Hi

You must understand I'm on your side here, I'm not trying to cast nasturtiums. I have a similar situation to you actually.

My entire reasoning for thinking zero hours contracts - leading to an employer being not possible to quote a yearly salary is twofold.

First - on here Terpe said in post 19 that the visa people are strictly following the criteria, and as I had previously questioned the one part about a yearly salary statement being needed, I presumed this is what was meant. Could be wrong there obviously.

Secondly, I spoke to an immigration advisor, and she said that I must have in the letter from the employer, the statement that "Mr XXXXX's salary per year is £XXXXX ". Anything less than this will lead to refusal, and she said she has seen an example of such an application being refused.

She said that anything less makes it look like you are on casual labour employment.

I really find it hard to believe that the government and border agency would be so abjectly stupid to stick unbendingly to that one criteria, when there are so many types of contract, not all giving a fixed amount per year, when an explaination could take the place of a yearly salary statement from the boss.
Also when they would accept someone working on £10,000 per year, but who for the last 6 months had worked masses of overtime - which of course could well stop as soon as the application had gone in - but because that employer could state a yearly salary, it's acceptable.

I think it's a good idea for me to try this question on a different immigration advisor. I shall try find one who will talk to me (The one I have already spoken to was one of these free advice ones). Unless anyone else can also try this question - watch this space, soon as I can get someone to speak to me, I'll post the reply