Any Tier-1 (General) new applicants??

[irf_bar]

I call BIA just now, they able to say me my status that it was still in consideration i.e with case worker. I told the fact that it was more then 28 days and i want to travel. so they advice me to wait for another 5-7 working days. Its not the great news but it is better news for me compare to my last update in this thread.

As soon as i get any info i update to this thread.

thanx for advices guys.

Regards,
Irf

[fardeens]

---Urgent could you please update the list-----

From WP to Tier1
Applied: April 7th (Royal mail special delivery)
Recd at Home Office: April 8th (confirmed)
Payment Processed: April 8th
Reference no: April 8th PB3020***(sent on 8th by post)
Decision: Awaited

[mmmsa5]

Hi, I have some good news to share with the forum members.

My initial application to switch into Tier 1 General (from Student) has been approved along with my dependants . Following is the the timeline for my application.

Application received at HO: 26 March
Payment Taken: 26 March
Reference number received: 29 March (PB300***)
Decision Taken: 3 April (Approved), 4th April for dependants
Documents Received: 15th April

N.B. I didn't claim any points for previous earnings. May be that is the reason for quick approval.

Best of luck for all of you who have applied and are waiting for decision. Your time will come soon.

[Gob00st]

Hi irf:

Great you successfully got your status from HO, keeping updating.

I called HO today as well, they managed to tell me that the decision of my application has been made, but they would NOT tell me if it has been approved or not, no matter what reason I gave them,which makes me half feeling being rejected.

Another better news though- my work permit has just been granted today for 60 months, which makes my T1 application not that important anymore.

Anyway wish all the best to all who has been w8 T1 results.
Gob00st

I call BIA just now, they able to say me my status that it was still in consideration i.e with case worker. I told the fact that it was more then 28 days and i want to travel. so they advice me to wait for another 5-7 working days. Its not the great news but it is better news for me compare to my last update in this thread.

As soon as i get any info i update to this thread.

thanx for advices guys.

Regards,
Irf

[urgent]

Latest list :


ashraya:
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Date Applied :6th march
Reached Home office : 8th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :18th March ( PB2988....)
Approval Date: 9th April
Docs Received: 15th April

asiar08 ( Tier 1 with Valid HSMP letter )
=====
Date Applied : 11 March
Reached Home office : 12th march
Credit card charged: 13th March
Reference Number : PB299***
Decision : Awaited (Gentle lady at H.O told that he will be receiving the documents in couple of days )


aylee:
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Date Applied :11th march
Reached Home office : 12th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :14th March ( PB2993....)
Decision : Approved on 19th March
Passport Stamped 1st April.
Docs Recieved :3rd April


lisa_simpson
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Date Applied : 11 March
Reached Home office : 12 March
Debit card charged: 13 March
Reference Number Received: 14 March
Reference Number : PB299***
Decision Received: YES!! Very Happy
Documents Received: 8th April

butterfly08: ( HSMP to Tier 1 )
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Date Applied :12th march
Reached Home office : 13th march
Debit charged: 13th March
Reference Number received :14th March ( PB2994....)
Decision : Approived and got documents back on 16th April

hsmpaspirant2007:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 17th March
Reference Number Received: 18th March
Decision Taken: 31st March
Passport stamped: 4th April
Current Status: Approved.
Documents Received: 9th April

irf_bar:
================
Date Applied:15th March
Payment Taken: 17th March
Reference Number Received: 18th March(PB299**)
Decision : Awaited (with case worker, asked him to wait for 5-7 working days)

sinspider:
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APPLIED: March 13th
RECD at Home Office: March 14th
Charged : 18th March
REFERENCE no: 19th March
Decision :Rejected 2nd April( Reason mentioned: Degree was in Swedish)


GobOOst:
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Date Applied:14th March
Payment Taken: 20th March
Reference Number Received: 25th March (PB299**)
Decision : Awaited(Still with Case Worker, Decision is been done )

rajiv502
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Date Applied :19th march
Reached Home office : 20th march
Credit card charged: 25th March
Reference Number received :28th March ( PB3001....)
Approval date: 31st march
Received date: 16th April


