Great news Hsac, congratulations!

For the 197 days absences, was that not counting the day of departure and the day of return?

Did they really check all the stamps?! Looking at my passport it would take hours to make sense of all the stamps, and some are missing for various reasons.

The £400 fee is a leftover from when it was a two step process to get these types of visas (new applications).

I don't know what the fee is these days for Tier 1 extension, but £820 sounds right.

You are not switching into Tier 1, you are extending your Tier 1 (new name of HSMP).

This is very interesting and it corresponds to how I read the Annex F guidance - absences consistent with annual leave (and presumably weekends + public holidays) are disregarded. After that you can have up to 6 months worth of non working absences. The way I often see it interpreted by on this foru...

So long as you can get the company to pay you a UK salary from the UK office, I don't see why they would need to readvertise the job. In any case you'd be crazy to give up a Tier 1 visa since by the sounds of it you wouldn't be eligigle for it in the future. You'd be better off taking the risk looki...

I'm pretty sure I highlighted my salary payments, put an asterix or something. My statements had hand writing all over them, I often write beside various debits what they were for. I didn't have any problem.

Do you know what is wrong with the photograph?

Why can't you just come in on your Workpermit visa?

That is a very interesting site PaperPusher, I was surprised at all the detail in those documents. The one I randomly clicked on found that the case worker had made a material error in applying the law.

I've noticed other people on this forum have not been able to renew Tier 1 due to lack of maintenance funds, or misunderstanding what they have to do. The rule causes a lot of stress for people. If you can show the necessary income and can afford the £800 fee or whatever it is these days, what is t...

Interesting. So you don't have to declare fixed penalty notices. Looking at this link, not displaying L plates is a fixed penalty notice: http://www.psni.police.uk/index/advice-and-legislation/roads_and_driving/advice_penalty_notices/fixed_penalty_offence_codes.htm That is for Northern Ireland, but ...

I think it is possible. The home office could have made a mistake.

So have I understood this correctly, if I get a speeding ticket, I can't get naturalised for 5 years? Is it the same for a parking ticket?

Are the rules the same for ILR?

I feel scared to drive now!

Plan on getting the second extension. Apply for the 1st extension about 6 months early, and same for the second. If anything goes wrong you've got time to try and sort it out. I don't think you'll be getting ILR though, the rules were recently changed. One thing to plan carefully - absences. Though ...

I think you'll just have to do the best you can from reading the stamps. I don't think the HO keep a proper record of this which is why they ask you to do it for them. They probably know the dates you enter the country, but not leave. If you can't read some of the stamps it might be a good idea to m...

It is a pity that they are now saying there is a 6 months allowance of absences over 5 years, since before it used to be 6 months over 4 years. The whole statement still is very vague: * It doesn't say exactly how to count an absence * The way I prefer to read it, is that all absence days due to ann...

It should be fine. I paid with a Barclays Visa debit card, and there is no mention of Delta on it.

The guidance is very misleading and unclear, and it seems to be at the Home Office discretion. Basically if they "feel" that the UK doesn't seem like a proper primary residence for you, then they will reject your application. It is quite hard to argue if you are spending more than 180 days a year o...

According to the forum, other people have had second extensions.

I think it a much safer way to go, since if your application for ILR was to fail you'd still have plenty of LTR up your sleeve. To be extra safe you could even apply for the extension a few months early.

Here is a link to somebody that said they got ILR with 400 days absences: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=30922&highlight=ilr+abcense And have a look at this post - especially the post by vito0514 on 9 May 2009: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=23775&postdays=0&posto...

There is a huge amount of discussion on this topic on the forum over many posts. Most of it is conflicting and it seems no one really knows including the Home Office. It seems that the case worker has a lot of discretion, so it all depends on who reviews your case. Some of the different things I hav...

I think it is just luck. I received a 3 years and 2 and a half months extension without asking for it. I did put a reason for applying early in the cover letter though. Hi Winber, what reason did you put in your covering letter for the applying early?? That I need to attend my sisters wedding which...

I think it is just luck. I received a 3 years and 2 and a half months extension without asking for it. I did put a reason for applying early in the cover letter though.

I've heard that you can apply for ILR up to 28 days before the 5 year period ends, so people with a week or two too little might be ok.

Posted: Fri 13 Feb
Delivered: Sat 14 Feb
Acknowledgement Letter Dated: Mon 16 Feb
Permit Dated: Mon 30 March
"Sorry you were out" left: Thur 02 Apr
Collected from Postal Depot: Fri 03 Apr
Valid Until: 11 June 12

Relief. Good luck everybody!