Cover Letter,Table Of Content,Salary Explaination,Emp Letter

[tvn_ramesh]

@amr:

Please post your questions in a seperate thread, This is a STICKY so pls make this a discussion thread;

i am sure you will get more/quick replies as a seperate thread;

[nitint1]

Hi Chetan,

I'm also planning to apply by 1st week of September, from India.
In my case, in last 12 months previous earning is from 2 different sources, as well as my package is structured in Salary & Reimbursements, and these reimbursements are paid against Bills (if want tax free) monthly, or at the end of financial year, if not claimed, and become taxable.
Will Visa authorities count the reimbursements as part of previous income?
I have the reimbursement slips, in addition to the salary slips.

Please also share the template, for showing salary from 2 different sources.

Download very first file template from
this link. Salary Explaination Template is under file X_Master_Cover_Letter.doc

Thanks in advance
Nitin

[sudhakar_barua]

Hi, If I do not need to explain any thing in detail; and my Tier 1 form and evidences all straight forward- do I need to add a cover letter to state what is already covered in various sections of the form?

[girlinLondon]

Hi, If I do not need to explain any thing in detail; and my Tier 1 form and evidences all straight forward- do I need to add a cover letter to state what is already covered in various sections of the form?

Cover letters are not a must, but good to have. But its your choice after all.

[rajaali28]

I always pray 4 you for this post as not everyone has the resources to pay Consultant fee. You will always be successful in your life as you think good 4 others.

[shrinidhi.achar]

Hi Chetan,

I am new to this forum and I have immediately come across this thread as being very important for my future application for tier 1 visa. And your inputs have already been of immense help to me

Am a salaried employee with a software industry and I realized that I wont be able to make up the desired number of points only through my salary. So I have been working on weekends in a Friend's limited company for the last couple of months so that I can make up the deficit of INR 30000.

1.) So do you think that this earning of mine qualifies to be the earnings of a contractor who is neither self employed nor owning a limited company? Will the case worker consider such a combination of both salaried employee and contractor?

2.) If so, from all the inputs that you have provided, I summarize the following:

a.) Require Bank Statement where the INR 30000 is credited.

b.) Require a letter from an accountant who justifies the credit of these amounts. I have received bulk amounts. So should the accountant provide the tax deduction that will happen in the financial year ending? And shouldn't the accountant provide the statement only for the contract earnings and not for the salaried employment?

c.) Pay slips from the client for whom I have provided the services.

Is my above understanding correct?

I thank you in advance for the helping me understand the application process. Awaiting your expert advice on the same.

Thanks and Regards,
Shrinidhi

chetanojha, I think that is incomplete. That is, with reference to the dividends paid, there should be a further column, "Tax Credit", and the amount of that Tax Credit is one-ninth of the amount of the dividend paid.

The point is that for tax purposes, as regards dividends, the taxable gross amount is the total of the dividend paid and the Tax Credit. (Unless someone is into higher rate tax, the amount of the Tax Credit covers the tax liability on that income.)

You might also want to add a further column, for clarification, say "Gross Total", which would be a total of the gross Salary, the dividend, and the Tax Credit attached to that dividend.

Hi John,

The dividends mentioned in the letter is Net Dividends which corroborates with the amount in bank statement. I used the same yesterday for my ILR approval.I will though amend the template and upload it.

[shrinidhi.achar]

Hi Chetan,

I am new to this forum and I have immediately come across this thread as being very important for my future application for tier 1 visa. And your inputs have already been of immense help to me Smile

Am a salaried employee with a software industry and I realized that I wont be able to make up the desired number of points only through my salary. So I have been working on weekends in a Friend's limited company for the last couple of months so that I can make up the deficit of INR 30000.

1.) So do you think that this earning of mine qualifies to be the earnings of a contractor who is neither self employed nor owning a limited company? Will the case worker consider such a combination of both salaried employee and contractor?

2.) If so, from all the inputs that you have provided, I summarize the following:

a.) Require Bank Statement where the INR 30000 is credited.

b.) Require a letter from an accountant who justifies the credit of these amounts. I have received bulk amounts. So should the accountant provide the tax deduction that will happen in the financial year ending? And shouldn't the accountant provide the statement only for the contract earnings and not for the salaried employment?

c.) Pay slips from the client for whom I have provided the services.

Is my above understanding correct?

I thank you in advance for the helping me understand the application process. Awaiting your expert advice on the same.

Thanks and Regards,
Shrinidhi

Thanks for the fantastic tempaltes.

I have made a mistake, can someone tell me if this is OK?

I draw salary and dividends from my limited company.

When I withdrew dividends, accountant told me 10,000 gross and some xyz tax component.

but i have transferred 10,000 completely!

what should I do ? Should I pay the xyz to govt? bank statement shows 10,000 credit

Should I ask for another dividend voucher with 10.000 as net and 10,000 + xyz as gross?

Please help

[maxyhunt]

Hi Chetanojha

I was paid 10,000 by someone to do a job for him full-time within the periods of June-December 2010

I want to apply in Feb 2011

How do I go about explaining this earning since it didn't come as a monthly payment.

