If you do not send all the documents needed when you make your application, your application may be refused on the grounds that you have sent insufficient evidence, and your fee will not be refunded.
You must send the original document, not a copy.
What documents you must send
- Two recent passport photographs and
- Your passport
- Maternity or adoption-related absence (if relevant)
- Marriage cerificate (if relevant)
- Qualification proof
- Previous earnings
- United Kingdom experience
- English language
- Maintenance (funds); and
- HSMP transitional arrangements (if relevant).
You must send your original passport or travel document and the original passport or travel document of all dependants.
Dependants
If you have dependants who wish to join or remain with you in United Kingdom, you or they should complete the separate dependant application form.
Dependants should state if they are submitting their application at the same time as your application. This tells us that both applications should be considered together.
If you are the main applicant and you have already received official notification from us that your application has been successful, this should also be indicated in this section.
Dependants should also state the category under which you have submitted an application
Dependants should also satisfy maintance requirment by providing valid proof.
Your photographs
You must send two recent passport photographs of yourself and any dependants for whom you are including applications. All the photographs must have the name of the person in the picture written on the back.
All the photographs should: color 45mm x 35mm in size taken against a grey or cream background with clear and of good quality and not be framed or backed and not be digitally altered and be full face, without sunglasses, hat or head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons.
The photograph you send will be used on your visa (known as vignette) which is fixed in your passport.
Proof of Qualification:
If you have been awarded a qualification, you must provide the original certificate of award.
- The original certificate of award must be on the institution's official paper clearly showing:
your name;
the title of the award;
the date of the award; and
the name of the awarding institution. - The original transcripts or mark list
Proof of Previous earnings:
It is essential that earnings are corroborated by more than one source, You must send at least two different types of supporting document for each source of earnings claimed. Each piece of supporting evidence must be from a separate source and support all the other evidence so that together they clearly prove the earnings claimed.
For example, when sending documents for salaried employment, you should not send payslips together with a letter from the employer, because we consider both of these documents to be from the same source.
You must send at least two of the following from different sources as proof of your earning
- payslips for 12 months
- personal bank statements for 12 months
- letter from your employer on official leter head paper
- official tax document;
- dividend vouchers;
- letter from your managing agent or accountant;
- invoice explanations or payment summaries;
- company or business accounts.
What the bank statements must show:
Bank statements you send must be on official bank stationery, and must show each of the payments that you are claiming. If you wish to send electronic bank statements from an online account you should also send a supporting letter from the bank on company headed paper confirming that the documents are authentic. Alternatively, electronic bank statements with the official stamp of the bank that issued the statements will be accepted. The stamp must appear on every page of the statement.
What the payslips and letter from employer must show:
These should be either formal payslips or on company headed paper. If payslips are on unheaded paper or you receive all pay slips online, you must authenticate the evidence by asking the employer to sign and stamp a printout.If you send payslips, they must cover the whole period claimed (for example, if payslips are produced monthly, you must provide the payslip for each month of the period claimed).
What the employer's letter must show:
You must send a letter on company headed paper from your current and/or previous employer(s) which clearly shows:
your earnings during period claimed; and
the date and amount of each
payment; and
your gross and net pay; and
that it is dated after the
period for which earnings are being claimed.
What the tax documents must show:
We define tax documents as:
- a document produced by a tax authority that shows details of declarable taxable income on which tax has been paid or will be paid in a tax year (for example a tax refund letter or tax demand);
- a document produced by an employer as an official return to a tax authority, showing details of earnings on which tax has been paid in a tax year (for example, a P60 in the United Kingdom); or
- a document produced by a person, business, or company as an official return to a tax authority, showing details of earnings on which tax has been paid or will be paid in a tax year. The document must have been approved, registered, or stamped by the tax authority (this is particularly relevant to some overseas tax systems, for example, SARAL in India).
However, while we have included tax documents in the list of acceptable documents, they will rarely be of use. This is because tax documents are usually produced at the end of a fixed tax period and will therefore not show the entire period for which you are claiming previous earnings unless they are for the exact period claimed. You should therefore be cautious about using these documents unless you are sure they show the exact amount of earnings for which you are claiming points.
What the letter from your managing agent or accountant must show:
You must send a letter from your managing agent or accountant on headed paper confirming the gross and net pay for the period claimed. The letter should give a breakdown of salary, dividends, profits, tax credits and dates of net payments earned. If your earnings are a share of the net profit of the company, the letter should also explain this.A person you pay to manage a business for you.Tax credits are payments from the government to help people living in the United Kingdom with everyday costs. Someone with at least one child may be able to claim a child tax credit. Someone on a low wage may be able to claim a working tax credit. More information is on the website of HM Revenue & Customs.A share of a company's profits, paid to people who have invested in it (for example by buying shares).
