No.

But as an Australian he can leave and reenter, and try his luck in being granted a tourist visa.

Generally if you have enough evidence to prove your intentions you will be OK, however I personally know of at least one occurrence where entry has been denied.

Is the 'no single absence of more than 3months' not applicable to 10 year long residency?

You can't extend a YMS visa. You need to apply for a visa in your own right or qualify for EU citizenship: - Tier 2 sponsored by Employer. Fair amount of effort on employers part (sponsorship license, resident labour test, etc) and you need to meet requirements for job title and salary - Ancestry th...

What type of Tier 5 is it? there are several categories.

You have almost another year in which to meet the salary requirements. Take on a second job, find extra work etc.

As above your age points remain the same as when you were first granted your visa.

It's closed! Widely publicised by UKBA and on here in the months leading up to it.

Sheesh we have someone on here every other day who pops up and says it's not or might not be closed. Its finished!

I take it then that 'applying' for a visa on arrival is not classed as an entry clearance application - what is the differentiation?

Ordinarily you should be paying tax in the UK, but it would not normally affect your Tier 1 extension.

Or qualify through family links:
- if you have a british born grandparent you can apply for an Ancestry Visa
- if you have an Irish born grandparent you can apply for Irish citizenship
- if you have Italian ancestors you may be able to claim citizenship

Otherwise Tier 2 is about it.

It's 4200. See http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/reports/soi-tier2/tier2-soi-transitional-measures?view=Binary page 6 The UK Border Agency’s experience is that while different sectors see some seasonality of demand for CoS this tends to balance out. We will front load...

Uplift ratio cannot be applied to any earnings for Tier 1 extension, even if they were earnt outside of the UK.

You can probably apply for an unmarried partner visa in 5 months time, provided you have sufficient proof from when you first started living together. If she is able to obatin a visitor visa and return at some point during this period it should work in your favour. Periods apart of up to 6 months ar...

1) 6 months to your Visa expiry will cause you trouble in entry point and you have to come up with good reason that why on earth you are in your home country for all these years. This will be pretty tough !! and i am only 15% sure you will pass this point . Wish you Luck! If he tells the truth he i...

Do you have permission to stay in France for longer than 6 months? If not, you cannot submit a visa application from there.

Greenie wrote: you can't apply for tier 5 (youth mobility scheme) if you have dependent children.

Good point, I missed that, and as she has stated she is ineligible for other reasons too.

IMHO, when applying for entry clearance, if an applicant required 80 (attributes) + 10 (maintenance funds) + 10 (English language) = 100 points then the same applicant will now require to score 100 (attributes) points to qualify for extension. (Attributes = Age + Qualifications + Previous earnings ...

This has been discussed before, I think they removed some PGD's from the points caclulator - possibly some of the more dodgy colleges.

Suggest you start a new thread as this is not related to the transitional arrangements.

By my calculations the earliest date you can use is 21 or 22 Dec 2009 as that is 15 months prior to 21 march 2010.

joh118 wrote: In my case, I had got visas at the airport when I arrived in 1999 until 2002. (in the good old days when you could get long-term visas at airports!)

Just out of interest, what type of long term visa(s) could you apply for at the airport?

How old are you? Have you had a Working Holiday Visa or Tier 5 visa before? If not and you are under 31, that would be a good option to buy some time, and build up to 2 years of living together. Like all other visa routes suggested, it requires you to return to Australia to apply, however is quite s...

Yes especially if so called few highly skilled person start asking obvious questions for which answers are very clear cut and available on UKBA website. After seeing type of questions few people ask here, no wonder he will suggest to put additional checks on Tier 1(G) extensions for those. He shoul...

They have not said it clearly that the salary criteria for extensions will be the same, have they? Need to score 95 points but with existing salary criteria is not the same as having same rules as initial applications. You and others are going to worry yourself into an early grave at this rate. I t...

Hi, Can anyone give me email address of Richard. I wanted to write few questions regarding my visa extension and ILR. Thank you. This guy must really be regretting the inclusion of his email on that press release, and the resulting deluge of emails. He is obviously quite high up at a level not usua...

cgohil wrote:are there any changes going to happen in earning points table.....or it will going to be same which is mentioned on the website now.

No.