I have checked the points based calculator and there is a section for "Enter the date of your first successful tier 1 application" , the help for which is as follows: *************************************** Points-based calculator - help Enter the date you first successfully applied under Tier 1 of...

I think they put this clause in to make sure that people who got their Tier 1's (not the extensions) after March '09 did not use the bachelors degree to gain extra points in case they were short of earnings points. this is not clear to me. If somebody did apply first time for Tier1 after March09, i...