It is possible that the person in HR is confusing your immigration route and maybe is thinking of Tier 1 General where you DID NOT need a sponsor and could extend with only an employer letter. I really hope that is the case so at least when the confusion will be over they can finally make my ...

Many thanks for the reply eduleal and dragon098! There is less chance they're playing with me - if they are it is very likely they will get into serious trouble. I think they are just being ignorant or have probably thought I've alreayd completed 5 years post uni - but then I made it clear 2 more ...

CR001 - thanks again for the quick response. Once again, I apologise but you see why I reacted : ) I just had a call with HR to find more on this following response received here. I made it clear that from my knowledge it is not possible for me to apply on my own. This person is still giving me the ...

CR001 - thanks for the reply, much appreciated. I understand this is free advice - just that after facing HR that have completely surprised me with their advice I came here. Just felt the first reply was a bit harsh particularly after explaining why i was confused in the first place and hence the ...

Thanks for the reply, with all the unnecessary attitude in it. Luckily never had any issues with visa, until now. Moved here for uni. Got a grad job where employer sponsored visa. It is only now that issue came up, probably because key change in our HR last year - may be they are just not updated. I ...

Dear all My tier 2 work visa (employer sponsored) is to expire early December 2016. My HR has finally decided to extend my visa. But every day I speak with them I have less and less faith as they seem to be very confused. They have also managed to mess up applications in the past. Hence asking for ...