Employer Letter - Previous Earnings

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Hello All,

I am trying to apply for a Tier 1 extension, but the wording for the employer letter to prove previous earnings seems to invalidate my evidence:

"Letter from the applicant’s (previous and/or present) employer(s) (or in the case of winnings, the relevant awarding body) confirming that he/she has received the exact amount claimed. This is a letter on company headed paper which clearly shows the applicant’s earnings during period claimed, and the date and amount of each payment. This letter should be dated after the period for which earnings are being claimed and should clearly show the applicant’s gross and net pay.â€

[ChetanOjha]

[quote="welcome!"]Hello All,

I am trying to apply for a Tier 1 extension, but the wording for the employer letter to prove previous earnings seems to invalidate my evidence:

"Letter from the applicant’s (previous and/or present) employer(s) (or in the case of winnings, the relevant awarding body) confirming that he/she has received the exact amount claimed. This is a letter on company headed paper which clearly shows the applicant’s earnings during period claimed, and the date and amount of each payment. This letter should be dated after the period for which earnings are being claimed and should clearly show the applicant’s gross and net pay.â€

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Thank you very much for your response chetanojha.

You are right in that the table contains gross and net for each month.

As the letter has the total between April and December in the main body of the letter, and not the "exact amount claimed", will it still be acceptable?

I suppose my main worry is this phrase "confirming that he/she has received the exact amount claimed", because I will only claim a subset of the total mentioned in the main body.

I rang the UKBA this morning and the lady basically said that the letter is not acceptable as the claim amount is not clearly stated in the letter.

What are your thoughts/experiences?

[ChetanOjha]

Thank you very much for your response chetanojha.

You are right in that the table contains gross and net for each month.

As the letter has the total between April and December in the main body of the letter, and not the "exact amount claimed", will it still be acceptable?

I suppose my main worry is this phrase "confirming that he/she has received the exact amount claimed", because I will only claim a subset of the total mentioned in the main body.

I rang the UKBA this morning and the lady basically said that the letter is not acceptable as the claim amount is not clearly stated in the letter.

What are your thoughts/experiences?

I am not sure what do you mean by "exact amount claimed". Are you referring to net salary/re-imbursement or something else which is other othan your gross and net salary?

Anyway,Here is an example:

Month Gross Net
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March 1000 500
April 1000 500
May 1000 500
June 1000 500
July 1000 500

Now you said along with the month breakdown similar to above letter also mentioned claimed amount e.g. April-June =3000 or 1500(whatever it is). But the letter also mention the details of other months. So as far as your bank statement corroborate 500 net salary(as in above example) for each month you are fine to use the letter.

If i have not understood the problem..please provide example...