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Topic: All those who applied EC in March 2008 (Please post timelines)
Posted by Deepak (95) 03 Mar 2008
Dear All,

Those you had applied EC in March 2008/ Feb last week. Please post timeline in this forum. Let's share information and learn from each other.

Thanks in anticipation.

My Details

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Waiting
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by Deepak (95) 03 Mar 2008
Dear All,

Those who had applied EC in March, please update the status here.

Thanks!

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Waiting
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by arpitoberoi (9) 03 Mar 2008
Hello all..

Sorry for breaking the flow of your post....!!I have one urgent query..!! I am about to apply for EC...!! Kindly help me out....!!I have got my HSMP approved. I have query regarding EC assets. I have liquid cash in bank account for around 1Lakh 50 thousand...!!and i have around 2lakh 50 thousand in form of Public Provident Fund (PPF), Mutual Funds.

Are PPF and Mutual funds come under LIQUID cash catagory. What I mean to say is 2800 pound = 2 lakh 24 thousand.... so do i need to have 2 lakh 24 thousand in cash in bank or the break up which i have shown above 1.e. 1lakh 50 thousand cash + 2 lakh 50 thousand ( PPF + Mutual Funds ) will be ok. Kindly calrify.

Apart from that I am thinking of getting sponsorship letter from my FATHER and will show his bank details. Do you have format for sponsoship letter from FATHER. On paul blogspt he has given for "BROTHER" who is in USA. Kindly help me out...!!

Regards,
Arpit
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Posted by kalyanms1 (15) 04 Mar 2008
I have dropped the documents for EC on Feb 25 2008 at hyderabad and waiting for result.
When can i expect the result? VFS people told it take 12-18 days to take the decision.
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Posted by govindarao (6) 04 Mar 2008
I applied on Feb 6th from bangalore. Today (Mar4th 2008) got approved EC.
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Posted by smarty470 (9) 04 Mar 2008
congrats for your EC. Any Idea within how many days of filing EC did you have Integra verification?
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Posted by geochenga (12) 04 Mar 2008
Hello,

Congratulations of EC Approval.
Did Integra contact you and your employer.
Can we find the EC approval status from their tracking passport web site ?

I have applied for EC Last Week.

Thanks
George
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Posted by geochenga (12) 04 Mar 2008
Dear All,

I submitted my EC application at Bangalore VFS on 25 Feb 2008.

My Details

EC Applied - 25 Feb 2008
Integra Contcat Status - No Update
Final Status - Waiting

Thanks and Regards
George
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Posted by arpitoberoi (9) 04 Mar 2008
Hello George

Can you help me out in resoving the query which I have posted above in this "POST"? I am very keen on getting that resolved so that I can move further? Can I have your e-mail ID so that I can discuss my case for EC.

Regards,
Arpit
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Posted by kalyanms1 (15) 04 Mar 2008
george

plz update u'r case as soon as integra and EC verification completed
caz am also applied on the same date for EC but from Hyderabad
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Posted by Anantha09 (17) 04 Mar 2008
Hi I applied for EC from Hyderabad on March 4th. Could u please tell me when Integra people will call current employer after applying. Will Integra people call to previous employers also. What questions will they ask.
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Posted by kalyanms1 (15) 04 Mar 2008
Hi

My EC Filed Date: 25 Feb 2008

To day Integra Verification people called me and asked the current salary and then
they called the Current Employer.

i dont know whether they call the previous employer or not.

In my case i used previous employer payslips for getting the approval.

i think they will call my previous employer[My case]. i wil update if they call my prev emp.
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Posted by Anantha09 (17) 04 Mar 2008
So we will expect call from Integra after 7 days. what are the questions they have asked your employer? I am very much tensed as this will be integrity. I am working in same company from past 2 years.
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Posted by kalyanms1 (15) 05 Mar 2008
i dont know wat they asked my employer.

dont worry abt their questions. normally HR wil give the reply to their questions.
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Posted by chaser (24) 05 Mar 2008
I applied for EC at Hyd on Feb 7th, 20 business days have past, and still they say
the application is under process. So to be safe estimate around 25-30 business days.
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Posted by govindarao (6) 05 Mar 2008
It seems to processing time depends on traveling date also? What travel date you are mention on application form?
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Posted by Deepak (95) 05 Mar 2008
I had checked in the website and its showing application forwarded to BHC.

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Waiting
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by kishan (2) 05 Mar 2008
Hi,

Thanks for posting all your updates.