I also do not have monthly pay slips to prove this even though I can prove it with my bank statement on the day the money was paid.

How do you go about explaining such contractual earnings?

[durgaprasad]

hi,

you have done a great work.

Can we also have letter format that we need to get from bank for maintainance of funds and salary credit.

This will complete the whole documentation

thanks for your help

[sriatkrish]

Hi,

For one of my claiming months(January), my net salary is deposited in the bank on two different dates as below:

Bank Statement:
date: 03/02/2010
description:Full and Final Settlement
Amount deposited:44000/-

date:03/04/2010
description:Full and Final Settlement
Amount deposited:46000/-

But my January Payslip shows the Netdeposited in my account as 90,000/-

I am planning to explain the same in tabular format ,saying that adding the two different net deposited would sum up to net deposited shown in payslip.

Hope this explanation would suffice.Please help me

Apreciate your help.

Thanks in advance,
Srimansi

[kolu]

I am a contractor, i have a limited compay and i've not registered as a self employed. I am payed via my company account(**** Limited). for me to apply from post study to Tier1 general, what documents do i need in regards to Maintenance Funds?
1. Can i use my limited account?
2. Do i have to register as a self employed?
3. How do i pay NI on company account?

[Kumar.KN]

Thanks this helps a lot !!!!!

[dh152226]

Hi chetan,

I really very thankful to you for this post.

Really it will help me in month of April2011.

Regards,

Deepak H

[swagat]

Hi chetanojha

I have a question wrt to the employer cerrtficate, His current annual salary is £<Annual Salary>. what should this figure be, taking into considertaion i have a basic, shift allowance, OT and holiday allowance, all this shows up in the payslip.

[rajesh.gupta2408]

Hi Guys

I have got similliar letter from accountant..but at the end accountant has added below declaration. do you think it can cause any problem.


=====
We have been authorised by our client to provide copies or extracts of the information above

however in the absence of specific agreed terms of engagement between this firm and yourselves we
do not accept any responsibility for decisions that may be taken by you based upon this information
which has not been prepared for your intended use

Any opinion contained above is based upon historic events alone. Due to the inherent nature of the
market in which the above trades we are unable to extend that opinion to events beyond those of the
date of this letter.

[madisonlilac28]

Hi,

Thank you very much for this information. You did a great job chetanojha. Hope that more information can be post in this thread.

Best wishes to you.

[ambareen]

Just wanted to thank chetanojha for the excellent templates.
Great job...much appreciated!

Regards,
Ambz

[geriatrix]

Accountant letter(s) template

[kirankaja12]

Hi, Thanks for putting this together. Could you please check the links however? I tried both of them and I can't download the files from 4share.com. It asks me to wait 20 seconds to download but nothing happens after 20 seconds. I do not really trust the 4share.com site to go create a premium account.

Thanks for your help.
Kiran

[geriatrix]

Nothing wrong with the link(s) provided .. checked after reading your post!
Try after a few hours ... or from a different machine if problem persists.

[techieforlife]

The templates are great . just what i wanted .
I believe no one requires a solicitor if we get such good templates.
I got my visa extended (TIER 1 general).

All the best . Hope to buy you a drink if we meet.

Thankyou Chetan

[raxi]

Hi Chetan,
I must appreciate your hard work and the way it has helped so many people.
I just wanted to check, if I can use the same set of documents for my HSMP extension and which form to be submitted, while I wish to apply for me, my spouse and son ( 7yrs old) at the same time.
Thanks in advance for your kind help.
Regards,

Hope this will help for people looking for cover letters. The below word template can be downloaded from this link. I used this for my postal application. This can be customized as per individual's need. For Employer Letter template check here.


Table of Content



Cover Letter:


Salary Explaination



Employer Letter Template(Also known as Salary Certificate):[This should be printed on Employer Letter Head]

[QuickSam]

This is good work....I would say we could also include cover letters for each section for

1) Previous Earnings
2) Age
3) Qualification
4) Maintenance Funds
5) Dependants

[md1982]

Hi everyone,

Firstly, thank you for providing such detailed information on the application process. It has helped me calm down a bit, especially given this is the first time I am applying from within the UK.

I just wanted to clarify a few things, if this is not the correct forum, please redirect me to the right one. I am a newbie!

I am applying for an extension under the tier 1 General category, and am over my required number of points, so all good on that front. My question is regarding the supporting documents requirements.

Given that I have been a salaried employee of a company in the UK (not owned by me, neither do I have shares/ stake within the company) for the past two years - a) Do I need to provide documentation on dividend vouchers?! If so, how do I go about doing that. b) Do I need a letter from an accountant, wouldn't a P60 or payslips suffice? c) Because I am applying in March, I may not have a P60 for the past 12 months, in which case what other documents should I be lining up?

These are probably very basic questions, already answered somewhere on this forum, but I've been through a few and haven't found the answers. Any information you can provide will be very helpful.

Thanks
MD

[jinfenggoh]

You probably want to read the complete T1 guidance pdf page starting from Page 19.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... idance.pdf