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Now its my time to give you guys a good news.

IGS to Tier-1 (GHSMP)

Posted: 17th July 2008
Money debited: 18th July, 2008
UTR Faxed: 18th Aug (With New job Offer)
Approved: 5th September, 2008
Stamped: 8th Spetember, 2008
Doc Deceived: 11th Spetember, 2008 (No pre-paid envelop provided)

Visa Valid till September, 2011


Many many thanks to everyone for their great support.

Best of luck for the applicants who are waiting.

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Marbin

hi i also have new job offer but havent sent any UTR. still waiting since i sent my app on july 10.... what documents do u need to provide to send a UTR regarding job offer? is job offer enough evidence for UTR? even without business travel?

tier1waiting wrote:hi i also have new job offer but havent sent any UTR. still waiting since i sent my app on july 10.... what documents do u need to provide to send a UTR regarding job offer? is job offer enough evidence for UTR? even without business travel?

I HAVE SENT OFFER LETTER WITH LETTER HEAD OF NEW COMPANY. THEY MAY VERIFY THAT ONE. SO MAKE SURE IT. I DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY TRAVEL DOCUMENT.


THANKS

GOOD NEWS

Applied – 31-Jul
Payment Deducted – 01-Aug
Approved – 27-Aug
Docs Received 11-Sep
Processing Time – 6 weeks

I had made UTR on 29, but it seems my application was processed and approved before my UTR actually reached HO. And they still took 2 weeks to post my passport. So I doubt if UTR made any impact on application processing.

I think the timelines are affected by your application as a whole. If your application is straightforward and all the documents are provided well in order with all supporting calculations already made, it expedites the processing. I had sent all the calculations (including point calculation for earnings and a daily balance chart for fund maintenance). I also highlighted the salary credits amounts on bank statement which corresponds with amount on pay-slips.

I was told by CC guy that my application was given to a case-worker on 26th and the stamp on passport shows date of 27th. So the whole assessment took just 1 day. If we make their work easy for them, they do it faster.

This forum has been very helpful throughout these 6 weeks. Good luck to everybody. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have on my application.

Congrats,

27/08 is not your visa approval date mate. that is the stamping date. whts ur visa valid till date? that is the approval date.

Hope this helps

wp_to_t1 wrote:GOOD NEWS

Applied – 31-Jul
Payment Deducted – 01-Aug
Approved – 27-Aug
Docs Received 11-Sep
Processing Time – 6 weeks

I had made UTR on 29, but it seems my application was processed and approved before my UTR actually reached HO. And they still took 2 weeks to post my passport. So I doubt if UTR made any impact on application processing.

I think the timelines are affected by your application as a whole. If your application is straightforward and all the documents are provided well in order with all supporting calculations already made, it expedites the processing. I had sent all the calculations (including point calculation for earnings and a daily balance chart for fund maintenance). I also highlighted the salary credits amounts on bank statement which corresponds with amount on pay-slips.

I was told by CC guy that my application was given to a case-worker on 26th and the stamp on passport shows date of 27th. So the whole assessment took just 1 day. If we make their work easy for them, they do it faster.

This forum has been very helpful throughout these 6 weeks. Good luck to everybody. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have on my application.

I have been watching this forum for a while now, and I am encouraged a lot from all your posts! Here is my news, hope it helps

Type: fresh Talent --> Tier 1
Application posted --> 14/07/2008
Reference Number Given --> 15/07/2008
Visa Stamped --> 28/08/2008
Paper Received --> 11/09/2008

Keep faith mate, it will be good!

Switching from WP to tier1(General)


Hi GodnLuck,

I was going through the forum, my case also looks same as of yours[GodnLuck]. Could you please spare a few moments to clear my doubts?

I am an employee of an Indian company. I am on deputation and working in UK on a work permit for more than a year or so. Every month, I get paid living expenses in UK and salary is paid in India in Indian currency.

1. Could you please let me know whether I can claim points for salary paid in India in Previous earnings category. You mentioned, you claimed points for both UK allowance and Indian salary. Did you use Band D upliftment ratio (5.3) for Indian salary conversion?

