Hi Hopeforall9,

First of all, Congrats and good luck for future.

can you please tell me in meantime within those 4 weeks did your HR make frequent calls and send email.

Mine has been 2 weeks and still waiting.

Thanks.

Hi Srick, I am very happy to hear that and best of luck. And thanks for updating, Please do reply and let me know if you get your visa done. My HR hasn't made any calls yet but she said she will start after it is 2 weeks and 2 weeks will be on tuesday 25th OCT. can you tell me what did your HR actua...

Hi Prcap,

Can you please tell us when your visa is going to expire and did you HR frequently make calls and email them to get UCOS allocation or they just arrived in a month.

Thanks

Hi Sri, I cannot advise 100% if they are right or not but hopefully senior moderator can comment on it. But as far as I understand you have 28 days to apply for a visa and that's exactly what you're doing. You're waiting for your COS and as soon as your COS comes you will apply for visa (extension)....

Good stuff srick, I hope you get it soon and like iworker mentioned you still have 28 days after your visa expire therefore, let's hope for the best and hope you get your COS soon. And please do make sure your everything is correct in your "COS" and your "Application form" because this will be the l...

Hi Srick,

Any news, did you get your COS?

Hi JG12345, so far no update from me either however, I will try email and calling them and update you in few days. my only issue is that I will be traveling in 2nd of December. I was wondering if my allocation came early then I could apply early then enjoy my holiday but unfortunately, doesn't seem ...

Sagar,

just google SOC code 2015 and you should get pdf result.

Trying googling it will help you find answers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... l_2015.pdf

Hi, Why not just print documents from https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/extend-your-visa and then show it to them. Either your current HR is ignorant about the fact with immigration and visa or else he/she is playing with you. However, pressing matter is that like eduleal mentioned you need to quick...

Hi Fedex, My company did it on 11th oct 2016 and to be honest, I don't think there is a realistic time line you're looking for. Depending upon other member reviews, most of them have mentioned that when their company called and emailed UKVI that's when they release the COS Allocation. Lemme know how...

Hi Srick, My visa expires in 7th of JAN 2017 but I am traveling in 2nd of Dec till 30th. And I wanted to sort everything out before traveling. My HR made request on 11th of OCT and She called UKVI yesterday and guess what they're saying it will take 18 weeks for allocation. However, I told my HR to ...

Hi, My employer put in request on 11th Oct 2016 (yesterday) and she called today and they're saying 18 weeks. That's insane amount of time. My visa will expire in 7th of JAN 2017 and I am traveling in 2nd of DEC till 30th DEC 2016 that's why I wanted to finish my extension before December. My HR tol...

Hi Gwen and Vika09, any luck. Can you please update us on your progress to get UCOS

Hi JG12345, My employer called and they replied by saying that it will take 18 weeks. It is just like other members mentioned before. I have told my HR about the forum and that she will start calling and sending in few weeks time. And the only way to find out if they have allocated us a COS is to by...

Hi Srick, First of all, I wasn't trying to hijack your post. I have been researching a lot and found out that you can still get UCoS allocation but you need to ask your HR to call and email them stating your VISA is going to expire and tell them that you need allocation right away. Telephone: 0300 1...

Hi JG12345, I am on the same boat, I am going to extend my visa soon. And we need unrestricted not restricted COS. My employer just added request for 1 COS allocation. And like you said, I did read and found out that they allocated every year and I am not sure if we are going to get. Really worried....

Hi Srick and iworker, I just did some reading and it says that this year 2016, the COS allocation should have been applied before april or else they would need to wait for april 2017 to get renewed again. Is that true or can employer still request for COS allocation and get it approved. http://smith...

Hi Srick, I have same issue, We basically were creating a new Unrestricted COS for my extension and when we were about to assign we encounter an error saying "we didn't have COS allocated". Therefore, we submitted for 1 COS Allocation. It didn't show me anything like pending or Done (Don't know if i...

Flower2013, to be honest, there is no rule stating that you have to apply within 3 months, you can apply anytime then only problem is that your extension time will be less. I myself don't wanna take risk so I am planning to do one day service and as moonlight55 mentioned you could get a letter from ...

Hi Flower2013,

Why not just apply before traveling. My visa is expiring soon in Jan 2017 and I am planning to apply in end of OCT 2016.

You can always apply before leaving until unless you cannot do that.

Regards,
dragon