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sagarjv wrote:Hi All,
I have completed my EC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today. Thanks for your assistance and help.
Here are the details abt my application:
Nationality: Indian
Profession: IT
Experience: 7+Yrs
HSMP Applied from: Singapore (at that time I was working in Singapore)
Application sent on: 19-Jan-2004
HSMP fee deducted from Credit Card on: 23-Jan-2004
Funds proof for: S$32,000.00 (Approx BP 10,000) Statment of Account letter from the bank
HSMP Approved on: 07-Apr-2004
Applied for EC on: 24-Jun-2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (as I changed my job in the month of March, I had to attend EC either in the country of origin or in country of residence)
Some queries related to VAF1 Application form(for EC):
Date of journy: I have mentioned date of journy as 17-Sep-2004.
Funds Proof: I have submitted the Statement of Account letter which was taken in Singapore.
I have also submitted a Accommodation Proof document sent by my friend who is staying in London with all his contact details.
In the last section(Additional info.), I have requested the Immigration Officer NOT TO contact my current employer unless it is a must.
The receipt issued by British Consulate says IF THE OFFICER NOT WISHES TO ISSUES VISA, THEN BRIT. CONSULATE PEOPLE WILL CALL WITHIN 5 DAYS. IF WE DONT RECEIVE ANY CALL, WE CAN GO AND COLLECT OUR PASSPORT ON 5TH(01-Jul-2004) DAY. So, I went on 6th day for collection. But the officer said that Visa is not ready and Brit. Consulate will call me once the Visa is ready.
Atlast I recieved a call on yesterday (05-Jul-2004) from Brit. Consulat. The lady asked me to come and collect my visa.
Today I have collected my Passport stamped with UK Visa.
Visa validity: 17-Sep-2004 to 16-Sep-2005 (This is the date I mentioned in date of journy coulmn in VAF1 form).
I am planning to look for a job before I move in to UK. Please advise me about some good IT related josites.
Any Queries?? contact me.
Best Regards,
Sagar
KV wrote:Has anyone got his/her EC done from India (its better if its Mumbai)? Can anyone tell me how much and what type of proof of funds is required?
Someone told me that they dont accept co-operative bank accounts as proof...is that correct? Do they accept Stocks / Jewellery etc as proof of funds?
Do they consider Spouse's income and funds (if spouse is also travelling along) while calculating total funds?
ajayxz wrote:KV,
I got it from Bangalore, Mumbai will be same..
You can show 3000 GBP per person. say around 3-4-5 Laks per person. Better show the max.
Why they dont' accept co-operative bank statement? i'm not aware of functioning of such bank but is it too different from ordinary bank ?
Stocks i doubt about that and Jewellery certainly not.
You can show our PF.
Yes you must show spouse's fund also.
Ajay
mini wrote:KV,
I believe you also have to show the transferability of funds to UK bank and you would not be able to do so for jewellery & stocks. So all funds have to be liquid.
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Mini
KV wrote:Thanks Ajay. Just a few more related questions....
1) Do they expect to see transaction history or just the bank balance would do? What if i ask someone (say my parents) to deposit sum of 2 lakh Rs. (as a gift) and show that in the statement?
2) Would they count Fixed Deposits towards funds?
3) How do you show PF as funds? i mean i never get any statement from PF office about how much balance i have etc...is there any other way? If we can show PF, we can probably show bonds, PPF, National savings certificate etc... is that correct? did you show any of these or you only showed liquid cash?
Justin-W (presumably from Hong Kong) wrote:Hi! All,
My HSMP was approved on 15 April, I applied EC on 13 of July, Just before the 3 months deadline. I sent a e-mail to british consulate general to check the documents I should supplied, got reply saying:
1. Completed Application form
2. HSMP approval letter
3. Bank statement
4. application fee
5. two photos and your passport
I just handed all the papers to the officer, he said my intended entry date of 15th December is not accepted as the Visa application should not be made more than 3 months earlier than your departure date. so I changed my entry date to 15 Oct. 2004. That's all, no other question. I got my Visa next day, no interview, no hassle.
Sampan wrote:Hi
I want to share my EC experience with this forum members. Thank you this forum that helped me a lot to be successful in HSMP.
