1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) & Tier 1 (Partner) 2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa): 14/11/2011 3. Date extension application posted: 27/09/2011 4. Payment mode: Visa Debit Card 5. Biometrics provided : At Croydon, 12/10/2011 8. Date passport received: 29/10/2011 (courier) 9. BRP received ...

Hi guys, Next year I will be applying for my Tier 1 (general) extension. I have been working under my own limited company, "Joe Bloggs Consulting Ltd". I am the only employee. Each week my acountant tells me how much to pay myself from my company account. I pay myself a combination of salary and ...

Thank you both for your replies. I have seen that part of page 23. Presumably all "managing agents" have to also be qualified/registered accountants if they are going to submit letters/summaries in support of an application, though it isnt absolutely clear. You see, when I sent my managing agent an ...

Hi guys, I have two quick questions regarding my upcoming Tier 1 (general) extension application. I am self-employed in the UK, working through my own limited company. I have a managing agent who tells me how much to pay myself each week, and who deals with my tax returns. I have read the policy ...

I daresay he wants to bring his manservant or maid with him! Unique thread. Deserves award.

Perhaps a servant would qualify as some sort of strange sub-species of dependent?

Hi all, My Tier 1 (general) visa and my girlfriend's Tier 1 (unmarried dependent partner) visa were approved. It took the New Zealand British High Commission in Wellington exactly five weeks, from 8 October 2008 to 12 November 2008 to process both applications. We leave for London next week so I ...

1. Do we still need a letter from the bank if we have original bank statements? No. 2. Do we need a letter from the bank if we have online bank statements? and if we do what should it say? Yes. Read the guidance notes on your local BHC website. It should state: - the date - your name - your account ...

Correct, you send your documents to the BHC after you have been to your biometrics appointment. You print your biometrics appointment form and take it to your biometrics appointment. They stamp it when you attend your appointment to show that you have completed the biometrics stage. You then enclose ...

No problem at all. In fact, you might think they would be happier to see that you have had the money sitting in the account without touching it.

From the number of questions you are asking in your various threads, you are obviously very anxious about all this :) but thats not such a bad thing, since people who dont take care with their applications find theirs declined because they did something wrong. To answer your question, I paid for my ...

Heres the deal: When you have finished answering the questions in the online application form, it prompts you to choose a biometrics appointment time (for submitting your fingerprints and having your photo taken) and asks for your credit card details to make immediate payment. If you dont make ...

This issue has been raised before by another person who was also an employee of a bank. The answer is that they shouldnt consider them all as being from the same source; your wage slips and letter are issued by the bank as your employer (by its administration department), whereas your statements are ...

It isnt clear to me how it could be detrimental for anybody. If anything, the applicants who thought they had to maintain an amount of maintenance funds calculated at the current exchange rate now learn that they kept slightly more maintenance funds than they needed to.

Its the date of the statement that is important, not the date of the stamp.

I will rocmend you to contact BHC for your query... Bcz only they will assist you on this query..... Under tier1 Guidelines its clearly mention that Salary Slip + salary Certificate from employer will be not acceptable. You have to contact them for your query..... Agreed. They are the ones who will ...

I read in some posts that some EC applicants have submitted UK adresses (hotel, rented appartment and so on.) where they are going to stay. Just wanted to know how mandatory it is? This seems to be regarded as a requirement for applicants in India and Pakistan, but nowhere else. Presumably, the ...

Wow, I wonder who the poor bastard is who has to go through and check whether there were sufficient funds on each and every day! The new guy in the office, I guess. This is actually beneficial for applicants, because if the AUD is expected to drop in value against the GBP over the 3 month period ...

Well, there has always been 90 different exchange rates for 90 days. The real question is: Which day's exchange rate do they use if its not the exchange rate on the last day of your bank statement (for maintenance funds) or the exchange rate on the day of your last salary payment (for previous ...

Go one step further than that. Obtain a letter from the bank that expressly states that at all times , including the day when the unauthorised transactions took place, you had and could have withdrawn the full maintenance sum. The point is to make absolutely clear that that the transaction was an ...

Vinny, you crack me up.

I am always surprised when I hear how poor the service is in some banks outside this country (New Zealand). Here, bank staff will usually provide you with any documentation you need, even if it is something they have never had to produce in the past (eg. letters to accompany Tier 1 applications ...

Well, it works a bit like this: Close to 100% of people who are entitled to have the original decision overturned on review have the decision verturned. Close to 100% of people who are not entitled to have the original decision overturned on review dont have it overturned on review.

The bank statements (for the months of July 2008, August 2008 and September 2008) that were provided together with the initial Tier 1 application was obtained from the bank on 16th September 2008 (stamped). However, each statement was dated on the 6th of the month So the statements you submitted ...

1. For maintenance fund requirement, A bank statement of 3 months is sufficient to show maintenance fund of 2800 pound ? or anything else is suggested as proof ? That is sufficient, unless you have an online account, in which case you will need to get the printed statements stamped and signed by ...

He is asking about the exchange rate to use for his maintenance funds, not his previous earnings, so your answer is not necessarily correct.

For your maintenance funds, you must use the exchange rate provided by Oanda.com at the last date shown on the bank statements used to prove your funds.