shammi wrote:Hi there,
I have worked in UK from Jan07 to Dec08 on a project for my Indian employer. During this period I was getting my usual Indian salary in India and was getting monthly allowances in Uk. While calculating the points my Indian Salary converts into some GBP equivalent which just makes my points 75. I ve my attested Uk allowance payslips till Oct08 and one year UK bank statements. And going by the rule of previous 15 months, I would be able to show UK slips for 10 months Jan08 to Oct08. Can anyone suggest me should I use my UK slips at all and go in with 95 points or should I better keep my case simple by just using Indian salary slips annd apply with 75 points. Any suggestions are most welcome.
Cheers
Shammi
Use all the payslips that have been attested, both Indian
and UK. Those that have been paid to your Indian salary account will
not be adjusted as per the Indian multiplier, and what you were paid in the UK will be
added to this unadjusted value.
Basically, use the
Points-Based System points calculator on the UKBA web site to determine how many points to claim.
I don't think you really have the choice of claiming just the Indian income as if it were earned in India, since you were actually working in the UK when it was earned, even if it was paid into an Indian bank account. As per the Tier 1 rules, this income will be considered to have been earned in the UK.
The rules for the old HSMP system were somewhat similar. If you were seconded abroad, your
total income would be judged by the country of secondment. Unfortunately the Tier 1 (General) policy document isn't nearly as clear on this matter as the HSMP guidance documents were (carrying specific rules on secondment), although a careful reading of the Tier 1 (General) policy guidelines reveals that you indeed need to judge your total income by the country where you were working.
