Hey all,

I've recently gotten married and want to change my passport into my married name.

Does anyone know the process of transferring a Tier 1 visa over to my new passport (with my new name?).

I can't find any information on it.

Thanks.

The Home Office mustn't be very busy at the moment!! Received HSMP extension into Tier 1 Applied on - 4 June 2009 Reached HO - 5 June Fee debited - 9 June Received HO reference - 9 June Visa approved - 16 June 2009 Got passport - 18 june 2009 That's 7 working days they took to approve it! AM SO ...

I've got a simple question.... how do you find out if your application is 'awaiting consideration' or 'under consideration'??? I wasn under the impression that you can't contact the HO by phone until 6 weeks had passed. I submitted my application on 5 June 2009. Considering how quickly HO seem to be ...

wow - that was quick!

Congrats!

And in true HO style, I rang them as well before I submitted my application and they said they will purely look at the account that I submit for my maintenance funds, the other account in overdraft won't be considered. I honestly think it depends on who you get at the HO which sucks. I just made it ...

Phew!!!!!

Thanks!! It's good to hear from someone in a similar situation.

I HATE visa renewal time......lack of sleep kills me!

B

Thanks guys for your help. I watch this forum a lot (I'm actually an Aussie solicitor living in London - obviously not with immigration experience!) and it has definitely calmed my nerves!!

Will be posting my application today - yay!

Cheers again. Good luck everybody!

B

Nope. I have a separate account with my £850 savings to prove my maintenance funds.

Then my other account (my 'overdraft' account) is being used as proof of earnings.

Thanks for your help.

B

Am sorry! More details are required (I wrote that post in a hurry, not thinking properly!). I'm submitting my 'overdraft' bank statements as proof of my previous earnings over the 12 month period. I have no option but to submit them. I'm submitting letters from my employers stating my earnings and I ...

Hey I have the maintanence funds in a separate savings account (£850, never gone below). The latest stress I'm having is with my overdraft in my current account where my salary goes. For the past year I've basically been living in my overdraft - £800 - it gets repaid every month when I get paid but ...

Hey, can I ask if the guys above got their visa approved? I have £850 in a Savings Account I'm going to show as my maintenance - has been in there for over 3 months. Trouble is, I basically live in my overdraft in my current account - £800 overdraft. And I have done so for the past year, so all my ...