Hi, I would appreciate your help with this one. My OCI status is shown as 'processed' on 24th Oct '13, but as of today 1st Nov, documents have not been dispatched from Delhi or received at London. Does anyone know what could be going on? I tried contacting High Commision in London, but as usual they...
So has anyone got an extension on 1+3+? rule? I along with my wife have FLR, but my wife is a first applicant. She couldnt work for sometime as we started family here. So I am in a strange situation. I can easily qualify based on my earning and qualifications, but my wife can't. Since she is first a...
Hi, I am planning to apply for FLR (O) for my child who was born in the UK. I and my wife already have FLR (IED) done earlier this year (which means I need to pay £335 again!!). Has anyone of you been in the same situation and filed FLR(O)? If yes, what documents have you enclosed consdiering we alr...
Dear All, This question might have been answered before. But could anyone tell me how do I get the visa stamped on my new born's passport? I am an Indian National so I take that I need to apply for his Indian passport first. Once I get that, how do I apply for his FLR (assuming that he gets the same...
Hi All, Thanks for your wishes. I had not detailed the documents etc because I thought that has already been covered by others. Its really not very different. In addition to the form, you have to give bank statements (min 3 months), pay slips, employment contract, passports, photos, details for spou...
All, This board has been quite useful in preparing for my FLR extension. I got my extension now. I had sent the necessary forms and financial documents in my application and I must say that they are very efficient now in processing those applications. Mine got appproved and was returned to me in jus...
Hi Friends, I got my HSMP visa stamped in Jan '05 from Mumbai, but have arrived in the UK by mid of March. It also took me a while to get a job (which i got in May '05). Now my extension is due but, I have only 5 months of pay slips and 4-5 months of bank statements because of the above mentioned re...
Having gone through the ordeal myself, I know its so difficult to open a bank account here. I mean in India, the bank will send a representative to your place, he will take your photo, take a copy of passport and you are on!! Its rediculously simple and very very customer friendly. Where as here in ...
Last call for those who are looking for IT business analyst / project management related positions in UK. My contacts are filling up the vaccancies and they surely do need people with these skills.
If someone is planning to come here in recent future, please contact me.
Is it necessary to send 12 months bank statements? Most of the people take around 1-2 months to get their first uk pay slip (and as it goes, to open a bank account without that is v.tough) and they have to apply atleast 1 month in advance. So at the most, i think they can have 9 months bank statemen...
Hi All, I have been in the UK for last 4-5 months. The job search was ofcourse difficult. I realized that it requires great patience, belief in oneself and ofcourse necessary skill sets to survive in the market. Having gone through the initial struggle of finding a job (to get an interview itself is...
Hi, I am on HSMP dependent visa and i know for sure that I have a right to work in the UK. I just wanted to show the same to agenceies / employers when i go and meet them. Could anyone suggest a weblink / a site where this information is provided and can be reconfirmed? Also, it would be great if so...
Was wondering whether there is any section on how to go about finding a job once we land in the UK on HSMP. There must have been many people here by now, which means this group is highly networked and the people who are already working somewhere, can probably help others by referring them etc... I a...
I will be arriving in the UK by mid of March. I just wanted to know from you who are already in the UK on how to go about finding a house and job :). Actually some people are advising that initially its a good idea to stay as a PG (even for a couple, as i will be arriving with my wife), as the indep...
Although I am sure that there are many questions already answered on EC, I could not find the one i am looking for. Do I need to submit a reference letter / a statement stating my roles, responsibilities etc from my current employer? Also, I have some questions specific queries...like what do i writ...
Hi all. My HSMP approval letter does not state anything about my spouse's status... Do i have to take it for granted that my spouse has also been approved (I had claimed for spouse's points and showed evidences of more than 2 years of marriage). Do i specifically need to clarify this with Home offic...
I called up Home Office and they informed me that our application has been approved :). I am still to receive the physical approval letter though. Thank you very much board members for all the help. I had applied on 24th May from India. This is just for information of others. I would like to know no...
So Booom5 are you 18th may applicant? Infact on this board, i havent come across anybody who has applied between 20th and 31st may and have got a decision. And if they do not want to reply on phone, they could say so...why r they behaving strangely... I guess the only option is to call up again and ...
I am a 24th May applicant and havent heard anything yet from home office. I have tried calling couple of times, to which the different case workers said different things. Initially i was told that case will take couple of days then when i called up after 10 days or so, another lady told me that it w...
nousky, did you receive an email stating your decision? If your decision is taken on 3rd and you are 25th may applicant, how come other people (who have applied between 18th to 25th may) havent got their decisions? Do they inform only by post as they dont seem to be replying on phone these days... a...
Well, I am 24th May applicant. I called up HO yesterday. She told me that case worker is currently working on cases around this date and it may take around 'couple of weeks' before i hear from them! I am not sure whether they are 'actually' processing the cases of dates posted on website or its just...
If SBS's case is approved (10th May application), how come website is showing 7th May date. Does that mean that the earlier assumption of people (that they deliberately put a backdated update) is true?
I have applied on May 24th and money got deducted on May 25.
That was a good info Ajay. Could you tell me whether are there any specific job sites for IT? I have been trying through Reed and other sites, but havent got much success yet (am still in India though).
Anybody has any idea on why the processing time has not been updated after 6th of Sept? I suppose they were to come up with new measures to improve processing times by 15th Sept...any news on that front?