Can I show income from both the countries or just income from India?


2. Can I submit three months UK bank statement as a proof to support minimum maintenance funds (£800) in Maintenance category?

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Hi test1234,

My case is same as well except for that I work in US getting paid in US and India.

Here is how you should calculate:
UK Salary + (Indian Salary * ExchangeRate) = Total. You can not apply uplift of 5.3 for Indian Salary when you worked in UK (physically present & worked in UK).

This thread may help you to get answers to more questions you may have http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 369#195369

congrats mate,

whts ur visa approval date?? ( not the stamping date) and did u send any UT??

ershaer wrote:I have been watching this forum for a while now, and I am encouraged a lot from all your posts! Here is my news, hope it helps

Type: fresh Talent --> Tier 1
Application posted --> 14/07/2008
Reference Number Given --> 15/07/2008
Visa Stamped --> 28/08/2008
Paper Received --> 11/09/2008

Keep faith mate, it will be good!

Hi-This is GodnLuck(poor me-God is still there-but have no luck)....

Here are the answers- although review it properly because I was not a success.

1.I didn't claim for 5.3 because I was not in india during this period.But if you had some time in the 12 months spend in India-you could very well apply uplift ratio for that period. Show income from both countries as allowance and salary

2.Yes mate-3 months proof can come in the form of UK bank statements.if you could give proof of an ISA that is also fine.

Good Luck



Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: Switching from WP to tier1(General)

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Switching from WP to tier1(General)


Hi GodnLuck,

I was going through the forum, my case also looks same as of yours[GodnLuck]. Could you please spare a few moments to clear my doubts?

I am an employee of an Indian company. I am on deputation and working in UK on a work permit for more than a year or so. Every month, I get paid living expenses in UK and salary is paid in India in Indian currency.

1. Could you please let me know whether I can claim points for salary paid in India in Previous earnings category. You mentioned, you claimed points for both UK allowance and Indian salary. Did you use Band D upliftment ratio (5.3) for Indian salary conversion?

Can I show income from both the countries or just income from India?


2. Can I submit three months UK bank statement as a proof to support minimum maintenance funds (£800) in Maintenance category?

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

test1234 wrote:Switching from WP to tier1(General)


Hi GodnLuck,

I was going through the forum, my case also looks same as of yours[GodnLuck]. Could you please spare a few moments to clear my doubts?

I am an employee of an Indian company. I am on deputation and working in UK on a work permit for more than a year or so. Every month, I get paid living expenses in UK and salary is paid in India in Indian currency.

1. Could you please let me know whether I can claim points for salary paid in India in Previous earnings category. You mentioned, you claimed points for both UK allowance and Indian salary. Did you use Band D upliftment ratio (5.3) for Indian salary conversion?

Can I show income from both the countries or just income from India?


2. Can I submit three months UK bank statement as a proof to support minimum maintenance funds (£800) in Maintenance category?

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Hi,

Probably I belong to the same company as you. There is not many company with this structure anyway:) Anyway, no you can not use the 5.3 factor at all. The equation is simple: you can use 5.3 only when the earning is made in India, that means when the earning was made, you were physically present and working in India. There is no ambiguity about that. So, you can use 5.3 only for the period you were in India. Unless you have age with your side, you have waited too long. Best is to apply immediately when you come at onsite. then you can show offshore salary and multiply by 5.3.

Hi Guys,

Just in case if you havent noticed, This thread is for " current processing times" and not discussing other issues. search properly on the forum and you will find there are soo many threads already in place for this particular topic.

Regards

P.s- dnt hijack the thread.

akash08 wrote:

test1234 wrote:Switching from WP to tier1(General)


Hi GodnLuck,

I was going through the forum, my case also looks same as of yours[GodnLuck]. Could you please spare a few moments to clear my doubts?

I am an employee of an Indian company. I am on deputation and working in UK on a work permit for more than a year or so. Every month, I get paid living expenses in UK and salary is paid in India in Indian currency.

1. Could you please let me know whether I can claim points for salary paid in India in Previous earnings category. You mentioned, you claimed points for both UK allowance and Indian salary. Did you use Band D upliftment ratio (5.3) for Indian salary conversion?