List of documents submitted as required by UK Embassy,Dhaka. :
1. VAF1 form
2. Valid travel documents
3. Original HSMP approval letter
4. Original Employment reference letter
5. Original education certificates
6. Original Bank statement of last 6 months
7. Photocopy of passport of relative staying in UK
8. Prove of accommodation ( I submitted the email correspondence
inviting me )
9. Original In come tax certificate
List of documents I submitted in addition :
1. A cover letter
2. A summary of assets
2. Photocopy of car registration
3. Valuation report of car ( made by reputed survey company )
4. Photocopy of Share certificates
5. Photocopy of marriage certificate
6. Photocopy of birth certificates of children
7. Photocopy of deed of land property of spouse with valuation report
8. Photocopies of some ad of job got through internet search
9. Some group photos of family
At first I submitted the above documents at the Visa Facilitation Service (VFS) Center, Dhaka. They checked and asked me to pay appropriate fee at counter. After that the officer informed me the interview date.
Question asked by ECO at UK embassy, Dhaka :
1. What the reason is to come to UK
2. Why you are intending to come UK as you are doing very good job with
good salary.
3. How many days of HSMP visa you want (:shock: ECO didnt know !)
4. What you will do in UK as you don’t have any job offer
5. Do you want to be British citizen
6. What is profession of spouse
The behavior of ECO was very nice and granted one year HSMP visa for me and my all dependants. The visa starts from the date of interview though I requested for starting visa from October, 2004 in my cover letter but ECO didn’t it. Passports were given back to me after two hours of interview.
Plz dont hesitate to ask me if any member has any query.
Thank you. !
Sampan
Mini wrote:It would be helpful if against all the questions asked by ECO you could also share what answers you gave.
Sampan wrote:Hi Mini
I replied against theses questions as :
1 & 2 : Through HSMP visa I want to come to UK. Human being needs
development. HSMP attracts skilled people to come UK for better
opportunity. Specially where UK is world leader in Financial Industries,
so as a working people in this sector I want to take the opportunity.
3. Initially one year as per HSMP rules
4. I contacted many employers/ recruiters in UK through on line but all
of them want face to face interview. The eligibility they want are
matching with my experience. ( I submitted some AD )
5. Yes.
6. Business
Thank you.
sampan
puti wrote:Entry Clearance Experience – India – Mumbai ( 29th August 2004)
Reached the VFS office at 9.30am. Collected a token and VAF form from the counter and entered into lounge. Filled the form and went to next room where all VFS personnel are sitting in a row assisting the applicants and collecting the documents.
They called my token number and assigned me to a Staff member. I submitted all the documents to her.
Documents Attached:
Covering letter stating the details of all documents attached and funds
VAF - Form
Passport
Photo Copy of Passport
HSMP Approval letter dated: June 24
Accommodation letter from Friend and his Passport Copy
Educational Certificates
Experience letters
Pay slips for last 6 months and CTC Statement
IT Returns document
Funds availability – GBP 11,000 (bank statements from last 6 months and bonds)
VFS people have a checklist where they mark about all the documents attached. They are very good and cooperative (But it is very difficult to get them on phone, or they don’t have email service like in Delhi if any information needed)
She first checked my VAF form and corrected few options.
7.2 Give name, address and number of UK employer?
I left this blank. She asked me whether I have any job offer or not. When I said no, she just wrote “HSMP”.
7.3. Are you applying to go to the UK as a work permit holder?
I checked No. But she marked it as YES, and at Work Permit Number she gave the HSMP Reference number, Date of issue as HSMP issue date, length of permit as 1 year.
4.14. Have you ever been refused a visa for another country.
I wrote Yes, and mentioned the details. And wrote about the subsequent approval of visa for the same country. She checked the refusal and further approval dates on passport and marked it as “NO”, saying if there is any approval after a refusal, this need not be filled.
I filled the document at home, but Jai Jawaan suggested me to fill the form given by VFS( It is a booklet and looks professional, Thanks JJ J ). That is really a good idea even though we have to sit there and fill the form again. And I found a point that is missing in PDF file.
4.9. Have you visited UK before?
It is having a sub question asking for the dates visited
Cool. She kept all the documents into a bag and asked me to pay the fee at the counter. After the payment there is another counter for submission. They asked me whether to courier it or to collect personally. I opted to collect it by person after checking the list.
30th August 2004, 5.00pm. VFS Office, Mumbai.
Checked my name in the list. Good to see that my name is not in the list (I have to attend the interview if it is in the list) and stood in the queue. After 30 minutes, they gave a token again and send inside. After an hour they called my number and gave me the packet with all the documents and passport, of course with VISA STAMPED.
Thank you all members and moderators for your inputs. It would have been very difficult without this board. It helped at every step of the process.
Regards
Puti