Hi , I am main applicant for the ILR. I have a question with regards to the English language assessment for my wife. she has a masters degree in management from college X and the degree certificate says @An autonomous college X within university 'Y'. the university Y is listed in the PBS calculator ...

Thanks Yash,

I am meeting all criteria. so there is no harm in applying early.

Hi , My Tier1 visa expires in October 2013, this will be my second renewal in UK. since visa fee is going to increase from 6th April, can I apply now itself for renewal. since I have 3 dependents, therefore hike in visa fee costs more for me. I believe if I apply now the visa would come by mid June ...

I am currently employed by an India based employer. Till 15 february2011- I was in India, on Indian payroll from 16-feb-2011 - till date --I am in UK and working in the UK subsidiary of the same employer and on Uk payroll, I am getting full UK salary and having an UK offer letter, I am not getting ...

My offer letter says that NI deduction will start from the 53rd week of the employment in UK . first 52 weeks are exempted as i beileve there is a sop which Indian IT companies get from UK.

so even though the deduction is not mentioned , I am safe. Pls confirm.
Regards
bentley

Hi , I am applying for my my Tier 1 extension, I came to UK in Feb2011 and prior to that I was in India(employed by the same employer). My query is re the NI deductions- my employer deducts the tax as applicable but there is no deduction towards the NI (though I have NI Number). My UK pay slips show ...

Hi, so , irrespective of the fact that I have been working for my current employer(based out of India) on Indian payroll for the first 6 months in India, I can still use my Indian pay slips to claim points against my earning.(but scaling would apply) along with my UK pay slips. also, please let me ...

Hi , I got my HSMP visa in Sept 2008 for 3 years and now its expiring in sept 2011. I have come to UK from my Indian employer in Feb2011, I am on full UK salary now(no Indian component paid anywhere) , prior to coming to UK I was getting Indian salary in India. since, my visa is expiring in sept2011 ...

Hi All, I got my HSMP approval after a long wait. My details Documets received by HO : 12th March 2008 Fee Debited : : 12th March 2008 Reference Number : 22nd march. recieved by email Decision Made : 26th June 2008 Decision : Approved.(as confirmed by case worker via email as on 1st July) Documents ...

Hi Sameer, I have seen today in the site www.spammer.com/discuss/hsmpi/11369167/ , one guy(shashidhar) has got the approval and he applied from India. His ref no, is 2565**. It seems that HO has started picking up the applications submitted around 12 th March. this wait is really nail biting. [quote ...

Hi Sameer,

I also got my ref no. in in 10 days time same as " Custodian's " .
Please see my dates in one of my post. My application recvd on 12th march and fee deducted on the same day, I got my ref no. on 22nd March.
dont worry dude, soon you will hear good news.

Regards
Nitin

Hi Sameer, I hope fees has been deducted from your account , and that simply implies your application is under processing. It hardly matters if you have your reference number or not. Atleast you have got a reply from HO, I mailed to them regarding the same and I got a canned response stating that ...

Docs sent - 7th March (from New Delhi)
Docs recd - 12th March (8:38am GMT)
Money deducted - 12th March (11:00 am GMT)
Reference Number recvd : 22nd March(via email)

Regards
Bentley

It means(not sure), HO has started processing the march applicants, till now feb applicants were on priority.

The workflow is like this
HSMP application -->EC (apply for visa in British embassy in country of origin )

after 1st April

single application
Tier1 application and upon it approval ,one has to go to local British embassy to get Visa.

if HSMP application goes successful, so there would be only tier 1 application(replaced in place of EC) to be submitted with maintenance cost support evidence and once tier 1 gets approved by submitting another fees of 350GBP(400GBP already paid ), one needs to apply for visa in India at british ...

Hi , My details Docs sent - 7th March (from New Delhi) Docs recd - 12th March (8:38am GMT) Money deducted - 12th March (11:00 am GMT) I have applied from India, waiting for reference number. Sent a mail to HO , immediately a canned response came that all case workers are busy due to heavy rush and ...

Hi, the exisiting thread is for MARCH EC applicant , there is no thread for HSMP. Thus started a new one. First question, what difference will be there in EC application as a process for march and after march(once the rules are changed). I guess the rule to enter will be same , the only change would ...

Hi,
I have created a new topic for those who are applying in march-08.
As changes are bound to happen from 1st April, but till 31 st March all HSMP applications will be handled under old rules.[/b]