Tier 2 to ILR Questions

273. You will be exempt from the minimum earnings threshold if any of the following apply to
you:
• Your most recent grant of leave was as a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant;
• Your continuous 5 year period includes all or part of a grant of leave as a work permit
holder, or as a Tier 2 migrant where your Certificate of Sponsorship was assigned before
6 April 2011;
Tier 2 Policy Guidance (Version 10/2019) Page 65
• You have been employed in a job:
• that appears on the Shortage Occupation List in Appendix K, or has appeared on that
list during any time you were being sponsored to do that job during the last 6 years; or
• that appears on the occupations skilled to PhD-level as stated in the Codes of Practice
in Appendix J.
For example:
If you are applying for settlement and you were granted leave for a Certificate of
Sponsorship as a ‘secondary education teacher in the subject of chemistry’ at any point
between 6 April 2011 and 6 April 2017 (when the job ceased to be in recognised
shortage), and this period forms part of your continuous period for settlement, you would
not be required to meet the minimum earnings threshold. You would instead be required
to demonstrate that you are earning the appropriate rate for your position.
274. Appendix K provides a list of all posts that have been listed as in shortage since 6 April
2015. You can confirm whether any of your previous Certificates of Sponsorship were
issued for a shortage occupation by checking your previous applications or by speaking to
your current and/or previous employer.

klownking wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:41 pm

Hi All,

I have asked a solicitor about this issue. He clearly said that I am exempt from the salary threshold because the job falls under the SOL list.

Thanks

Have you previously been granted leave to remain under Tier 2 (General) as a doctor, dentist, nurse or midwife, and passed an English Language assessment accepted by the relevant regulated professional body as a requirement for registration?

My second question is about the employer letter, should I get this letter from my manager or it has to be from the HR?

Home Office
Leeds Enhanced Service Point
Room 517, Regus,
No 2 Wellington Place,
Leeds,
LS1 4AP

Date: 17 July 2020

To whom it may concern

Name
Nationality
D.O.B

We are writing this letter in support of the application submitted by our employee XYZ for him to be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

We confirm that XYZ has been employed with CompanyName in the UK since July 2015. He has therefore spent a continuous period of 5 years in the UK working for the company.

We confirm that XYZ is currently employed in the position of Software Engineer and his basic salary is XXX per annum based on 37.5 hours/week. We confirm that his job matches SOC code 2136. Mr XYZ, therefore, receives above the minimum salary required for this role.

We also confirm that it is our intention to retain Mr XYZ in this employment in the UK for the foreseeable future.

He was absent from the United Kingdom, for the following periods:

Date Out
Date In
Total Days
Reason - Description

We also confirm the authenticity of the payslips provided in support of his UK immigration application.

Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Yours faithfully

[ NAME] – Administration Manager
For & On Behalf of CompanyName

• Passport (Old / New)
  BRP card
  Life in the UK test pass notification letter
  Signed Home Office consent form
  1-month bank statement
  1-month payslip
  Degree Certificate -- To prove English requirement
  Employment letter from current Employer (SOC, Salary, Working hours, Required for foreseeable future, Absences included)

My last question is, after submitting documents through Sopra do they keep the passport and the documents or just the scanned copies?

Is the account with a bank or utility company for which you have supplied information and supporting documentation held jointly by you and other people?

Does the account with the bank or utility company for which you have supplied information and supporting documentation relate to another person who is to provide you financial support?

Zimba wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:34 pm

Do you have a joint bank account that you answered YES?

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