Can I show income from both the countries or just income from India?


2. Can I submit three months UK bank statement as a proof to support minimum maintenance funds (£800) in Maintenance category?

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Hi,

Probably I belong to the same company as you. There is not many company with this structure anyway:) Anyway, no you can not use the 5.3 factor at all. The equation is simple: you can use 5.3 only when the earning is made in India, that means when the earning was made, you were physically present and working in India. There is no ambiguity about that. So, you can use 5.3 only for the period you were in India. Unless you have age with your side, you have waited too long. Best is to apply immediately when you come at onsite. then you can show offshore salary and multiply by 5.3.

Good news!

Finally i got my docs back with Visa stamped till 2011.

Applied on: 27th Jun
Approval date: 2nd Sep
Doc received: 12 Sep

Will go home, see and post rest of the details. this forum was very helpful.

Best of luck for those who are waiting for their doc.. i guess if it is taking long, u'll definitely get it....

Cheers.

congrats mate,

is 02/09 stamping date or approval date??

wp2tier1applicant wrote:Good news!

Finally i got my docs back with Visa stamped till 2011.

Applied on: 27th Jun
Approval date: 2nd Sep
Doc received: 12 Sep

Will go home, see and post rest of the details. this forum was very helpful.

Best of luck for those who are waiting for their doc.. i guess if it is taking long, u'll definitely get it....

Cheers.

Congrats mate

I'm really happy for you as I applied just one day after you with dependants. But I'm still waiting. Did you send UT? Do you have dependants? Pray for us
God have mercy.
Miria


quote="justice122"]congrats mate,

is 02/09 stamping date or approval date??

wp2tier1applicant wrote:Good news!

Finally i got my docs back with Visa stamped till 2011.

Applied on: 27th Jun
Approval date: 2nd Sep
Doc received: 12 Sep

Will go home, see and post rest of the details. this forum was very helpful.

Best of luck for those who are waiting for their doc.. i guess if it is taking long, u'll definitely get it....

Cheers.

[/quote]

guess it is stamping date....not sure abt that... will go home check and confirm.... i too applied with my dependants... guess your docs are on its way.... all the best...

dint sent any UT.....

Hello Friends,

Wow!! what a relief for me.....Yes by gods grace I got my visa stamped and got my docs today..Visa approved till Aug 2011. Here goes my timelines guyz

Applied from : UK
Applied : 23-June-2008
App Received@HO : 24-June-2008
Money Debited : 27-June-2008
Reference No Rcvd : 01-July-2008
Status : Approved
Doc received : 12-Sep-2008
Vaild Till : 19-Aug-2011


Here goes my application details

1. One covering Letter
2. 1 Main Application
3. 1 Dependent Application
4. Master Degree certificate (No marksheets attached)
5. Letter from NARIC
6. IELTS Certification
7. 12 Months bank stmt and pay slips
8. for dependent I just attached the marriage certification and no other proofs.


and I was worried about some of things in my application, may be this will help for the people who's case is like me...

1. Name in the pay slip :
- by some how my pay slips got only my first name and not my surname, I was bit worried about as this may a give a CW a chance for declining.
2. I am actually living in a sharing apartment where I don't have any kind of agreement on my name and my wifes name. So I did not provide
any solid proofs for for both of use(I have seen in the forum for some refusel due to the accommodation proof)
3. and for my wife I haven't attached any documents except the passport and marriage certificate.

Gods grace everything went well for me, and I wish all best for the people who are waiting.


Cheers

Here are my details:

Applied on: 27th June
Approval date: 02 Sep
Stamping date: 06 Sep
Valid till: Sep 2011
Docs received: 12 Sep

I got a call from CW on 28th Aug asking me to fax a page from the applcn form, i did that the same day. I applied for 85 points but was awarded only 80 points, since i dint have the bank stmt for one of the months.

I dint send any covering letter, just neatly arranged the docs and provided detail on how i arrived with the points for my earnings. i showed earnings from 2 countries, had to use uplift ratio for one of the country earnings.

