could you pls tell me that whether i can apply for UK visitor visa being in US (on H1) or i can get that from my country of origin (India)? You can apply for UK visitor visa from US, Apply online at www.britainusa.com and send your original H1 I-797, a bank statement and an emplyoment verification ...

I had send a photocopy of my current H1B and original's from previous employer, in my cover letter I had mentioned that H1B is in general granted to a person with atleast a bachelor's degree or equivalent exp, and refered to USIS website for more info. It was just an extra proof

Is your Master's in the same field? My undergrad is in Civil Engg and M.S in Computer Info. Sys. my MS was not considered UK Master's equivalent by NARIC as my Master's was not in the same field as Bachelors.

It's not at all impossible, and it totally depends on demand for your skills. I know people who got job offers before actually getting HSMP.

I think in IT if you have worked for a top company like Microsot, Oracle, Sun, Google etc then your chances are good

ukdestiny07 wrote:Hi All,
i am on deputation in US.

What do you mean?

abhijeetrao wrote:Hi All,

I have worked for all multinational companies (Cisco, Oracle, IBM ) .

Did you submit relevant W2s with reference letters?

select Work Permit Dependent for more than 6 months and when you print the application stike that and replace it with HSMP Dependent, thats what they told me to do

How are you guys planning on searchin for jobs? . JobSite.Co.uk, JobServe.com, Monster.co.uk, Reed.co.uk, totalJobs.com etc... Post your CV/start applying and you will get calls from recruitement agencies. Get a vonage/Skype and get a UK number I guess we may have some advantage since we have some ...

I think 0114 207 6020, I told them that I need to arrange a courier pick up and they transfered the call to my caseworker who told me about the outcome of the application

If you get to talk to your caseworker, they will tell you the results. I found about mine over the phone

raguraam wrote:Did you guys apply on your own or through some HSMP services agent?

There is no need to go through an agent.

How come you are not submitting any tax document?

oh that's terrible, I had called credit card company and told them that there will be some charges from UK. CC from US are very strict about charges from overseas. Specially if you have never charged anything from overseas on that card

Good Luck!

Send you a PM

Got my EC today. Applied by mail (Los Angeles Consulate). I called them before applying to see if I need to go for an interview and what I was told that it is optional, you can apply by mail or come for an interview. Documents provided: 1) HSMP Approval letter 2) Job offer letter 3) Passports 4) Cou...

I don't agree. My Bachelors is in Civil engg from India and M.S in Comp. Info. Sys. from a US university both of them are recognized university. NARIC did not consider my M.S as UK equivalent as they said that Master's degree demonstrates further specialization in the field of your undergraduate. I ...

vorionsanty,

Stop posting the same question in multiple thread,

I think it is also important to submit another set of evidence such as payslips or tax document with reference letter, so case worker can be sure that you actually worked there, and the letter was not written by a friend. My reference letters were not very different from some sample letters I have s...

there are number of people of from Aug 06 who got approvals just browse around!

I received my documents (send my MBE), I have got the HSMP approval but they did not list the points that I earned, was just curious :?: I received all the original papers in the plastic sleeves in exactly same order as I had send and for some documents, it looked like caseworker did not even took t...

When I called HO they forwarded my call to my caseworker when asked them that I need to arrange a courier pick up

KRage, Any idea of whether can we arrange for collection of docs via MBE without informing prior in the HSMP application form. Will HO entertain such requests? Yes you can, I had send a DHL waybill with my application but DHL refused to pick it up. When I talked to my caseworker I told him someone ...

lanwarrior wrote: That's what I thought too! So he didn't say that we need to send ANY other documents, like bank statements? That's weird..

I am still going to submit original bank statement and document showing my initial accomodation arrangments

Did the British Embassy officer tell you what documents are needed besides the HSMP approval, passport, and photos? No he was just reading the list of documents from the web-site. I told him I have a job offer and he told me to send the original offer letter also. I thought we also need to send thi...

Got good news today, my application is approved took less than 30 days Application Send 7th Aug via DHL Package received on 9th Aug CC charged on 10th Aug Got the ref. number (a 6 digit number) by calling +44-1142074074 Called last week and no case worker was assigned. I was going to fax them urgent...