What the invoice explanations or payment summaries must show:
You must send summaries or explanations created by your managing agent (who is usually an accountant). These explanations should include a breakdown of the gross salary, tax deductions and dividend payments made to you. The total gross salary and dividend payments should be the same as your earnings. The payment summary should enable us to check that these correspond with the net payments into your personal bank account.
What the company or business accounts must show:
Accounts must show both a profit and loss account (or income and expenditure account if the organisation is not trading for profit) and the balance sheet should be signed by a director. Accounts should meet statutory requirements and should clearly show the net profit made over the earnings period to be assessed.
Examples of document combinations to provide Employees who receive a salary.
- A salaried employee could provide a combination of personal bank statements covering the full 12-month earnings period and either:
- payslips for the full 12-month earnings period; or a letter from your employer
Examples of document combinations for Contractors
If you are a contractor who does not operate either through your own company or as an employee, you may send:
- an accountant's letter confirming a breakdown of your gross and net earnings for the period claimed; and
- personal bank statements clearly highlighting all credit payments made to your account from employment undertaken during the earnings period claimed.
Examples of document combinations for Self-employed earnings within a business or company structure
If you have worked in a self-employed capacity in your own business or company structure and have chosen to keep your earnings within the business or company, you could send:
- business or company accounts that meet statutory requirements and show the net profit made for the earnings period claimed; and
- a letter from your accountant confirming the details in those accounts.
Proof of United Kingdom experience
proof of United Kingdom experience of work or study you may send to support your application to the highly skilled worker category (Tier 1 General) under the points-based system to work in the United Kingdom.
Proof of your previous earnings made in the United Kingdom
There are no specific documentary requirements for claims for earnings made in the United Kingdom because the necessary documentation will have been sent to prove your earnings to score points in the attributes area.
Proof of your United Kingdom study experience
The specified document is:
an original letter from the United Kingdom institution or United Kingdom based overseas institution at which you studied.
This must be an original letter, on the official headed paper of the awarding institution and bearing the official stamp of that institution. It must have been issued by an authorised official of that institution.
Proof of English language
- Proof you are a national of a majority English speaking country by sending your current original passport or travel document if unable to give this documents you can give your current national identity document
- Proof you have passed an English language test by providing approved original test result certificate.
- Proof your degree was taught in English by providing original certificate of award or original transcript and official letter from the institute stating your course was taught in English.
Proof of Maintenance (funds)
- If you are applying from within the United Kingdom, the balance must show that you have had at least £800 in your account at all times over the three-month period.
- If you are applying from outside the United Kingdom, the balance must show that you have had at least £2,800 in your account at all times over the three-month period.
- For dependants maintanence if you are outside the United Kingdom or has been in the United Kingdom for less than 12 months, the family member must show that the main applicant or the dependant has at least £1,600 to support the dependant as well as the funds needed to support the main applicant.
- If the main applicant has been present in the United Kingdom for 12 months or more, the main applicant or the family member of the highly skilled worker must have £533 to support himself/herself.
Evidence must be in the form of cash funds. Other accounts or financial instruments for example, shares, bonds and pension funds, regardless of notice are not acceptable.
If you wish to rely on a joint account as evidence of available funds, you must be named on the account along with one or more other named individual.
For applications made either in the United Kingdom or overseas, all evidence must be dated no more than one month before the application is submitted.
The documents are one or a combination of the following:
- Personal bank or building society statements covering the three-month period immediately before the application. If you wish to send electronic bank statements from an online account these must contain all of the details listed above. In addition, you will need to send a supporting letter from your bank, on headed paper, confirming that the statements are genuine. Alternatively, electronic bank statements with the official stamp of the bank that issued the statements will be accepted. The stamp must appear on every page of the statement.
- Building society pass-book covering the previous three-month period
- Letter from bank confirming funds and that they have been in bank for at least three months.
- Letter from financial institution regulated by either the Financial Services Authority or the home regulator confirming funds.
- Dependants must send one or a combination of the above or it can also include evidence for the main applicant which has not been used as evidence of funds on the main applicant's own application or that of other dependants.
Check out the related information on:
Tier 1 General: Eligibility
Point Based System
UK VISA : Complete procedure
UK VISA : Application fees
UK VISA : Application Forms
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