 2008 and use salary for Feb 2008 too as there was no overlap of the jobs. You can explain the reason for two salary slips for the month of Feb 2008 in your cover letter and additionally provide relieving letters/joining letters from the companies concerned.

HI Push_hsmp,
Thanks for your advice. Well My ex-company has not given me salary slip for Feb-2008 (since my release date was 14th of the month). They gave me an settlement sheet (which is NOT attested). I have requested them to provide me salary slip or a letter with the salary details for that month.
In the event they do not issue a letter, can I get that settlement sheet attested and use that instead? or can i take two separate letter (Jan & Feb 2008 months)- coz I do not want to club salary slip (jan2008) & letter (feb2008)

Thanks and Regards,
Gem

push_hsmp wrote:If you plan to apply in Jan 2009 (assuming that you do it say in the first week) then the qualifying period for you would be 1st October 2007 to 31st Dec 2008.

You are free to use any 12 months (consecutive) from the above 15 month window i.e. it could be 1st Oct 2007 to 30 Sept 2008 or January 2008 to Dec 2008.

What you are planning to does not fit the bill, therefore. Why dont you use the period from January 2008 to Dec 2008 and use salary for Feb 2008 too as there was no overlap of the jobs. You can explain the reason for two salary slips for the month of Feb 2008 in your cover letter and additionally provide relieving letters/joining letters from the companies concerned.

Ya that should do. Just expalain things very clearly in your cover letter.

Hi Push_hsmp,
I just got updates from my previous organization.They said that they do not issue salary slip for the last month. They asked me to use my settlement sheet instead. but I have few queries on that:

- I was supposed to give 60 days notice for release from my previous organization.but I gave 44 days notice. I had 8 vacation leaves which were adjusted with the notice and I was eligible for pay just for 6 days (14 worked days - 8 notice period short fall)

- Out of this 6 days, my eligible salary was X amount and TDS (outstanding tax for the year) 2X. So I had to pay 2X - X = X amount.

- That is, my income was negative for that 14 days period.

- In my settlement sheet all these components are mentioned. but there is no column which reads 'Gross Salary' instead it reads 'Salary'.

- Since there was not positive salary for that period, I have no credits to my bank account.

My query is can I skip that period income in my previous earnings claim, and just claim for the rest of the period (current organization) ? Can we skip the income for 15 days in the last 12 months earnings?


So my claim would be as below:

Company Y:

from 01-Jan-2008 to 31-Jan-2008

Company Y:

from 18-Feb-2008 to 31-Dec-2008


Is this allowed? Do I have to attach the settlement sheet aswell even though I dont want to claim that period earnings?

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Gem

push_hsmp wrote:Ya that should do. Just expalain things very clearly in your cover letter.