PSW Holders Please Join to Earn Points on £20000

I received a Tier 1 Post Study visa in August 2009, as it was marketed as the 'bridge to highly skilled or skilled work'. I invested my money/time into this visa because it was designed to enable graduates the opportunity to meet the requirements of the Tier 1 General visa. Therefore as I was applying, I calculated that with a position that paid £20,000 annually (which I opted for) I would receive the Tier 1 General visa without problem. The 'bridge' investment appeared to be quite straight-forward.

However, in April 2010 the Tier 1 General requirements changed, now requiring £30,000 to receive the same number of points that you previously received at £20,000. I imagined that those who were given Tier 1 Post Study 'bridge' visas and told previous Tier 1 General requirements at the time of application will still be permitted to use the previous requirements, but was told that this is not the case.

I am incredibly frustrated because it seems the Post Study workers have fallen through the cracks.. and sort of scammed. Afterall, if I knew that I was expected to make an impossible £30k as opposed to £20k -- I would not have paid for the 'bridge' visa. It's incredibly unfair.

There is no need for us to suffer silently, when there is an option to take this matter to the judiciary, individually or collectively. The Govt should honour its commitment to the PSW visa holders and they cannot go back on their policies at the time of the grant. It is a clear case of breach of rules on the part of the Govt and it doesn't stand a chance when the issue is taken to the court.

We are forming a group and fight this injustice in the court of law and come out successfully as did the HSMP group won against the Govt last year and ours is a similar case.

We invite all the PSW visa holders to join the Group at http://psw.groupbox.com and discuss this issue.

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