Could you please let us know what date you've mentioned as your Date of Travel.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kishan
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Posted by kishan (2) 05 Mar 2008
Hi Kalyanms1,

Thanks for posting all your updates.

Could you please let us know what date you've mentioned as your Date of Travel.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kishan
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Posted by geochenga (12) 05 Mar 2008
Hello Arpit,

My email ID is george.chengadakary@gmail.com

George
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Posted by Deepak (95) 05 Mar 2008
Kishan,

I had mentioned 5th May 2008 as date of travel.


EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by Deepak (95) 05 Mar 2008
George,

Where did you apply from?

What is the status showing in the website?


EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by geochenga (12) 05 Mar 2008
Hi kalyanms1,

Intergra called me and asked about my name, designation, address, salary, joining date, etc.

I enquired with HR and he said nobody has contacted him so far.

Dear All,

Can any one tell, what is next process and how many days it will take to issue EC.

Regards
Geochenga
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Posted by geochenga (12) 05 Mar 2008
DV,

I applied from Bangalore on 25 Feb 2008.
Status as per VFS tracking web site: Application forwared to BHC

Regards
George
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Posted by Deepak (95) 05 Mar 2008
George,

Thanks for the update....

After Integra verification... your reports will be sent to BHC Case worker and he will make the final decision.

Regarding Integra : I was reading many posts in last one month... Integra is not calling to the employees who are working for big MNC's. This is just a observation, this might be applicable for all the cases.


EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by Deepak (95) 05 Mar 2008
Dear All,

Is there anyone who had taken personal loan and got EC without any problem?


EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by chaser (24) 05 Mar 2008
I put March 1st as my travel date on the EC application form.

EC Applied for Wp: 7 Feb 2008.
Location: Hyderabad.
Status: Application Forwarded to BHC.
Integra Status: I am not sure, they have not called me or my employer. Are they supposed to call ?
Is it mentioned anywhere that they would call? After looking in the forums, I came to know that
Integra screen guys call. But how the hell employer knows this if they call them. My employer
did not know anything about Integra (I had to tell them).

Thanks,
Kiran.
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Posted by Deepak (95) 05 Mar 2008
Kiran,

As mentioned above... There is no rule that integra will call all the applicants. Its specific to each case; Two of my friends who work for my previous company never got any call. They just got visa stamped after 18 & 20 days. Hoping same will happen to your case.

So don't worry about the call.

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by Deepak (95) 06 Mar 2008
***** 3rd Working Day ******

As expected status remains same in the website. Thanks to blazing victory of Indian Cricket Team in CB Series against Australia; This helped me to divert my thoughts on cricket... else I would be counting working days on my outlook calender and check VFS site thrice in a day.

Any new applicants in March 2008? If yes please post the timelines.

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by chaser (24) 06 Mar 2008
Hello all,

We donot have a tracker for EC specifically, I have seen trackers for HSMPC here. How about a tracker for EC ?
I have contacted trackitt and they were kind enough to include tracker, provided we give them a template for it
with all fields that should be displayed. We should build up the kind of fields required for this and pass them on
to trackitt. The BHC does not provide any current information regarding the way they process the cases and timeframes (shame on them ofcourse!), let us help ourselves using trackitt. Here is list of fields in my mind for EC tracker.

Applied Date (Date field)
VFS Center (A text field or a drop down menu)
Type of Visa (WP/HSMPC) (dropdown menu of WP and HSPMC)
Integra Status (Text field)
Date recieved (Date field)
Comments (Text field)

Comments welcome ! (I am new to the UK visa stuff)
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Posted by Deepak (95) 07 Mar 2008
Chaser,

Sounds great!!! Even i was looking for EC tracker. Fields mentioned by you are sufficient for tracking. Lets take this forward...

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by srinivasulua (13) 07 Mar 2008
Hi,

I am Srinivas and have applied for EC on 06 March 08. Can any body tell me where do I check the integra status.

EC applied - 6 March 2008
Status:Forwarded to BHC

Thank you,
Srini
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Posted by Deepak (95) 07 Mar 2008
Srini,

Wish you the best on your EC application. There is no website to check integra status. However, you can check your application status from VFS Site.

https://www.vfs.org.in/ApplicantStatus.aspx


EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by Deepak (95) 07 Mar 2008
Hi All,

I am just trying to consolidate the number of applicants for Feb & Mar. Please add me if i am missing anyone...

DV
geochenga
kalyanms1
Anantha09
chaser
srinivasulua

There are 6 applicats so far....

