I am on a student visa and got a job with a company who always made me do more than the 20 hours a week for students.I stopped working with them since May 2007.My visa expires in December.Can the past records on my NI affect my visa extension?
Student visa extension and NI number.?
There is an organisation which used to be called Immigrants Advisory Service which can answer questions like these. You can still find them under this name in Yahoo search,which called up this website: http://www.ramproject.org.uk/imm_ad_ser....
Although in theory the Home Office can access NI and tax records to check things like that, they probably will not. The NI amount does not show how many hours you worked because it is related only to how much you earned. And since you are not working now, they are unlikely to bother about it. The UK financial year starts on April 6th, so your current year's NI record will only be April-May. The main thing is to get your visa extension application in, with the right fee and all the evidence you need - study place, good attendance record, exams you intend to take, funds to support yourself and what you will do afterwards (return to home country). Don't plan any overseas trips for at least two months after you apply - it takes ages, and while it is waiting to be processed, it will be buried where they cannot access it to speed it up.
Your college will have some who can advise you too.
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