SSTier1:
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Posted my Tier 1 Application: 25-March-08
Recieved Home office : 26-March-08
Debit card charged: 26-March-08
Reference number recieved : 29-March-08
Decision : Approved
Visa stamped: 08-April-2008
Passports received : 12-April-2008

mmmsa5:(From student to Tier 1 )
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Application received at HO: 26 March
Payment Taken: 26 March
Reference number received: 29 March (PB300***)
Decision Taken: 3 April (Approved), 4th April for dependants
Documents Received: 15th April


getkumars:
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Date Applied : 25 March
Reached Home office : 26th march
Debit card charged: 27th March
Reference Number Received: 29th March
Reference Number : PB3007***
Passport stamped: 3 rd April
Documents Received: 15th April


cisman:
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Application Sent : 29 March 2008
Application Received : 31 March 2008
Payment Processed : 31 March 2008
Reference no. Allocated : 31 March 2008
Reference no. Received : 02 April 2008 (.....)
Decision : Awaited


urgent:
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Date Applied :29th march
Reached Home office : 31st march
charged: 31st March
Reference Number received :2nd April( PB3012***)
Decision : Awaited

nibbs:
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posted- 4th April 2008
payment- 7th April 2008
reference -7th April 2008 - PB301******


fardeen:
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From WP to Tier1
Applied: April 7th (Royal mail special delivery)
Recd at Home Office: April 8th (confirmed)
Payment Processed: April 8th
Reference no: April 8th PB3020***(sent on 8th by post)
Decision: Awaited

rashsmp:
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pplied: April 9th (For Tier1 with valid HSMP approval Letter)
Recieved at Home Office: April 10th
Payment Processed: April 10th
Reference no: April 12th(lettter dated 10th) -PB3022****
Decision: Awaited

Sidshekhar:( Work Permit to Tier1)
========
Applied: 11th April
Received: 14th April
Payment Taken:
Reference Number:
Decision:
Documents Received:

[getkumars]

Received my documents today and passport stamped till Apr 2011.

Passport was stamped on 3rd April and I claimed 80 points and got 80 points.

Very happy ....

Best of luck to all those who are waiting.


Cheers
kumar

[shivaa]

Congrats kumar!
Can you pls summarize your all documents along with your application.

Received my documents today and passport stamped till Apr 2011.

Passport was stamped on 3rd April and I claimed 80 points and got 80 points.

Very happy ....

Best of luck to all those who are waiting.


Cheers
kumar

[ashraya]

Friends:

I got my papers today, and it is approved. Finally, a big relief. Thanks a bunch to the folks in this forum, it was a great way to keep the spirits up during the waiting time. Especially all those who kept my spirits up since yesterday when I was pretty down.

Approval Date: April 9th 2008
Docs Received: April 15th, 2008

Also claimed 80 points and was awarded 80 points.

Since others are asking about docs submitted:

1. Primary applicant application (mine)
2. Dependant Applications for my wife, and two children
3. Covering Letter
4. Pay slips for immediate last 12 months.
5. Bank statements for last 12 months. On some site, I had found a note that said highlight the salary entries in the bank statements, so I stuck little stickers near the entries for the salary in the bank statemetns. LTSB gives really huge statements.
6. Other set of bank statements for Maintenance Proof
6. Marriage certificate attached to wifes Application.
7. Birth certificate (Original) attached to each childs application.
8. My Degree, Marks List, Letter from Univ about English Medium, and NARIC cert attached to my application. (I know all of them are not needed, but I had prepared for the HSMP when the Tier 1 was introduced, and I had all the papers, so I just attached them anyways)
9. I had a separate cover letter with number of pages etc., for each set of the above docs. All of the cover letters mentioned my name, passport number etc in small font in the bottom footer.

The idea given to me was that the more organized the papers are, the more chances that it would be approved.

Now, Any one looking for TAM consultants?

Regards,
Ashraya

[urgent]

Congrats Ashraya....its a long waiting.
I am sure you would have felt very happy and relaxed.

All the best

Friends:

I got my papers today, and it is approved. Finally, a big relief. Thanks a bunch to the folks in this forum, it was a great way to keep the spirits up during the waiting time. Especially all those who kept my spirits up since yesterday when I was pretty down.

Approval Date: April 9th 2008
Docs Received: April 15th, 2008

Also claimed 80 points and was awarded 80 points.

