Happened to me, purely as I was chatting to the officer and he forgot. I called the airport team the next day and they said it was fine.

Hi all, I am filling in the booking form to sit Life in the UK test. Stuck on town or city of birth! My passport states as place of birth: USSR in English, but only X Region in Russian My BRP states X Region as they seemed to have translated the Russian text from my passport. I was born in town Y lo...

Yes you are tax resident if you work in the UK and are present for over 6 months in the year.

Anyone, please?

Hi all, I switched from Tier 4 to Tier 2 in country in August 2016. My Tier 2 was issued 24.08.16 and until then I was working for the college where I was a student (much less than 20 hrs a week etc). I recently saw that the leaving date for that job was 30.08.16, so technically I was employed elsew...

I've just checked my passport and a recent entry stamp is very poor quality: the ink is super faint and the year looks like 2018, not 2019! Obviously am worried about potential implications for ILR. Is this likely to raise any issues? Shall I just keep the ticket and boarding pass or go back to the ...

Thanks. I am living alone for the time being (no other adults or children).

Thanks, I'll go and claim it then. Much appreciated.

Hi all,

Just checking whether those with No Recourse... are allowed to claim the single occupancy discount for council tax? I think yes, but want to double check.

Thanks in advance.

Good luck, keep us posted.

Yes that seems like an error, you are eligible to be on Tier 2 until 13/03/2022.

Write to them, there's no harm in asking.

What were the dates for both of your COSs and the dates on the BRPs? I got 6 years exactly for example, moving from Tier 4 to Tier 2 within the UK. First Tier 2 issued 24.08.16, second finishing on 24.08.22, though my second COS was until 23.08.22. I assume they gave that one extra day as they could...

If you're basing your application on a 5 year category, you only need to account for 5 years of absences.

Mine is simply, addressed to “The Home Office”, if that helps.

If it is an annual increment there is no need to report via SMS.

It sounds like yours was a performance based increase though, not an annual increment.

I am quite sure the "not the same amount..." option refers to fluctuating income. So someone might get 1500£ one month and 2500£ the next. It probably doesn't mean annual rises.

Should be fine!

There are no titles on the biometric cards.

Yes and no. I was working on the laptop while abroad with my family. My employer therefore allowed me not to take annual leave for this short trip.

I am wondering if they should add "working remotely" or whether their wording is enough?

Hi all, I wanted to see what others think. My former employer has given me an absence letter with two types of absences: work-related and annual leave. One of my absences was paid and authorised absence while working remotely abroad (due to family bereveamenet). It was only 6 full days and I plan to...

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

How much did you pay in total (visa fees + super priority fees)?

Thanks, that was very useful as I plan to be working remotely for a few days a year too.

Weekend trip during non-working days or holiday is fine.

They scan the card at the border so presumably will see the full name.

To be safe, if their response was in email format, carry that with you.

Yes you do. Give your employer tbe dates and ask them to add them to the letter.