Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 5yrs HSMP / Tier1 + 1yr ILR Method of application: NCS (Essex) Date of submission: 06 March 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 07 March 2013 (Royal Mail tracking) Date of debit of fees: 14 Mar 2013 (showed up on my online statement) Date of receipt of acknowledg...
Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 5yrs HSMP / Tier1 + 1yr ILR Method of application: NCS (Essex) Date of submission: 06 March 2013 NCS Date of receipt by UKBA: 07 March 2013 (Royal Mail tracking) Date of debit of fees: 14 Mar 2013 (showed up on my online statement) Date of receipt of acknow...
Thanks for the quick response. Out of curiosity, I'm interested to know where it officially states that you have to be in the UK when your application is received by the UKBA. There are lots of references to the requirement of being in the UK 3 / 5 years before the date of application, but I have se...
I am in the same situation and additionally for work related reasons I have to be away, two days after I become eligible. I want to submit my application to NCS a day before (e.g got ILR on 02 March 2012, submit application to NCS on 01 March 2012 to hopefully get to UKBA by the 2nd or 3rd March). I...
According to http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/goodcharacter/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 'What is an unspent conviction? If you have been convicted of a criminal offence you must declare your unspent convictions but do not need t...
Asim72, thanks for your quick response and clarification. The wording of the guide did create some doubt when I read into it. The doubt was caused by the guidance wording - Manager ' of a ' (which suggests the MD / most senior manager /Boss) rather than - Manager ' in a ' (which suggest any Manager ...
First reference use 1. ( 1) A despatch manager (used to be my manager) in a different department in the same company as me. (British) I have a query about using a departmental manager as the first reference ? The HO referees guide indicates that the below professionals are acceptable. Director/Manag...
Hello,
Can anyone post / indicate where I could find an updated current link from the Home Office which demonstrates that you can get ilr with an expired passport. The links from earlier in the thread on longer exist.
The rules do not state that HSMP pre Nov are exempt from the criminality threshold - From: PROPOSED IMMIGRATION DIRECTORATE INSTRUCTIONS CHAPTER 6A 6.1 Requirements for indefinite leave to remain – paragraph 245CD: The requirements are: (a) The applicant must not have one or more unspent convicti...
I have read the statement of changes to to the immigration rules doc and the caseworker instructions and I am not sure where it says applicants under the HSMP judicial review are exempt from the criminality threshold. Both docs state that HSMP JD are exempt from time period, income and life in UK. B...
Hi Goldfish,
I'm not clear on how you could be in the scope of the HSMP judicial review. This was for applicants before Nov 2007. If you entered up to 9 months later, you would have extended already. ????
Hi, I disagree with ukvisaguru_co_uk about the Tier 1 rules. Since you got initial HSMP before Nov 07 2006, your extensions will always fall under the old rules. All pre Nov 07 2006 HSMP jr persons got a Tier 1 stamp since Tier 1 was introduced. However their extensions are under the JR old rules. P...
The same thing happened to me. They will keep your application for some time then send it back as invalid. Writing to them instructiing alternate payment arrangements would not even help because payment processing is in a different place from the caseworkers. Your application is sitting somewhere co...
This thread / alleged letter from Phil Woolas sounds very dodgy to me. This has been going on for 2 weeks now and there is no evidence, just a lot of playing with words / postponing from the original poster. How hard / time consuming could it be to type a few lines ? Think about it. I hope I am prov...
dr_raihan29 - yep I agree you are unfortunate. But think about those after Nov 06. They are very very very very very very very unfortunate. Even though they came here with the upfront knowledge that rules could change I am sure they were not expecting anything like this. Before there was the hurdle ...
I know this is a thread about Pakistan but I thought I will add the note that many taught (2 year) masters degrees from well know and recognised universities in the USA are no longer recognised by Naric as well. This includes University of California, University of Penn, Rutgers, NYU, Havard and Col...
Here we go again !!. This time applicants after Nov 2006 have no legal recourse since they signed a declaration saying they will abide by rule changes and do not assume extension rules will be the same in the future. Like last time I expect the HO to make extension applicants abide by the new rules ...
Invalid applications are usually if you did not supply payment, passports, current application forms or signed pictures. If you get a tough caseworker they may think you should have reprinted a fresh form with no former markings from your invalid application. My gut feeling is that it would not be a...
Yes you can. I got a post dated visa (2 months) when I applied.
I requested the visa to be post dated in my cover letter. I put the request in bold font and red letters.
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The Home Office has made the point many times that they can adjust the qualifying points bar for new or extension criteria at any time. That way they can control numbers of migrants admitted or allowed to continue in the programme (either Tier 1 or Post Nov 2006 HSMP). Since Post November 2006 there...
If you fail to get the points required at the time when you apply for extension then you WILL have to leave. Goodness know what the extension criteria will be at that time. There are not transitional arrangements for new Tier one applicants. An option at that time will be to ask your employer for a ...
If you are short by one month it means that you can apply for an extension close to your leave end (say 7 days before) and before the case is decided you can apply for ILR. This is because you can apply for ILR 28 days before the 5 year residence period is up. So in my senario 10 days after applying...
Related to staying out of the UK If you entered the UK one months after getting EC, would you need to extend your visa again after 4years 11months. The BIA website says you cannot apply for settlement before 28 days to the time your visa expires. Does anyone have that experience ?. It would be tough...