Since others are asking about docs submitted:

1. Primary applicant application (mine)
2. Dependant Applications for my wife, and two children
3. Covering Letter
4. Pay slips for immediate last 12 months.
5. Bank statements for last 12 months. On some site, I had found a note that said highlight the salary entries in the bank statements, so I stuck little stickers near the entries for the salary in the bank statemetns. LTSB gives really huge statements.
6. Other set of bank statements for Maintenance Proof
6. Marriage certificate attached to wifes Application.
7. Birth certificate (Original) attached to each childs application.
8. My Degree, Marks List, Letter from Univ about English Medium, and NARIC cert attached to my application. (I know all of them are not needed, but I had prepared for the HSMP when the Tier 1 was introduced, and I had all the papers, so I just attached them anyways)
9. I had a separate cover letter with number of pages etc., for each set of the above docs. All of the cover letters mentioned my name, passport number etc in small font in the bottom footer.

The idea given to me was that the more organized the papers are, the more chances that it would be approved.

Now, Any one looking for TAM consultants?

Regards,
Ashraya

[urgent]

Hi getkumars,

congratulations and all the best !

Received my documents today and passport stamped till Apr 2011.

Passport was stamped on 3rd April and I claimed 80 points and got 80 points.

Very happy ....

Best of luck to all those who are waiting.


Cheers
kumar

[rahsmp]

Applied: April 9th (For Tier1 with valid HSMP approval Letter)
Recieved at Home Office: April 10th
Payment Processed: April 10th
Reference no: April 12th(lettter dated 10th) -PB3022****
Decision: Awaited

[shivaa]

Congrats Ashraya! Take a Break! Enjoy with your family.
Thanks for the details you provided.

[Gob00st]

Hey Ashraya:

Bro, great news indeed! I know its a long wait for you, but your result worth it and you need a little celebrate to relax for a while.

Wish all the best to your further and your family.

But I got one question for you, since your case was approved on 9th April, when did they stamp your passport since they must sent the whole package back to you on 11th or 14th April?

Could you please let me know? Really appreciate your reply.

Gob00st

Friends:

I got my papers today, and it is approved. Finally, a big relief. Thanks a bunch to the folks in this forum, it was a great way to keep the spirits up during the waiting time. Especially all those who kept my spirits up since yesterday when I was pretty down.

Approval Date: April 9th 2008
Docs Received: April 15th, 2008

Also claimed 80 points and was awarded 80 points.

Since others are asking about docs submitted:

1. Primary applicant application (mine)
2. Dependant Applications for my wife, and two children
3. Covering Letter
4. Pay slips for immediate last 12 months.
5. Bank statements for last 12 months. On some site, I had found a note that said highlight the salary entries in the bank statements, so I stuck little stickers near the entries for the salary in the bank statemetns. LTSB gives really huge statements.
6. Other set of bank statements for Maintenance Proof
6. Marriage certificate attached to wifes Application.
7. Birth certificate (Original) attached to each childs application.
8. My Degree, Marks List, Letter from Univ about English Medium, and NARIC cert attached to my application. (I know all of them are not needed, but I had prepared for the HSMP when the Tier 1 was introduced, and I had all the papers, so I just attached them anyways)
9. I had a separate cover letter with number of pages etc., for each set of the above docs. All of the cover letters mentioned my name, passport number etc in small font in the bottom footer.

The idea given to me was that the more organized the papers are, the more chances that it would be approved.

Now, Any one looking for TAM consultants?

Regards,
Ashraya

[Gob00st]

Congrats getkumars,great new!

Wish all the best to your further.

Gob00st

Received my documents today and passport stamped till Apr 2011.

Passport was stamped on 3rd April and I claimed 80 points and got 80 points.

Very happy ....

Best of luck to all those who are waiting.


Cheers
kumar

[shivaa]

Ashraya!
Congrats again!
I need to ask you onething..
How much amount that you showed in your account for maintenence fund..Is it 5600(3dep+you)+750(aaplication)....
Please get back to me.
Thanks,
quote="ashraya"]Friends:

I got my papers today, and it is approved. Finally, a big relief. Thanks a bunch to the folks in this forum, it was a great way to keep the spirits up during the waiting time. Especially all those who kept my spirits up since yesterday when I was pretty down.

Approval Date: April 9th 2008
Docs Received: April 15th, 2008

Also claimed 80 points and was awarded 80 points.

