Karen Simmons
Management Information Manager for Kent County Council Community Learning and Skills
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Karen Simmons commented,
Thank you Steve Hewitt really appreciate your reply
Thank you Steve Hewitt really appreciate your reply
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e-visa expires before end of adult skills course
Hi everyone, We are seeing quite a few e-Visa's with the Ukraine extension scheme or Hong Kong British National Overseas status that have a Valid Until/Expiry date that does not cover the whole of ...
Karen Simmons commented,
Hi Lisa Storey-Aung I logged a case with the DfE las...
Hi Lisa Storey-Aung I logged a case with the DfE last week regarding spouse, partner and dependent visas. They confirmed that they will be updating the funding rules to clarify that dependents of ...
Karen Simmons commented,
Really hope they release an update soon - it's so un...
Really hope they release an update soon - it's so unclear and we don't know what to tell our learners :-(
Karen Simmons commented,
We are thinking of asking are you ordinarily residen...
We are thinking of asking are you ordinarily resident in the UK question at each enrolment just in case things have changed since their last enrolment (even if very unlikely). In addition to this w...
Karen Simmons commented,
There was a similar query on another post where the ...
There was a similar query on another post where the learner had partner visa but told them their husband was here on a sponsorship visa. If the learner has an e-Visa showing partner, spouse or dep...
Karen Simmons commented,
This is worrying, if we saw an e-Visa for someone an...
This is worrying, if we saw an e-Visa for someone and the status showed as 'Partner' we would consider them eligible. You only knew the husband was here on a sponsorship visa because the learner t...
Karen Simmons commented,
Ceri Fishlock we have taken the guidance to mean tha...
Ceri Fishlock we have taken the guidance to mean that if the e-Visa or ARC (for Asylum seekers) shows an end date then this needs to be on or after the course end date for the learner to be eligibl...
Karen Simmons commented,
I logged a case with the DfE to ask whether they exp...
I logged a case with the DfE to ask whether they expect providers to view and record details of e-Visas for all learners who are not british citizens and if we can use self-declarations from learne...
Karen Simmons commented,
Yes we are Wayne Hosking. When I raised this wit...
Yes we are Wayne Hosking. When I raised this with the DfE helpdesk I did say to them that their rule change does not remove the need for providers to have to ask to see the visa of the learners ...