Urgent treatment

Hi All,

Quick question: I am applying for HSMP tier 1 visa tomorrow 19 March 2009 & like everyone i would like to get visa asap. Unknowingly i have booked my holiday tickets which is in 25 May, do you guys know if i can use travel documents for urgent treatment of my application or not.

Looking forward to advice
Thanks

ashubhatt wrote:Hi All,

Quick question: I am applying for HSMP tier 1 visa tomorrow 19 March 2009 & like everyone i would like to get visa asap. Unknowingly i have booked my holiday tickets which is in 25 May, do you guys know if i can use travel documents for urgent treatment of my application or not.

Looking forward to advice
Thanks

They are not trating any urgent tratments as of now .
Better cancel ticket as you had booked it unknowingly .

Urgent is like somebody died , hospitalised etc etc . Your is not

Oh! Just wanted to know if that would have made my visa process faster.

Anyway i might take a chance cus my holidays are starting from 25th of may and i still have 2 month in hand...i might hear from HO before that (fingers crossed)

what do you guys think??

maheshnair wrote:

ashubhatt wrote:Hi All,

Quick question: I am applying for HSMP tier 1 visa tomorrow 19 March 2009 & like everyone i would like to get visa asap. Unknowingly i have booked my holiday tickets which is in 25 May, do you guys know if i can use travel documents for urgent treatment of my application or not.

Looking forward to advice
Thanks

They are not trating any urgent tratments as of now .
Better cancel ticket as you had booked it unknowingly .

Urgent is like somebody died , hospitalised etc etc . Your is not

just in case u cancel your ticket, u can still claim the taxes paid. If booked thru agent, ask them for refund of taxes....they usually send the request to the airline and it takes 6 weeks to process. If the agent says the ticket was non refundable, tell them that you had previously claimed taxes on cancelled ticket and tht u had called the airline and they have advised to go back to agent to process ticket.

just might save u some ££

ashubhatt wrote:Oh! Just wanted to know if that would have made my visa process faster.

Anyway i might take a chance cus my holidays are starting from 25th of may and i still have 2 month in hand...i might hear from HO before that (fingers crossed)

what do you guys think??

maheshnair wrote:

ashubhatt wrote:Hi All,

Quick question: I am applying for HSMP tier 1 visa tomorrow 19 March 2009 & like everyone i would like to get visa asap. Unknowingly i have booked my holiday tickets which is in 25 May, do you guys know if i can use travel documents for urgent treatment of my application or not.

Looking forward to advice
Thanks

They are not trating any urgent tratments as of now .
Better cancel ticket as you had booked it unknowingly .

Urgent is like somebody died , hospitalised etc etc . Your is not

You may be OK. Just remember that the waiting time is already 6-8 weeks for in-country application and may perhaps take longer given the likely increase in workload for the caseworkers in light of the recent rule change. What's the latest date you cancel your holiday and still be eligible for a full refund?