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jspsandhu
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CHanging Status from C-Visit (Buiseness Visa) to Work Permit

Post by jspsandhu » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:53 pm

Hi,

I am on a 6 months buisness visa here in the uk and am on a project for our company which is a US based company and has recently opened a registered office here in the UK

Now I have an offer from my company to work here for more than 1 year and would like to know how can i change my visa status.

Do i have to go back to India where I come from to get clearance or this can be done without going back to India

Regards,
Jaspreet

olisun
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Re: CHanging Status from C-Visit (Buiseness Visa) to Work Pe

Post by olisun » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:53 pm

jspsandhu wrote:Hi,

I am on a 6 months buisness visa here in the uk and am on a project for our company which is a US based company and has recently opened a registered office here in the UK

Now I have an offer from my company to work here for more than 1 year and would like to know how can i change my visa status.

Do i have to go back to India where I come from to get clearance or this can be done without going back to India

Regards,
Jaspreet
AFAIK you will have to go back to India to get your EC

magsi23
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Re: CHanging Status from C-Visit (Buiseness Visa) to Work Pe

Post by magsi23 » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:27 am

jspsandhu wrote:Hi,

I am on a 6 months buisness visa here in the uk and am on a project for our company which is a US based company and has recently opened a registered office here in the UK

Now I have an offer from my company to work here for more than 1 year and would like to know how can i change my visa status.

Do i have to go back to India where I come from to get clearance or this can be done without going back to India

Regards,
Jaspreet
you can apply for work permit whilst you are in UK, once you get work permit approval letter you would need to go to india to get EC and then after you re enter UK you would need to apply for FLR based on work permit aprroval.

Cheers
Magsi

olisun
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Re: CHanging Status from C-Visit (Buiseness Visa) to Work Pe

Post by olisun » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:07 am

magsi23 wrote:you can apply for work permit whilst you are in UK, once you get work permit approval letter you would need to go to india to get EC and then after you re enter UK you would need to apply for FLR based on work permit aprroval.

Cheers
EC and FLR is the same so no need to go for FLR after re-entering the UK

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