absences for spouse are not calculated. You need to provide documents for cohabitation for the last 2 years. e.g. Rental agreements, statements of joint bank account, council tax on both your names, letters from reputable organizations, utility bills in her name, etc. There may be a thread which giv...
I think people who are not sure of the rule post here to create additional confusion. It is good to receommend to be on safe side when no answer is available. here many have confirmed from their experience and also have referred to the rules but still people voice their fears to confuse the intial p...
You would not be short as ILR can be applied after 4 years 11 months and not after the completion of full 5 years. I think it is still very ambigous. It may mean both of the following: 1. even if application date - expiry date < 30 days, the new visa will start from the expiry date 2. even if applic...
hi guys, I am thinkinf about applying for ILR and I am having few questions. I hope the experience of some of the people here will help me find answers. please bear with me for the long explanation. I came on business visa in March 2003. Got converted to work permit in Aug 2003. Everything was fine ...
Were you getting paid in the UK with tax & NI deducted, whilst your stay outside UK? I was not getting paid in UK for that period. Is this bad? I head that if we include a letter from the employer that I was working for the same company for that period at a different location, the application would...
Hi, I have completed 5 years with a combination of Work permit and Tier 1 (general). WP - 9/2003 to 05/2008 Tier 1(general) 06/2008 to current I have a gap of little over 6 months from jan 2006 to july 2006 when I was working for the same company at bangalore. I returned to UK with the same visa as ...
if it is the application for approval alone then no need to send passport. but now for tier 1 u need to send the passports as well. So I guess its better to extend ur passports before applying. I am not sure if they can give a visa which is valid for longer than the passport. For your 2nd question i...
Approved! Applied 18th Feb Decision made 8th April Doc's recieved 9th May. applying for EC next week...should i go with old method(VAF2) or Tier1 ? Cheers it depends on where you are applying from. If you are from a country where tier1 is already in place then u will have to apply using the tier 1 ...
Another week goes by, and still no response regarding my application.....this wait is definitely somthing i did not expect and am beginning to get hyper worried now....anyone with ref num in the series of 2561** still waiting?? Rgds T totally understand your frustration. my application with ref num...
Good news finally. Got the approval yesterday. Here are the details: Application sent: 26th Feb Received by HO: 27th Feb Payment taken: 3rd March Ref num received: 18th March Ref num: 255716 Approval date: 6th May Docs received: 10th May Applied from UK by myself. Thanks to everyone for the help dur...
Approved! Applied 18th Feb Decision made 7th April Doc's recieved 8th May. I had requested courier pickup by fax, email and phone but this request was ignored. Good luck to everyone still waiting. congrats! Its suprising that it took a month to receive the docs after approval. Dont they intimate on...
Hi Guys, Good news from my side, I got the approval letter at last. Thank u all, this forum has help me a lot, you guys are rocking :) My timelines are:- Posted on:- 25-Feb-08 Applied from UK. Received by HO on:- 27-Feb-08 Ref no recvd:- 29-Feb-08 (called HO) Approved on:- 23-Apr-08 Docs recvd in U...
hi, I am forced to apply for Leave to Remain even though I have not received my HSMP approval letter. I just have the reference number. This is because my WP will become invalidated as I have already resigned my present job. Has anyone applied for LTR without approval letter? I am also applying for ...
Its still 19th Feb. I am not sure if they are updating this date regulalrly or processing applications at all. Its been the same date for more than 2 weeks now.
Its still 19th Feb. I am not sure if they are updating this date regulalrly or processing applications at all. Its been the same date for more than 2 weeks now.
2561** is my ref no... mine is 25610* and last time i checked my documents were on their way from 4th April. Applied from PK - now fingers crossed. do you mean the decision has been made for your application? yes thats what i meant ! Congratulations! you definitely are lucky considering that people...
Sent application via German post: 11 February Application received by HSMP office: 15 February (so says the German post) So far, no reference number (I even called them today)... I checked my credit card and still no payment deducted. They sent my application back (I received it yesterday) because ...
just called HO to check the status of my application 2557** but they refused to even take my reference number as my application was not older than 14 weeks. I sent my application on th 26th Feb. Its weird waiting for status. I am already in UK on WP and switching to HSMP. have already resigned my jo...
what is the contact number to check for the reference number and staus. I sent the application from within Uk on 26th Feb 2008 by royal mail spl delivery received on 27th Feb. The payment has not yet been taken from my card and I have also not received an acknowledgement. I tried calling 0114 207 40...
