I got my visitor visa in 3 days. Submitted on 29 Nov and got it today 3-Dec, effectively 2.5 working days.

But my family is still waiting for OCI. Can we contact Indian embassy ?

Cheers,
Ani

HI,

Did you get the OCI "Received at London" ? Dispatched date from delhi is 26-Nov for me.

I am still waiting

Thanks,
Ani

Hi, I am applying for OCI for my wife and daughter, I am not applying with them. Now the question is when we fill the OCI form online what category do i select "Individual" or "family group". Can I select "Individual" option and fill out 2 separate forms for my wife and daughter? The reason why I do...

Thanks. Appreciate your help. Point wise comment to your reply. 1. No i dont have any address proof sitting here in london. I need to ask my mom to send some documents. I think I am better off keeping the address as it is. 2. I have ILR in all three passport. I am going to follow below strategy. Hop...

Hi, My wifes and my passport have same Indian permanent address and my daughter has different permanent address because we sold the house in between. Now all out passports are due for renewal and applying together. I have following questions. 1. While re-issueing new passports do I keep the permanen...

Hi Guru,

Thanks for the advice.

For Biometric do I need to take a separate appointment in India?

I have taken a general appointment for submitting my Tier 1 Dependent visa applicaiton on 9th May at South Mumbai centre.

Thanks,
Ani

Hi Guru,

Now after changes put from today 6th April 2011 hope the rules haven't changed to prevent me from changing my Tier 1 to Tier 1 dependent from to India?

Any ideas

Thanks,
Ani

Got this reply from UK Border Agency today: - Dear Mr Joshi, Thank you for your enquiry. Please be advised that the dependant partners of highly skilled workers are eligible to apply for settlement at the same time as the highly skilled worker, provided they have lived with their partners in the Uni...

Looking at the several replies above stating that a dependant of tier 1 has to wait for 2 years and a dependant of WP does not have to wait, raises the following question. My wife when switches on from WP to Tier 1 in 2010 with my daughter as dependent. Which means when my wife gets ILR next year Ju...

[quote="OFCHARITY"]In all of this remember that if you become a dependant on your wife's work permit and her employment is terminated, then you may find yourself in a predicament. May be worth delaying changing to her dependant till a month or two before her ILR appointment?[/quote] Thanks for your ...

Guru, I was wondering if I get my wife's workpermit converted to Tier 1 instead of her work permit extension. Will this create any problem for her ILR ? Are there any different settlement rules for people applying for ILR from workpermit to Tier 1? Would there be any problem for me to convert from H...

Thanks Guru.

That answers all the questions I hope.

Many thanks for your help.

Regards,
Ani

Guru, Thanks for your reply, appreciate your knowledge in this matter. One last question. My wife's visa stamp in the passport states as follows: - Valid from 13/06/2006 Valid to 13/06/2011 Her Date of entry in UK is 08/07/2006 Now according to my calculations of applying 28 days prior to 5 years pe...

Thanks a lot for your reply. That clarified my confusion quite a lot.

Can I not apply as dependant after my wife gets her ILR status in June 2011? So that once we are sure that her ILR is through I can get converted to her dependent and then later on apply for my ILR as her dependant.


Regards,
Ani

Hi, Below is my Visa Status: - May 2004 to Sep 2006 - Work permit Sep 2006 to Oct 2008 - Dependent Workpermit Oct 2008 to Oct 2010 - HSMP Tier1 I was out of country approx 9 months in 2006 so my 5 year period completes in Sep 2011. My Wife was initially on dependent work permit from Feb 2005 now she...