The challenge I have is my tier 4 visa runs out on the 16th August and up till now the SLU have not yet responded to my employer's application coupled with the fact that they indicated the urgency of the application and even attached my tier 4 visa as evidence for the need to expedite action. They ...
You are right, you don't have to take the English test if you were a Qualifying Work Permit holder and then switched to T2G. Qualifying Work Permit Holder means a Work Permit Holder who was issued a work permit in the business and commercial or sports and entertainment work permit categories. 28 Nov...
You would need to prove that the Cape Town certificate of education is equivalent to or above a UK bachelor's degree. If you cannot, or are unsure that you can, it would be best to take the English test, it wouldn't be any problem for you. The quickest one is Pearson (PTE Academic), it costs about £...
Your post graduate certificate of education from Cape Town would only count if it was "equivalent to a UK Bachelors degree or above" (see para 118 in the T2 policy guidance). If there is a problem with English you can always take a test (level B1 on the CEFR required).
You cannot switch from T2 ICT Short Term Staff to Tier 2 General in-country. You will have to leave the UK, wait 12 months until your present leave expires or is curtailed (the cooling-off period) and then apply for T2G entry clearance from abroad once you have been assigned a CoS.
I don't know if in your previous 2009 T2G application you had to show knowledge of English. If not, you must now score 10 points for English and one way to do this is to show that your degree was taught in English and is recognised by UK NARIC as being at least equivalent to a UK bachelor's degree. ...
Now the issue is my company has stated that according to their policy they will not issue any letter for Indefinite leave to remain. My question: 1. Can I do without company certificate.. (I read that this is a mandatory requirement but just like to confirm) 2. What are my options if I would like t...
1 If you are switching in-country from T2 ICT to T2G cooling-off doesn't apply. It would only apply if you were seeking T2G entry clearance from abroad. 2 If cooling-off does apply (see 1. above), and provided you are otherwsie eligible, you can apply for a PBS dependant visa (from abroad) and work ...
Read the T2 policy guidance and the help text attached to the application form carefully. You will see that only original supporting documents are accepted, copies are not. This also applies to bank statements (printouts of online statements are not accepted unless certified by a branch of the bank)...
1 The PBS Dependant policy guidance, paragraph 52 is quite clear on this point: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/applicationforms/pbs/pbsdependantspolicy1.pdf 2 You will score the required 10 points for maintenance if you currently have T2 leave, see paragraph 145 of the T2 Policy Guida...
The RLMT, job description, SOC code, salary are all your sponsor's responsibility to determine and will have to be included in the CoS once they have their licence. Your application for a visa should match exactly what is in the CoS. The sponsor guidance giving a detailed description of what is requ...
This will be a Tier 2 grant of leave application only for yourself, your husband and daughter are not included. There is no need to send any explanation about them (unless they ask for one later) B1 you must give your name as in your passport B7 married B9 married name, from date of marriage, eviden...
yes, you can send off the application as soon as you have the CoS but study the requirements carefully because they probably changed since you applied last time, The Tier 2 policy guidance is here http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/applicationforms/pbs/tier2-guidance.pdf the application f...
I have meeting with my sponsor tomorrow.Will see if she can give the Cos nr, get all documents ready for tier 2 extension, which I will send by post as it takes about 4 weeks.I can send it off on the 17th Sept 2012, as it is 28 days before the 13th of Oct 2012.. Once you get the CoS you can send of...
PS: this is from the post to which you also contributed. It seems to confirm the variation between PEOs as regards when payment is taken: Might be worth trying some PEO (that accept payment after approval/review) http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... highlight=
This is just about the question of when payment is taken at a PEO. I also looked at several posts and it seems that some document checking always takes place before payment is taken but it is difficult to tell what level of checking this is. The system seems to vary according to PEO. For instance, t...
the cost difference between a PEO and a postal application is £386 for single applicants using SET(O). As far as I recall from reading posts on this forum, when you have a PEO appointment they check the documents first and only take the fee if the documents are in order. If this is of interest searc...
I see that you posted several times re. ILR. I'm not convinced that you need to apply for an extension of your leave, however, I will only comment on your actual question. Provided your sponsor/emploiyer has a T2G CoS allocation available they can assign a CoS to you. Once you have the CoS you can a...
What in my view has technically been broken is continuity of residence because you applied for T2G entry clearance from abroad. As you can see from what you quoted in cases where continuity of residence has been broken discretion is needed for the grant of ILR When the time comes to make your ILR ap...
When you left the UK in February 2011 didn't your sponsor report this to UKBA, which according to the rules they were obliged to do, and if they did wasn't your leave curtailed? If, for whatever reason, your leave wasn't curtailed and it only expired in July 2012, and if your employer wants to spons...
Difficult to answer definitively. It is not a question of the 3 weeks absence when you went abroad to obtain T2G entry clearance, which is well within the limit, but the fact that technically continuity has been broken. I think under the circumstances discretion will need to be relied upon and when ...
