On 27th Aug 2002, home office issued a letter stating that my work permit employment has been approved for 60 months and I now have permission to work. It then asked to send the passport for stamping/visa (it was an in country application). I then sent my passport, it was returned with a stamp date...
I called HO to make an appointment. With regard to the starting date of five years for those in-country applications, I got three different answers: (1) LTR stamp date (2) actual working date (3) work permit date. Don't bother to argue with them, just make another call until you succeed. I got my ap...
