If ImmD buys that argument (as they seem to have done so far) then you're fine. It's very much down to the individual case officer I believe.
If ImmD buys that argument (as they seem to have done so far) then you're fine. It's very much down to the individual case officer I believe.
>> It's very much down to the individual case officer I believe.
Not just that, it is down to tax contribution of the company and the individuals. Lots of pragmatism in place within the system. Many consultancies (atleast the IT / biz ones I know of) bring in staff on short notice (1 week) and get their visas approved quickly because there is an inbuilt trust with the company or their visa processing agent.
Interesting. Our agent is shockingly useless (which must reflect on us, since we hired them and have not fired them yet!).
I'll see how my extension goes... I did this myself without the useless agent - hope it does not backfire!
If there is no gap between the Dependant Visa and the Employment Visa then it doesn't affect the 7 years. I know a couple who have PR and who swapped who was on the Employment Visa and who on the Dependant about half way through the 7 year period.
Then they wouldn't be an employee of the company so they wouldn't be reported on the company's returns to ImmD. But obviously the effect one the ratio of non-PR/PR is smaller because you reduce the number of employees by one: 7/10 -> 6/9 whereas replacing a non-PR with a PR (or having one of your non-PRs get PR status) moves you 7/10 -> 6/10.