My advice is to send a covering letter as well, this might clearly set expectations on our applcn to the CW, which i think will make their job easier.

All the best guys.

Cheers

Congs LoveTier1

I can imagine that relief which is life changing.Its good people in June are getting some reponses. Pray for the rest of us, and thanks for all the info.

Miria

lovetier1 wrote:Hello Friends,

Wow!! what a relief for me.....Yes by gods grace I got my visa stamped and got my docs today..Visa approved till Aug 2011. Here goes my timelines guyz

Applied from : UK
Applied : 23-June-2008
App Received@HO : 24-June-2008
Money Debited : 27-June-2008
Reference No Rcvd : 01-July-2008
Status : Approved
Doc received : 12-Sep-2008
Vaild Till : 19-Aug-2011


Here goes my application details

1. One covering Letter
2. 1 Main Application
3. 1 Dependent Application
4. Master Degree certificate (No marksheets attached)
5. Letter from NARIC
6. IELTS Certification
7. 12 Months bank stmt and pay slips
8. for dependent I just attached the marriage certification and no other proofs.


and I was worried about some of things in my application, may be this will help for the people who's case is like me...

1. Name in the pay slip :
- by some how my pay slips got only my first name and not my surname, I was bit worried about as this may a give a CW a chance for declining.
2. I am actually living in a sharing apartment where I don't have any kind of agreement on my name and my wifes name. So I did not provide
any solid proofs for for both of use(I have seen in the forum for some refusel due to the accommodation proof)
3. and for my wife I haven't attached any documents except the passport and marriage certificate.

Gods grace everything went well for me, and I wish all best for the people who are waiting.


Cheers

Hi all,
thanks for sharing the information; is there anybody who filed for entry clearance for tier-1 from India recently; if yes, please let us know the current status with the time taken.
regards
Animesh

akash08 wrote:

test1234 wrote:Switching from WP to tier1(General)


Hi GodnLuck,

I was going through the forum, my case also looks same as of yours[GodnLuck]. Could you please spare a few moments to clear my doubts?

I am an employee of an Indian company. I am on deputation and working in UK on a work permit for more than a year or so. Every month, I get paid living expenses in UK and salary is paid in India in Indian currency.

1. Could you please let me know whether I can claim points for salary paid in India in Previous earnings category. You mentioned, you claimed points for both UK allowance and Indian salary. Did you use Band D upliftment ratio (5.3) for Indian salary conversion?

Can I show income from both the countries or just income from India?


2. Can I submit three months UK bank statement as a proof to support minimum maintenance funds (£800) in Maintenance category?

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Hi,

Probably I belong to the same company as you. There is not many company with this structure anyway:) Anyway, no you can not use the 5.3 factor at all. The equation is simple: you can use 5.3 only when the earning is made in India, that means when the earning was made, you were physically present and working in India. There is no ambiguity about that. So, you can use 5.3 only for the period you were in India. Unless you have age with your side, you have waited too long. Best is to apply immediately when you come at onsite. then you can show offshore salary and multiply by 5.3.

Akash and Test 1234

I was in similar situation ...now got HMSP..but this is not the correct thread to discuss..please drop me a line to my email id: 'nutanraj@yahoo.com' or see my postings in other threads for this problem...

Regards
Raj

Hi Guys..

I have applied on July16th for EC from UK and am still waiting for my passport to come back with the stamping.. anybody applied during the same time and any good news..please leme know..

Sent an email 5 days ago and after waiting for well over 3 months after applying for tier-1 .....................

got this ( Copy and paste) reply today..................

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"Thank you for your enquiry regarding your Tier 1 (General) application.

Having checked our records, your case is still under consideration. I am unable to advise how long the case will take to complete, each case is assessed on it’s own merits.

Once a decision has been made on your application, any documents and accompanying decision letter will be returned to your specified address by post or other agreed delivery method."
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wht is going on my GOD.............

I am getting Crazy............

Hi justice122,
I also managed to talk to HO today.I got the same reply what got in email.They are not even willing to tell me why my case is taking so long.They are not waiting for any documents from my side than why its taking this much time.

Hi Justice/Jun.. when did u guys apply and from where?