Firstly, Thank you all for the members in this forum for sharing their experience. It helps me a lot particularly on interview. I hope my experience may help for new applicants or awaited applicants. Please see below my summary. In country application. PSW £50 K route. Money in UK Personal Bank acc...

Nope, time on dependent visa does not count towards an ILR. Start counting your 5 years from the day you have started working on Tier 2. And if it is going beyond 2016, prepare for a salary check of £35000

You can only apply from your own country or a country where you have a residence permit (are not on a visitor immigration status). It's not possible to bundle your applications when made in separate countries so it would be better (and perhaps only possible) to apply after her application has been ...

manci wrote:

Andy12 wrote:Her employer is ready to sponsor her as soon as her dependent visa is going to expired. [Jan 2014].

also, the Tier 2 process can be started any time, there is no need to wait for her visa to expire.

Only if her employer has the sponsorship system in place...

Hi, A quick one really, but not easy as always. I am on Tier 1 PSW, visa ending on Jan 2014. Employed but my employer won't go for Tier 2 for me :( My wife, dependent on PSW visa [ we are married in UK] and she is working in UK too. Her employer is ready to sponsor her as soon as her dependent visa ...

Sorry but this sounds fishy.

With a Tier 2 Work permit you're allowed only to work for the sponsor you were given visa for, hence no contractual job with other parties. And you can only work as your COS says.



I am not a lawyer though, and I may be wrong.

married in December 2012.

Hello all, Hope you all are doing fine. Hoping to get some insights about my situation here. I am currently with Tier 1 PSW which will end within few days. I was planning for Tier 1 Ent but that's another story. My partner is offered a job and Tier 2 general visa provided she graduates on 7th March ...

Hello all, Greetings for the day,hope you are all well. I am looking for some answers and hope that somebody will clarify my doubts. I am on PSW now and my visa will run out on April 2013.I am planning to move on to Tier 1 Entrepreneur. During my tenure of PSW, I have worked and still working for ma...

You cannot switch in country. You have to apply for entry clearance from your home country as para 319C h is not met. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/immigrationlaw/immigrationrules/part8/familymembersoftier1migrants/ I am surprised your wife has already received her visa. The rules ...

Hi Greenie, Thanks for the reply.The course is 12 months which means it is 1 year and she is self sponsored. The thing is I am already in country (UK) when she'll be coming to UK in September 2012. My PSW runs out in January 2013 and I'd like to switch to Tier 4 General dependent before my PSW runs ...

Hello Folks out here, Great place,probably the best place online (and, free :D) to get immigration advices.So I have been told. Anyways,I have a share of question(s). So please help me.. 1. My wife has received an offer to study her MSc from Imperial College,UoL starting September 2012.The course is...