Dear all Thank you all for your replies - this is an information forum! I am here to seek a clarification to the 5 years continuous x absence criteria. Honey provided a good example with entry dates and ILR application. Please see below my case, followed by my assumptions, which I would like this ...

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General) 2. Date of expiry of current leave: 20/12/2012 3. Number of dependents applying at same time: 0 4. Date application posted: 14/12/2012 5. Date application received at UKBA: 17/12/2012 6. Date payment debited: 19/12/2012 7. Payment mode : AMEX 8. Acknowledgement ...

Wow priya26! Only trying for a few days and you got an appointment?

Do you log in many times a day?

I try every centre each time. No centres have any availability.

Hello, I have been logging in to UKBA site to book an online appointment for the premium service to renew my Tier 1 General over the last 3 weeks. I have logged in at various times of the day, including after midnight, at 6am, noon, 6pm, and each time there are either no appointments or there is a ...

Thanks all for your quick responses. Manka, your response gives me the best hope! I do not think it will be difficult to ask my employer to write a letter. However, the part where it states 'serious implications' will be the deciding factor. That is open to interpretation and as they say, everyone ...

Hello I have accepted a contract agreed and paid in the UK. However, part of the project I am working on requires me to travel outside the UK for 3 weeks every month, with 1 week based back in the UK. This could be ongoing for a year, maybe two if I am renewed on the contract. I know about the ...