I've been a lurker here since I started preparing my application -- thanks for all of the helpful discussion. Like many of you, we've had pressing needs to travel and so have been anxiously waiting, concerned that we might have somehow made a mistake somewhere in our application. But we were very fo...

Thanks for the thought, niw2. It's confusing because I'm guessing the US Embassy will only be able to tell me about their process for issuing an emergency passport. But my question is what the UK immigration official's response will be if I arrive at the airport and show an emergency passport withou...

Thanks Jessies. Yeah, I understand the risk. Unfortunately, I already have tickets, hotel reservations, etc. for this trip, so the question is how to best get the Tier 1. Either I apply right now with the risk of not getting it back in time, or I put it off and run into other complicated problems th...

Thanks for any insight you can provide. I'm working in the UK and about to apply to switch from the International Graduates Scheme to Tier 1 (General) Highly Skilled. With the current processing times, we're having trouble finding a good time to surrender our passports. My question: I need to attend...