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[swans]

Hello everyone,

Even i have recently gone through this process, i can share my experience. my visa was about to expire 2 weeks back so my director contacted them and sent an urgency email to the sponsor case working operations. we got the license and cos in time.

If your visa is expiring in the last 2 weeks send an email to and ask your employer to speak to them as UKBA is taking very long time to process applications.

If your company is well established and all the supporting documents are in order UKBA are quite helpfull.

If your visa is not in the last 12 days then its a waiting game m afraid friends.

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[quote="swans"]Hello everyone,

Even i have recently gone through this process, i can share my experience. my visa was about to expire 2 weeks back so my director contacted them and sent an urgency email to the sponsor case working operations. we got the license and cos in time.

If your visa is expiring in the last 2 weeks send an email to and ask your employer to speak to them as UKBA is taking very long time to process applications.

If your company is well established and all the supporting documents are in order UKBA are quite helpfull.

If your visa is not in the last 12 days then its a waiting game m afraid friends.[/quote]

Hello Swans,

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. My company had have some reserves to send an urgent treatment email (Because of a silly HR lady's assumptions) so I e-mailed to UKBA and asked for confirmation that it is legal to send urgent treatment. Well they replied me in 15 days with confirmation. So I convinced my company to send an urgent treatment e-mail today finally YAY :)

OK I have couple of question for you:

1. Today - 23rd of July- they requested an urgent treatment and my visa expires in 10th of August. Basicly we have exactly 12 working days to receive it. You said your employer sent an urgent treatment e-mail 2 weeks before your visa expires. when you said 2 weeks, did you mean 14 working days or 14 days?

2. How long did it take to receive the license exactly? I guess it is not enough if your employer added online registered sponsor list, but you also need to receive it by post and then you can apply for sponsorship visa. If it is correct, did you have enough time to apply for it or was it like 1 day before your visa expires?

3. Also when did your company apply for sponsorship license (Month/ year) and when did they recieved it?

Sorry for asking more detailes but I just try to figure out if we would receive it on time?

Thanks,

[Shamino]

Hi Swans

Thanks for the update.

I also have a few questions in regards to urgent treatment.

From my phone calls to the employer hotline, they mentioned that requesting for urgent treatment generally requires a pretty damn good reason to be escalated.

Examples they have given include a Key Staff member that is required or the business will go bankrupt, a musical theatre where an actor requires emergency consideration to commence the play

You mentioned that your company has to be well established, how well established are u referring to?

Would you're salary have also played a significant role? I read somewhere that if ur earning above 150,000 quid per annum, that could be a reason to escalate the application.

Looking forward to your response

[johnjkjk]

If you haven't got a sponsor licence by the time your visa expires:

1. ALWAYS make an application in time.

2. Write a covering letter explaining why the sponsor licence and COS information is missing, quote the licence application number. Include a letter from your employer explaining the situation and that you're critical to the business.

3. Use the slowest application method possible. The caseworker is unilikely to view your file until after your biometrics are submitted.

4. Send in your sponsor licence and COS number as soon as you receive it (COS will need to be assigned ASAP). Include a cover letter. Quote the special delivery barcode number of your visa application. You have the right to vary the grounds of your application and for the variations to be given due consideration before a decision is made and ONLY IF YOUR APPLICATION WAS MADE IN TIME.

5. The decision is still up to the discretion of the caseworker. They are likely to show leniancy where: you made your application IN TIME (as this can be grounds for refusal) and that the sponsor licence took a long time to be granted, every effort was made to get it sorted out as soon as possible and that the delay was beyond your control.

If your sponsor licence is taking a very long time to be granted, it may be a sign of refusal. Indeed they can take weeks and months to communicate a refusal in my personal experience. They (or Royal Mail) may have even lost your supporting documents. Don't fret If you receive a refusal letter, apply again and follow the steps noted above.

Best of luck.

[Shamino]

Hi Johnjkjk

Thanks for sharing us your experience in this matter.

It would seem that your recommendations would be for what I am to do to submit my visa application, if my employer is successful with their sponsorship licence application.

The current dilemma I'm facing is, my employer is submitting their sponsorship licence application today, and there are 5 working days left on my Tier 5 visa.

Now from my understanding, the urgent treatment is not 100% guaranteed. If this is the scenario, my employer's sponsorship licence application will be placed at the bottom of the queue and therefore this will take from three to four months before they receive an answer.

I couldn't submit my visa application until I know whether my employer is successful or not.

My question is, in regards to urgent treatment, is how likely my employer will be able to get their application processed within 1 weeks time?

As I understand you need to have a really good reason to have the application escalated.

[johnjkjk]

Hi Shamino,

It is very unlikely that your application will get processed within a week, the minimum is 2-4 weeks including receiving the approval letter.

Why are you concerned that your company's licence will not be granted? As long as the correct supporting documents are supplied and the business and job is genuine, all should be well. As far as I'm aware, they will consider urgent treatment requests if the migrant to be sponsored has 2 weeks or less remaining on their visa.

If you're on a Tier 5 visa, you do have the option of making an application from overseas once the licence comes through, if you prefer, albeit with a restricted COS. Had you been on Tier 2 presently, you would have been subject to a 12 month 'cooling off period'.

[Shamino]

Heya Johnjkjk

thanks again for the reply.

I suppose time will tell when my employer's licence is granted. I have informed them that the sponsorship licence application might take 3 to 4 months to process, which I am pretty prepared for.

My employer was thinking it was possible to obtain urgent treatment.

I supposed I'm concerned because this is pretty much out of my hands. I've heard it shouldn't be a problem

I just spoke to the employer hotline, and they mentioned that once my employer is successful, they will need to log onto the system a request for a restricted CoS

But yes I have a better understanding of how this works now. I'll be out of the country for a 3-4 months, go back to Australia to apply for my visa once I get a restricted CoS and then go from there

much appreciated for the assistance

[sussexguy]

Hi all,

The number of employers in the UKBA list has reduced today from 25407 (yesterday's number) to 25395 (today's number)!

I am again worried after seeing good progress in their number over the past few days.

[WaitingontheUKBA]

Sussex, yeah there have definitely been some gains the past few weeks in terms adding to the register of sponsors. I figure as long as the # is changing it should be a positive sign. I'd be more worried if the # was static, which means they are doing nothing.

[sha23]

Hi All,

Please continue discussion regarding Sponsor License on this thread so that everybody benefits from discussions at a single place.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=101222&start=140