working holiday to hsmp- earnings-pls help

[nithin]

hi.

i am an a working holiday maker visa from Feb 2004. now i am planning to appply for HSMP.. in the hsmp to claim points for earnings is it alright to show my earnings till 2004 in India..

in UK i had been working only part time..

nithin

[MWazir]

hi.

i am an a working holiday maker visa from Feb 2004. now i am planning to appply for HSMP.. in the hsmp to claim points for earnings is it alright to show my earnings till 2004 in India..

in UK i had been working only part time..

nithin

Nithin,

Earning points are calculated based on income in your country of residence over the last 12 months prior to the application being made.

If you make your application in Nov 2005, then the period in consideration will be Oct 2004 - Oct 2005 for all income earned in the U.K.

There is no provision of showing income in the previously years. I believe the only expection to that is if you have been studying full time the previous 12 months to your application.

Look at the HSMP Guidelines documents and read it in detail for more information.

[gautat]

Mwazir,

There is small change, correct me if I am wrong. If application is made in Nov 2005 then effective past 12 months earning would be from Nov 2004 to Oct 2005 (12 months) not from Oct 2004 to Oct 2005 then it becomes 13 months.

Thanks

[MWazir]

gautat,

Thanks for pointing that out. It would be from Nov 2004 as you state.