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by srinivasulua (13) 07 Mar 2008
Hi,

I just remembered that I haven't given the photocopy of the last employer relieving letter but submitted the original. Would it be any problem.

Thanks
srini
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Posted by Deepak (95) 07 Mar 2008
Srini,

No problem at all. If you had submitted original document thats better.

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by chaser (24) 07 Mar 2008
Folks, I have sent an email to trackitt requesting to put a tracker for EC with fields I mentioned in the previous post
Please do send in comments which will help trackitt and all of us too. Lets hope they start some thing soon. Goodluck y'all.

Thanks DV for feedback!

Sincerely,
Kiran.
EC Applied (WP): 7th Feb, 2008
Location: VFS - Hyderabad
Status: Application forwarded to BHC.
Integra Status: No update.
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Posted by ragav (20) 09 Mar 2008
Dear All,

I Have applied for EC on 25th Feb 2008 (From Bangalore VFS)

Regards,
Ragav
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Posted by sudhanshuk (19) 09 Mar 2008
All :

Below is my EC status ;

EC Applied - 26th Feb 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
Visa Status - Awaited

Today is the 8th working day and still no call from Integra to my current & previous employer. Has it happend in the past that visa was granted to the applicant without the integra check. My worry here is that as of today there is no Integra check done, will it impact the overall turn around time of visa application process. I am looking to get my visa asap as my last date to enter U.K. is approaching fast under HSMP rule.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Regards

Sudhanshu
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Posted by hsmp2008 (2) 09 Mar 2008
Adding myself. All the best to everyone!

Application date: 25th Feb 2008
VFS centre: Pune
Application status: sent to BHC
Integra status: n/a
Category: HSMP
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Posted by Deepak (95) 10 Mar 2008
*** 6th Working Day ***



EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by Nancy08 (2) 10 Mar 2008
Hi,

EC Details:

Application Center - VFS Bangalore
Date of Application - 20th February 2008
Integra Status - Dont Know
Visa Status - Under process/verification (According to helpline)

All the best !!!

BM
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Posted by chaser (24) 10 Mar 2008
My employer just emailed me that a lady from Integra screen has called them and said that they would be emailing a Document to verify my employment with them. The Integra screen lady also mentioned that entire process has to happen through email.

Details:
EC applied (WP): Feb 7th, 2008.
Location: Hyderabad, India.
Integrastatus: They called my employer today (Mar 10), yet to the send the document for verification.
Visa Status: Forwarded to BHC.
My view of Integrascreen: Bunch of loosers and dumb people who happen to be lazy and donot know how to spend the fee we pay them.
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Posted by chaser (24) 10 Mar 2008
Has any body faced this kind of delay? Since I am loosing my salary because of delays from Integrascreen, Is it possible to
take legal action against them ? Please if anybody has done such thing, share your experience. Thanks!
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Posted by chaser (24) 10 Mar 2008
@Sudhanshu. As pointed out by couple of people in this group, there is no hard and fast rule that Integra contacts your employer. Some people have been granted visa with out any contact from Integrascreen. It may take long time for Integrascreen to contact your employer too (not that they always delay). Integrascreen contacted my employer after 25 business days ! Good luck!
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Posted by ragav (20) 10 Mar 2008
Hi can you please give ur email id or mobile number pls so that i can call you and email you to get the specific details wat happend.

Regards
Ragav
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Posted by Deepak (95) 11 Mar 2008
*** 7th Working Day ***

Today is 7th working day and there is no update from integra team. Is there any HSMP EC applicant got integra call/email within 7 working days?



EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
_________________________________

Regards,
DV
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Posted by kalyanms1 (15) 12 Mar 2008
I got the call on 8th working day from BHC and she asked me the current salary and comapny name. Then immediately they called the current employer and verified my joining date,salary and designation,employment period.
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Posted by kalyanms1 (15) 12 Mar 2008
I mentioned 10th April 2008 as my Date of Travel.
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Posted by Deepak (95) 12 Mar 2008
Kalyan,

Good to know that your integra process is completed. I understand from your earlier posts that you applied from Hyderabad. Even, I had applied from Hyderabad. Today is my 8th Working Day. My case is same as yours.. I had cliamed points through my old employeer. Just curious to know... what time of the day did they call you? What are the questions did they ask you (Specific if any)? Did integra verify your detials with your current employeer by email or phone?

Can you also share your email address.. I will get in touch with you.

Thanks in anticipation...

EC Applied - 3rd March 2008
Integra Status - No Update
Final Status - Application forwared to BHC (As per website)
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Regards,
DV
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