Hello,
This is in relation to the initial question I had regarding the employment letter. I am hoping to seek some further clarification.
Below are two required documents among the list I am asked to provide:
1. Letter(s) from employer(s) detailing reasons for work-related absences including periods of paid annual leave from the UK and Crown Dependencies for X
2. A document from the sponsor who issued the certificate of sponsorship that led to your last permission to stay as a Tier 2 migrant confirming that you are:
- still required for the employment in question for the foreseeable future, and in the case of Tier 2 (General), Tier 2 (Sports Person) and Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) migrants this document should also contain:
- the nearest applicable SOC code which best describes your employment
- your current rate of pay (this should be given in the same format as given in the codes of practice, for example hourly rate or yearly salary), and
- confirmation that this is at or above the appropriate rate for the job as stated in the codes of practice for Tier 2 sponsors. (See note 8 below)
- if you are currently on maternity, paternity, shared parental or adoption leave, confirmation of the date this started, your salary immediately before the leave, and what your salary will be on your return.
The letter I received from the HR is as following:
"This letter confirms that X is employed by Y as a Z under the SOC code xxxx at (location). He has been employed from (date) until present with annual salary of (amount), which meets the minimum sponsorship
requirement.
X is under the Health Board’s sponsorship and still required in post to work for the foreseeable future, and therefore works full time on a permanent contract. This would equate to 37.50 hours per week (this will include any annual leave, public holiday, sick leave and special leave). X is entitled to 277.5 hours annual leave per year. All leaves taken have been authorised and he has not taken any unpaid leave during his
employment.
If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact the Workforce Directorate on (number)"
My questions are:
A. Although my current letter mentions my annual leave, do I need to prepare a separate letter detailing the paid annual leave period, or does my current letter sufficiently cover 1 and 2 and is okay to be submitted as one single letter? Apologies if this was already answered. I was not aware that document 1 and 2 would be listed as two separate ones and wanted to make sure.
B. I am currently on Skilled Worker (Health and Care) visa. Have I made any mistake for the form to mention in 2 that "your last permission to stay as a Tier 2 migrant confirming that..."
C. Approximately how long do people tend to wait for a biometrics apt from the date of submission.
Sorry for the long post and thanks for the help!
