Hi All, I am back to my home country after being in the UK on Tier 2 ICT Long Term Staff Visa and currently serving the cooling off period of 12 months. My question is, can I still apply for a Tier 2 General visa (with a UK sponsor giving me a CoS) from my home country within the 12 month cooling of...
Hi Jaideep, As already informed in the private message, I think cooling off period applies to Tier 2 ICT Short Term also unless you are applying for Tier 2 ICT Long Term visa. For clarification or more details you can contact home office on the number +44 300 1234 99. People on this number seem to b...
Thanks Chennai2013 and Manci, We are going to change the directorship to someone else before applying and will close down the company in the next month after receiving the final salary into the company's account. Ofcourse we'll be paying off all the taxes before closing the Company and Bank account....
Hi, I am currently on Tier 2 ICT Long Term Staff visa and my wife is a dependant on my current visa. My wife is currently working in the UK and does contracting under her own limited company. Now she has found a new employer and is applying to Tier 2 General visa by going back to home country. When ...
Hi Manci, Jeeves, 2 more questions creeping in now as i'm beginning to prepare for applying to Tier 2 General visa for my wife. When I was going through the applications for Tier 2 General (VAF9 Appendix 5) I came across the question below: 2.4 Do you hold shares in the United Kingdom company or con...
Hi All, Thanks for all your replies and would be proceeding as suggested by Manci, Jeeves and Norty109. The main reason behind this cooling off period concept is as below: People in "Tier 2 General" visa after staying in 6 years in the UK can apply for ILR and people in "Tier 2 ICT Long Term" can ne...
Now that it is clear that i cannot apply as main applicant now; can you answer my initial 2 questions i.e. priority service in India and Tb tesing in UK, if am applying for my wife as main applicant.
Is it necessary/advisable to get my wife's visa done first and then get my dependant visa or can we go together to India and apply for the visas(she being the main applicant and me dependant)?
Hi Manci, In para 7.23 of the same document it states that main applicants and dependants cant swap visas. How does this para affect para 7.22? I have already received a CoS number from my new employer. Do you think that will just go waste if I try to apply knowing that cooling off period applies to...
My wife is on "Tier 2 long term staff partner" dependent visa and working in the UK.
Can I get her a "Tier 2 General" visa sponsored and apply for myself as her dependant? Or cooling off period still applies for either of us?
Hi Manci, If we are speaking only on the basis of point 245HB(g) then how is it that I got a "Tier 2 ICT Long Term Staff" visa just after "Tier 2 ICT Short Term Staff" visa without any cooling off period? I had the short term visa from Nov 2011 till April 2012 and then i applied for Long term visa i...
Hi Jeeves, Thank you for the reply. Initially I came to the UK with a "Tier 2 ICT Short Term Staff" visa and then upon completion I went back to India applied for "Tier 2 ICT Long Term Staff" visa within 2 months and since then I have been working with that for over a year now. I successfully got th...
Hi Manci, I am currently in "Tier 2 ICT Long Term Staff" visa and will be applying for "Tier 2 General" visa. Since I am not applying to the same type of visa I think the cooling off period doesnt apply to me and I am make a fresh application to "Tier 2 General". Hope I am correct in this. Best Rega...
Hi All, I am from India and currently working in the UK on Tier 2 ICT. I recently found another job here and the new employer is sponsoring a Tier 2 General visa for myself and a dependent visa for my wife. As per my current visa and UKBA rules I am required to go back to India to apply for the new ...
