as she has changed jobs; her sponsor must apply for a change of employment application ....before her visa runs out. Friends, My spouse works as a Junior doctor (Foundation year 1 doctor) on Tier 2 General which expires early August. Now she has got another job (Foundation Year 2 doctor) in a differ...

its all wait and see at the moment - As you said based on existing rules but current coalition govt may scrap the current rules altogether and place a new tougher one...I am guessing and my crystal ball is so blurred at the moment Hi, Can any one please reply with the expected changes on citizenship...

is your visa expiring on Nov2012 or 2010? Nonetheless its 3 months short which would mean you need to extend 1 more time. Hi Guys My visa is going to be expire in Nov 2010. I am on tier1 visa but the issue is that I came in UK after 3 months of getting visa. so I am 3 months short of stay in UK for ...

Jersey and Guernsey websites quoted: Provided that you are lawfully in the UK and will be travelling within the validity of your immigration permission, you will not require a separate visa to travel to Jersey. As there are no immigration controls between Jersey and the UK, you will not be required...

here is the link freshly updated...

amy99 wrote:Does anyone know where to find absence from UK / ILR information on ukba website or elsewhere official?

Thanks a million!

you get a p45 when you leave your employer during a tax year period. to get your P60 you need to hand it over to your finance dept and the amount reflected will be incorprated into your new P60 that will be issued the following year. Hi It may not be appropriate to ask this question here, however am...

you should be assessing yourself under T1 (HMSP is dead now). Hi Guys, I came to uk on hsmp in early 2008 and have extended my visa which is now Tier 1. I am in short of exactly 30 days(that is 4 year and 11 months of stay) for the ILR (as per the rules now) . Now, I am looking at the possibility of...

most likely yes...exempted from the cap Hi If an initial Tier 1 is granted lets say after the 19th July 2010 but before April 2011, will the extension which can be made 2 years later be exempt from any cap? My understanding is that there is currently no quotas on extensions during the interim limit....

there exist a fixed period and UKBA will extend your visa for another 3 years and normally says whichever is longer...this will give you ample time to apply for ILR for that matter. Thanks for your reply, do you know anyone who renewed their tier 1 another time for ILR reasons? And how long were the...

Yes...70days is not a short break. As Markie has already mentioned, your ILR clock started on 18Jan08 (when you entered UK) and not 12Nov07 (when your visa was issued). regards I understand this but does this still apply even though I was in UK for 2 years before I got HSMP and only went to India to...

if your visa was granted 12th Nov 2007 and you entered 18 Jan 2008 then your ILR clock started 18 Jan 2008 (2nd one) - as at this date, you were physically present in the UK. I quote from the gudance notes Set (O) section 5... If you entered the UK with a visa several weeks or more after the date fr...

employer letter important for WP holders. see section 9B of the ILR Set (O) form. As far as I know letter from employer is very important for ILR. Why your employer is not providing you letter? Even for other purposes e.g. renting house, sch kind of letters are very common. Do not worry about copy o...

As per the guidance notes for dependants of Tier 1... Family member of a Tier 1 Migrant If the Tier 1 Migrant is outside the United Kingdom or has been present in the United Kingdom 40. for less than 12 months, each family member of the Tier 1 Migrant must show that he/she, the Tier 1 Migrant, or (f...

for all intent and purpose...the meaning of a settled person means he/she has been granted ILR already which means it is not YET applicable to you. As I mentioned before, if you are successful in your ILR application, then consider the option of applying using FLR (M) - for spouses/partners of settl...

number in their correspondence letter to the applicant. Normally starts with

Our ref, no. xxxx

rajesh1319 wrote:In general, what is the home office number ?

Is it the number on stmaped passport pages or is it Tier1 or WP reference no ?

don't worry about this...if you do not know just leave it blank. this number is HO's way of monitoring their responses to individual cases...

rajesh1319 wrote:In SET (O) form,

For setion 1.10 , what is Home Office reference no.

Is this the number on Tier1 approval letter or number on stamp of passport page ?

the 4year rule for HSMP JR is applicable to those whose visa was granted prior to Apr 06. after this period, the residency period was increased to 5yrs. Was you visa stamped 24/3/06? if yes then you are eligible, Hi. Haven't posted here in a long time - probably not since I got FLR. Anyhow... I'm ju...

Dear friends, I would greatly appreciate if anyone can help with my case as explained below. I came to the UK on Work Permit in 2006. My company used to pay full salary & taxes in India during this time. I just used to receive living allowance (per diem) in the UK, so I understand they may have not...

Hello, I think I know the answer to this but am hoping to draw upon your experience and knowledge of all things ILR-related. I'd like to apply for ILR in about three years but by then I will have been here under an HSMP/Tier 1 visa for four years and ten-and-a-half months, just shy of the required ...

their response is too generic at which calling them is a waste of time. [quote="BeigeI'm really sorry to hear this. But this just goes to show that calling the UKBA progress enquiry line is useless. They really either do not know what actually goes on with the caseworkers or they are prohibited from...

Hello, Can you please help me with the confusion? (1) When I apply for ILR in September 2010, can I include my wife as well for ILR? NO as she has her own T1 visa...her clock was reset when she shifted to T1 She was on my dependent visa and lived for more than 2 years. (2) If yes for above, Should ...

it will depend on whether or not they will impose the legislation retrospectively.

piridi.ark wrote:suppose if the immigration rules changes from july 2011, does it effect from the day who apply for workpermit. or it effects to all who got workpermit couple of years back.

Since you WP is valid up to 2012 you can enter multiple times...not a worry .

xeshu wrote: Some have suggested that since my work permit is not a Multiple entry work permit there fore I cannot enter. any such free advice).

very informative. I hope others can learn from this personal experience. Hi to all, I would like to share my experiences with all of you. Experience 1 I come to UK on the 20th June 2005 as a work permit holder. In 2009 January I had been redundant and till April 2009 I could not find a job. Within t...

Hi birkinm sorry to hear about your problem. when you phoned them up, what did they say about the fees not being deducted from your account? Applied : 18th of January 2010 Confirmation letter: 21 January 2010 Fee deducted: FEE STILL NOT DEDUCTED AS OF 9TH JUNE 2010 Equiry line : called so far total ...