Tier 1 question

[ajay_mital_1]

Hi,

I am a work permit holder, and I have a couple of questions:

1. If I bring my wife here and she starts working here, as being wife of work permit holder, once she has enough points will she be able to apply for Tier1 for herself?

2. For bank statements for tier 1 maintenance funds; if I order my latest bank statements it will take 5 working days that will mean at the time of application my bank statement will be 3 months 1 week old .....how does it work!!!!!!

[ChetanOjha]

1. If I bring my wife here and she starts working here, as being wife of work permit holder, once she has enough points will she be able to apply for Tier1 for herself?

She can apply for Tier 1.

2. For bank statements for tier 1 maintenance funds; if I order my latest bank statements it will take 5 working days that will mean at the time of application my bank statement will be 3 months 1 week old .....how does it work

Guidance notes states bank statement could be within last 30 days. So it should be fine. One week rule has been changed.

[push]

1. If I bring my wife here and she starts working here, as being wife of work permit holder, once she has enough points will she be able to apply for Tier1 for herself?

She can apply for Tier 1.

Not sure what you have based your response on but a WP dependent can not switch to Tier-1. She will have to go back to her home country and apply for Tier-1 from there. See this from UKBA website

Initial applications
This section explains how you can make your initial application under the highly skilled worker category of our points-based system to work in the United Kingdom.

The immigration categories from which you can switch into the highly skilled worker category
If you are in the United Kingdom and wish to stay as a highly skilled worker, you will need to be sure that you can switch into this category.
Switching into this category is allowed if you currently hold leave in the following categories:

Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP);
Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland;
International Graduates Scheme (IGS);
innovator;
postgraduate doctor or dentist;
student;
student nurse;
student re-sitting an exam;
student writing up a thesis;
work permit holder;
business person;
self-employed lawyer;
writer,composer or artist;
entrepreneur (tier 1);
investor (tier 1);
post-study worker (tier 1);
a skilled worker (tier 2 General);
an intra-company transferee (tier 2);
a minister of religion (tier 2); or
a sportsperson (tier 2);

See the section on extending your stay for further details. If you are here under any other category, you will not be able to switch into the highly skilled worker category. You can find more information on switching on the pages of Working in the UK that are relevant to your category.
If you are given leave to remain (permission to stay) as a highly skilled worker, you will be able to live and work in the United Kingdom for a maximum period of three years. When the end of this period approaches you will need to apply to extend your stay as a highly skilled worker.

[yasa]

Hi,

I am a work permit holder, and I have a couple of questions:

1. If I bring my wife here and she starts working here, as being wife of work permit holder, once she has enough points will she be able to apply for Tier1 for herself?

She can't change her status.


2. For bank statements for tier 1 maintenance funds; if I order my latest bank statements it will take 5 working days that will mean at the time of application my bank statement will be 3 months 1 week old .....how does it work!!!!!![/quote]

It should not be more than a month old.

[aaa123]

Hi,

I am a work permit holder, and I have a couple of questions:

1. If I bring my wife here and she starts working here, as being wife of work permit holder, once she has enough points will she be able to apply for Tier1 for herself?

She can't change her status.

Just curious....what would be the case if she was dependant of HSMP holder.....

[nksg]

Not sure if this answers but spouse (dependent) of HSMP/T1 can only switch status from dependent to T1 from the home country.

Hi,

I am a work permit holder, and I have a couple of questions:

1. If I bring my wife here and she starts working here, as being wife of work permit holder, once she has enough points will she be able to apply for Tier1 for herself?

She can't change her status.

Just curious....what would be the case if she was dependant of HSMP holder.....