Since others are asking about docs submitted:

1. Primary applicant application (mine)
2. Dependant Applications for my wife, and two children
3. Covering Letter
4. Pay slips for immediate last 12 months.
5. Bank statements for last 12 months. On some site, I had found a note that said highlight the salary entries in the bank statements, so I stuck little stickers near the entries for the salary in the bank statemetns. LTSB gives really huge statements.
6. Other set of bank statements for Maintenance Proof
6. Marriage certificate attached to wifes Application.
7. Birth certificate (Original) attached to each childs application.
8. My Degree, Marks List, Letter from Univ about English Medium, and NARIC cert attached to my application. (I know all of them are not needed, but I had prepared for the HSMP when the Tier 1 was introduced, and I had all the papers, so I just attached them anyways)
9. I had a separate cover letter with number of pages etc., for each set of the above docs. All of the cover letters mentioned my name, passport number etc in small font in the bottom footer.

The idea given to me was that the more organized the papers are, the more chances that it would be approved.

Now, Any one looking for TAM consultants?

Regards,
Ashraya[/quote]

[asiar08]

Hi,

My case is still with case worker but it has almost been finalised. Documents might be sent in 1-2 days. Told by HO.

-Asia08

[ayleee]

hi Ashraya
Congratulations , dont know why yours took a bit more time , but what matters is the result , what starts well ends well.
best luck with every thing.
regards
Ayleee.

Friends:

I got my papers today, and it is approved. Finally, a big relief. Thanks a bunch to the folks in this forum, it was a great way to keep the spirits up during the waiting time. Especially all those who kept my spirits up since yesterday when I was pretty down.

Approval Date: April 9th 2008
Docs Received: April 15th, 2008

Also claimed 80 points and was awarded 80 points.

Since others are asking about docs submitted:

1. Primary applicant application (mine)
2. Dependant Applications for my wife, and two children
3. Covering Letter
4. Pay slips for immediate last 12 months.
5. Bank statements for last 12 months. On some site, I had found a note that said highlight the salary entries in the bank statements, so I stuck little stickers near the entries for the salary in the bank statemetns. LTSB gives really huge statements.
6. Other set of bank statements for Maintenance Proof
6. Marriage certificate attached to wifes Application.
7. Birth certificate (Original) attached to each childs application.
8. My Degree, Marks List, Letter from Univ about English Medium, and NARIC cert attached to my application. (I know all of them are not needed, but I had prepared for the HSMP when the Tier 1 was introduced, and I had all the papers, so I just attached them anyways)
9. I had a separate cover letter with number of pages etc., for each set of the above docs. All of the cover letters mentioned my name, passport number etc in small font in the bottom footer.

The idea given to me was that the more organized the papers are, the more chances that it would be approved.

Now, Any one looking for TAM consultants?

Regards,
Ashraya

[mmmsa5]

Important question (for those of you who have received the Tier 1 Visa)

May be it's too early to think about 5 year qualifying period in the face of rapidly changing immigration rules. Anyway, my understanding about qualifying period is that it starts the day your leave to remain as Tier 1 is issued?

In my case the date on approval letter is 3 April 2008. Valid untill date on the visa sticker is 3 Apr 2011. But the date of issue of leave as Tier 1 (on visa sticker) is 10 Apr 2008.

My question is: does the qualifying period start from 10 Apr 2008 in this case (as this is the date of issue on visa sticker)? If so, why I have not been given visa untill 10 Apr 2011?

Can I ask the other members who have recently received their approvals under Tier 1 post these dates for further discussion.

[Gob00st]

Hi Asiar08:

Thats great, you will get the great news soon.

BTW HO told me almost the same today saying my application will be dispatched in 1-2 days.Maybe our result will be delivered back in the same post office batch.

Regards,
Gob00st

Hi,

My case is still with case worker but it has almost been finalised. Documents might be sent in 1-2 days. Told by HO.

-Asia08

[rajiv502]

Hi everyone.

It's my turn now.
I got my documents back now.
Approval date: 31st march
Received date: 16th April

Thanks everyone for the updates.

Just to let you know that you dont need to take IELTS or submit any letter if your university is on the approved university list on BIA website and it meets English requirement.
I just submitted the original degree and that's all.

Regards,
Rajiv

[ashraya]

Sorry, the date on the Passport stamping is 9th April. Not sure what the Actual approval date was, I didnt read the date on the letter, I will do so this evening when I get home and will update.

Ashraya

Hey Ashraya:

Bro, great news indeed! I know its a long wait for you, but your result worth it and you need a little celebrate to relax for a while.

Wish all the best to your further and your family.

But I got one question for you, since your case was approved on 9th April, when did they stamp your passport since they must sent the whole package back to you on 11th or 14th April?

Could you please let me know? Really appreciate your reply.

