Your B Tech degree should not cause any problems at all. What counts is whether you can prove that your work experience has been at a graduate level. If this is OK you will be able to claim points for both education and experience.

No need. It will not serve any purpose. Your H-1B documents are anyway photocopies of what you or your lawyer would have filled up and submitted to US-Immig. authorities. It is of no use to HO.
Please submit only original documentation to support whatever you claim in your application.

This is a question for those of you who have received their approval letters. Mine is still in transit. How does one know how many points have been actually awarded. Not that it matters once the petititon is approved but it is always useful to know while helping someone else with their application. ...

Hi I am new to this forum, but i find that the experts and other members are providing valuble information to the new members. I got my PhD from India, at present I am working in UK as Royal Society of Chemistry Research fellow. I would like to apply for HSMP. I published 17 research publications i...

Yup, they told me the same. I have now arranged for my documents to be sent by recorded delivery to a relative of mine in UK. I will pick it up from them thro' courier.
I have to say though that normal post has worked fine for most people.

I was given the following address for pick up: HSMP Team, WP UK Managed Migration, Home Office, Moorfoot, Sheffield S14PQ It is advisable that you get this address from your case worker - in the event that something changed recently. However, there is a catch. Most couriers require signature for int...

The following link seems like a good starting point to estimate cost of livingin the UK:

http://www.workgateways.com/working-cost-of-living.html

madmex, I've drawn up a budget which includes the following categories: Rent Utilities/Council Tax Food West Yorkshire Metro Pass (monthly) Job search expenses Mobile phone Medications Student Loan back in America Laundry Incidentials/entertainment Hope this helps. Best wishes, Alisondc alisondc, I...

I haven't seen the EC application yet, but I guess if you are staying with friends or family, you don't have to show a hefty bank balance, but I would think that the consulate will be equally keen to find out about the supporting ability of your hosts. I think they may ask for your host's papers - m...

It takes 4-5 business days before you see the charge

My application got approved this morning. Upon calling HO today (114-207-4074), I found out that a decision has been made on my application - though they refused to say which way it went (Courtesy.....Data protection act). But they asked me to call (114-207-6020), which was very difficult to get. Af...

This may sound really silly. As decisions take between 1 day and several weeks once it is assigned to a case worker, does it help or hurt in anyway to call 'em frequently ? (Other than the feel-good effect that it has on the caller !!!) i.e. Does anyone know if they log progress check calls in the s...

I believe there is a footnote in the command paper indicating that the earnings requirement will depend on where it is earned in a similar way to the hsmp. The figures quoted above only apply to countries that would now fall into the same income band as the uk I missed the fine print while reading ...

But in that case the lowest Range (16000 Pounds per annum) is very high for Asian countries...In India only Very senior ppl can get salary of 13,000,00 Rs Per Annum So basically You cannot score in Wages section if you are from India Ashish Yup you are right. Please see my earlier post on this - wh...

ashishashah wrote:HI,

Under wages section , are the Wages per hour??Or per month??

Under HSMP they were IN thousans per annum

Ashish

It says it's GBP in 000s per annum

FYI

Folks, This is a proposal waiting to be tested. May take several months. While pass mark is up to 75, it does make it very straight forward and does separate the wheat from the chaff amongst HSMP applicants. No haggling over graduate level work ex - which I am sure is a pain in the neck for applican...

Kurtis,
They have turned around quite fast on your case.
Are you applying from within the UK ? ie are you already working there ?
Thanks.
Mahesh

Hmm.. puzzling. But technically you are well within the 6 weeks average that these guys keep claiming. So they may still ask you to wait if you call 'em. Re: my timeline, my app was recd around 7th May, CC charged on 11th, ref no: recd by mail on 15th, assigned to case worker on 31st and have now be...

I am told that the case workers can take anytime between a day to a few weeks. Given that, your situation doesn't seem abnormal. It is interesting to see that your application was assigned to a case worker within a few days of being allotted a reference number. This is unusual given the fact that it...

Got my reference number around May-11th. Heard this morning that my application has just been assigned to a case worker today. So it seems to take 3 weeks on an average to get assigned.
Let's see how long it takes for the decision.

Applied from US. CC charged and reference number given around May 11th. Contacted HO: My application seems to be currently waiting to be assigned to case worker and it could happen anytime in the next 4-5 days, I am told. If the above is true, then a decision should be made by the end of next week (...

Reading the various posts, it is not clear to me what would be the best way to collect docs after processing of HSMP. I would like to arrange a courier to do this, but see messages that say different things about the same courier company. Can I request those of you who have successfully collected do...

There is compulsion, HSMP Holder cannot live outside the uk for more than continuous period of 3 months . However, one can visit outside by intervals (less than continuous period of 3 months). To get ILR, all visits cannot be more than 6 months in total. Yeah that is what the HSMP manual says. I di...

Mwazir,
Does this apply only to the primary applicant of HSMP visa ? Or does this apply to spouse too ?

For example, I have claimed 10 points for my wife's qualifications. Can she stay out of the country for personal reasons for several months ?