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by mulderpf » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:38 am
Firstly, their visas will have the same dates as yours. So you'll all have to extend at the same time.
In terms of extension, it should not be a problem if your Indian salary WITHOUT APPLYING THE UPLIFT RATIO, but just converted to pounds plus any earnings between Jan and April is enough to get you the points required.
Go onto the points calculator and make sure that you get the correct points. Note that there's a "bug" on the calculator with regards to earnings, because it automatically uplifts earnings for extensions as well if you say you earned the money in India - you need to say you earned the money in UK or manually calculate it and not uplift and just make sure that you qualify.
As long as you qualify, you should not have a problem unless the rules change. It's very possible that they might change the rules for extensions as the MAC report called for the introduction of a check to ensure that when extending, Tier 1 visa holders are working in a skilled field, but that's all still up in the air.
Hope that helps. Remember that the rules could potentially change at any time and that the above is based on the existing situation.