Gob00st

[urgent]

Hi mmmsa5,

In country Applications:
=======================

For any one it starts from the date the visa stamped .i.e for your case from 10 Apr 2008. But your question is remains valid as the visa is stamped till 03 April 2011 and not 10th April 2011.

If you ask me, they would have stamped it till 10th April 2011. Probably you can contact home office for this.

Let us check with the folks who already got their visa stamped..and if it is the same case with them also then we may need to contact home office.

This is a problem for people who are switching from Student visa to Tier1 as they may need to go for second time extension if they are short of 1 month to 5 year after their first extension to qualify for Permanent residence/Indefinite leave to remain which you can apply after 4 years and 11 months.

Out of country applications:
===========================
If it is from India( I am just taking india as an example because Tier 1 is introduced in india only for out of country applications ) then their counter( to qualify for PR ) starts from the day they enter UK.

From the above two I can conclude that the visa should have been stamped till 10th April 2011.

Important question (for those of you who have received the Tier 1 Visa)

May be it's too early to think about 5 year qualifying period in the face of rapidly changing immigration rules. Anyway, my understanding about qualifying period is that it starts the day your leave to remain as Tier 1 is issued?

In my case the date on approval letter is 3 April 2008. Valid untill date on the visa sticker is 3 Apr 2011. But the date of issue of leave as Tier 1 (on visa sticker) is 10 Apr 2008.

My question is: does the qualifying period start from 10 Apr 2008 in this case (as this is the date of issue on visa sticker)? If so, why I have not been given visa untill 10 Apr 2011?

Can I ask the other members who have recently received their approvals under Tier 1 post these dates for further discussion.

[urgent]

Congratulations,

Thanks for updating the forum and your comment is valueble .i.e for english language requirement we don't need any letter from univ or IELTS if our university name is there on the BIA approved university list and meets English language requirement.

Can you please answer the following
1).when its been approved (Is it 31st March what you mentioned ?)
2).what is the stamping date and what is the end date ?

Hi everyone.

It's my turn now.
I got my documents back now.
Approval date: 31st march
Received date: 16th April

Thanks everyone for the updates.

Just to let you know that you dont need to take IELTS or submit any letter if your university is on the approved university list on BIA website and it meets English requirement.
I just submitted the original degree and that's all.

Regards,
Rajiv

[nauyf]

Hi, I have some good news to share with the forum members.

My initial application to switch into Tier 1 General (from Student) has been approved along with my dependants . Following is the the timeline for my application.

Application received at HO: 26 March
Payment Taken: 26 March
Reference number received: 29 March (PB300***)
Decision Taken: 3 April (Approved), 4th April for dependants
Documents Received: 15th April

N.B. I didn't claim any points for previous earnings. May be that is the reason for quick approval.

Best of luck for all of you who have applied and are waiting for decision. Your time will come soon.

Congratulations!! I will be in the similar situation as you but without dependants. You give me lots of hope!

[sonujain]

Hi Everybody,
When i started googling about tier1 ,Igot this wonderful thread.Very informative.I would like to ask few of my doubts,can you please all help to apply this week.
1.Now i am in uk (past 7 months)under WP ,working with client,but my base company is in India.Here i am getting salary around 4k(gross).Due to initial advance recovery my first two months net salary was 0.So i dont have salary part in my bank statement.All other months i have the proof of statements.SO what can i do..please suggest.
2.For 12 moths statements ,i collected all 12 months statements(5 in india+7 in Uk).For maintenence part ,I made some arragements this month to keep 6500ponds(wife+2children) in my account here.But not all previous 3 months.Is this okay.Please clarify.
3.For english,i did engg degree,my university got listed in BIA.Also i got UKNaric letter (when i did self assesment two months back,my univ was not in BIA list,So i did apply to NARIC).Is this enoughPlease clarify.
3.My age is 31.How much point i can earn..In self assessment tool i got 5 marks,but in the application form ,i got 10 marks.Quite confused.Please clarify.This is Tier1 general.
4.I have2006- 2007(upto march 2007) tax papers.Can i send these also..or payslips & bank statements for 12 months are enough?
5.For dependent ,Is it necessary to prove any english requirement.My wife also did the same degree as mine..her univ also got listed in BIA.Please clarify.
6. Is there any need to send WP or not.Please clarify.As for as i know from BIA site,They asked only passports.But i have read in forums about WP.
Please clarify me asp.Because i need to apply as soon as possible.But b4 that i need to clear my doubts.Thank you for your valuable time and help.
Regards,
Sonu