Tier 2 (cooling off) - Redundancy and Re-entry

Hello,

I was made redundant from my position in London in June 2013 and took up a position in the USA immediately afterward.

I am now back in the recruitment process and being considered for positions in the UK for a summer 2014 start. I recently contacted my old place of employment to confirm the exact date my sponsorship expired and they told me that they didn't cancel my sponsorship until December 2013.

Now I understand that under the current laws that there is a mandatory cooling off period of 12 months from expiration but, I was told that my visa would be cancelled last July and HR didn't notify the border until December. My industry has a very specific recruitment cycle where you interview in the winter for summer/fall placements so if I can't actually reenter the UK until 2015 it will significantly affect my chances of getting a job.

Is there anyway around this/contact the border agency and let them know what I have been out of the country since June and should be eligible to reapply in June? Or am I totally screwed...

Thanks

Summary: Redundant in June 2013 but, HR didn't cancel/notify until December 2013. I am being considered for jobs starting summer 2014 and want to know if there is anyway to re-apply for a tier 2 earlier than December 2014.

You can apply for T2G entry clearance with a restricted CoS 12 months after you left the UK but will need to provide evidence for that. See Immigration Rule 245HB(g)
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/polic ... es/part6a/

As part of their sponsor duties your previous sponsor should have reported your termination within 10 working days and may be in trouble if the HO find out that they hadn't