I agree with myegin on both the points. On the second one, heres something straight from the UK experience section of the guidance: 151. in the section for previous earnings, and these were for earnings made both in United Kingdom and outside the United Kingdom, at least £16,000 of the earnings mus...
Yeah nm reference letters are late in coming nowadays. But if you look at it objectively, they really dont matter much as they are quite useless. However they do give you some peace of mind so I understand your predicament. Maybe you will get your decision before the reference letter :idea: I will k...
Great news Wasa, glad that things worked out for you:). So you did not attach a self addressed special delivery envelope? Quite a risk pal considering your visa was expiring on the 29th. Anyways to each his own. Do you know when the HO posted your documents? If you do would you mind updating the fol...
Well just noticed that sm07 above has received his documents on Saturday by recorded signed delivery, so maybe the news about postmen being on strike on Saturday might not be true after all. Or maybe it varies from region to region. Anyways, sm07 congratulations on your success, can you please updat...
I agree Wasa. When I applied for EC for my initial entry to the UK, I could check the status online and knew exactly where my application was. It is actually quite funny to pay in excess of 800 pounds for my application and be kept in the dark about the status of the same. I am not sure how tough it...
Well according to the timeline and the fact that people have been getting their decisions more than a week before the timeline in some cases, I was hopeful last week, but it dint happen as I hoped :) . Now I am keeping an open mind about this to avoid disappointment. Yeah will keep everyone posted a...
Hey ID, No not yet. Though I must admit, mine are not TOO late, since my payment went through on the 14th, and going by trackitt, no one after 12th has got their decision yet. It would be good to know from people when their docs were posted by HO but not many seem to be responding to our poll :(. Re...
hi Duvvuri, Thanks for your inputs pal. Not sure why they asked me to stamp the special delivery envelope, maybe because I dint have to pay for it separately only for the stamps. Anyways hopefully will come to know soon if that works or not. ID: Yeah its getting late for you. Good luck and keep your...
Duvvuri: I went to the post office and they told me to affix the corresponding stamps for however much I think a special delivery will cost the sender on to the self-addressed return special delivery envelope. Till the parcel is posted there is no way to pay for it and hence you need stamps. Can ot...
Duvvuri, Like mvent right put there is no harm in asking questions. But if you notice most of the members collate their questions and put them in a single post to keep from spamming the forum. I understand new queries keep coming up all the time, it happened with me as well, and I put around 3 -4 po...
Wow, my statement has started quite a flame war:)!! Well we do have a poll going to find out on which weekday the HO sent the docs for people who have already got their approvals. However only 2 people out of the whole wide forum have voted till this point, which is ridiculous! Duvvuri: I went to th...
Well I included a proper royal mail special delivery envelope which they provide you at the post office for special delivery, and put the stamps on it with all the relevant addresses as well. Now I would have been confused if the we-missed-you card had only my address on there. But the fact that it ...
Congrats Radtw78!!! ID: No post for me either. :( Since I work close to office, just went home to check. The irony is there was a missed delivery card for a recorded delivery but it was for one of the earlier occupents of our house. Too cruel to see an we-missed-you card and to find its not meant fo...
Agree with Myegin. However the average timing showed by Trackitt is slightly skewed by an in-person appointment put in the tracker by someone. The time to process this is 0, hence the average time in trackitt is being reflected as 15 days, which is just not true, 16 is the minimum I have seen. Good ...
Hello, you should be fine without any reasons too., but if you could put any, there will be no harm. The way I see it if you are not applying too much in advance, mentioning this fact in the cover letter will only attract undue attention to the fact that you are not following the HO guideline of ap...
hi Wanderer, I beg to differ with you here. There is no universal rule in life. I have met some of these people you call "monkeys" who get paid peanuts, but they are 10 times brighter than some other people, who get way more than peanuts. Sometimes its just circumstances which force you to keep jobs...
Hi Eskay, There is absolutely no need to mention this in your covering letter. The current state of your employment is not at all a factor affecting your eligibility to apply for an extension of your leave here. As long as you are scoring enough points on the points calculator, and qualify for the E...
hi master_blaster, There has been a lot of discussion on this on the forum, and the general consensus is that you can apply for extension anytime. However if you are applying more than 6-7 months before expiry it may be a good idea to mention the reason for early application in your cover letter. I ...
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