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June 2018 Restricted COS

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by thisB » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:13 pm

rcos_1 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:55 pm
thisB wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:36 pm
rcos_1 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:23 pm
Hi Everyone,

I am a IT professional with 30 points sal 30,600.non nhs,non sol

My employer has been applying since 4 months and i know its been refused.

I was visiting a link related to tier 2 visa info and saw two urls:
Link1:
https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility
Its states the salary range should start from 30,000 k or above to apply for tier 2 general visa for successful rcos

Link2:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... 2.0ext.pdf
under page 7 says that:
• prevents the sponsor from submitting the application if either:
o they do not hold the appropriate rating in the appropriate tier
o the application does not score the minimum 32 points required

my employer is able to apply and every time its getting refused.
Do you guys exactly know how much minimum points are required to get the rcos successfull.I dont worry if it happens after 6 months down the line .
My worry is does my rcos application even eligible to get a cos ?
I think a few months ago this was confirmed as a typo. It's also an internal document, the public information all says 30 points.
Thanks a lot. Do you have any link or any info which says it was a typo ?
Sorry, I miswrote. The minimum points you need to get an rCOS is 21, the minimum most people need due to salary is 30.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... l_v1.0.pdf

Page 130: 29.21 Your application must score a minimum of 21 points to be valid. You will not be
able to send an application if it scores fewer than 21 points.

Re salary: https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility

Which is why it's 30 points, but the actual minimum you need to qualify for a certificate is 21. So, there's no way that internal document is correct. It's just a typo.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by rcos_1 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:30 pm

thisB wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:13 pm
rcos_1 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:55 pm
thisB wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:36 pm
rcos_1 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:23 pm
Hi Everyone,

I am a IT professional with 30 points sal 30,600.non nhs,non sol

My employer has been applying since 4 months and i know its been refused.

I was visiting a link related to tier 2 visa info and saw two urls:
Link1:
https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility
Its states the salary range should start from 30,000 k or above to apply for tier 2 general visa for successful rcos

Link2:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... 2.0ext.pdf
under page 7 says that:
• prevents the sponsor from submitting the application if either:
o they do not hold the appropriate rating in the appropriate tier
o the application does not score the minimum 32 points required

my employer is able to apply and every time its getting refused.
Do you guys exactly know how much minimum points are required to get the rcos successfull.I dont worry if it happens after 6 months down the line .
My worry is does my rcos application even eligible to get a cos ?
I think a few months ago this was confirmed as a typo. It's also an internal document, the public information all says 30 points.
Thanks a lot. Do you have any link or any info which says it was a typo ?
Sorry, I miswrote. The minimum points you need to get an rCOS is 21, the minimum most people need due to salary is 30.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... l_v1.0.pdf

Page 130: 29.21 Your application must score a minimum of 21 points to be valid. You will not be
able to send an application if it scores fewer than 21 points.

Re salary: https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility

Which is why it's 30 points, but the actual minimum you need to qualify for a certificate is 21. So, there's no way that internal document is correct. It's just a typo.
Thanks a lot.
Hopefully we all will get through this stuff soon.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by vsumanam » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:48 pm

Looks like the forum is very silent today except a few refusals. What ever we heard since morning has definitely affected our group!

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by Dauk » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:51 pm

vsumanam wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:48 pm
Looks like the forum is very silent today except a few refusals. What ever we heard since morning has definitely affected our group!
Think you missed the whole point of this thread. Unless someone corrects it fairly soon we'll know the cutoff is 56 points and the thread will likely get locked as we all wait till July.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by OneAnxiousTeacher » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:54 pm

59k, 55 points, refused.

So the cutoff was 56.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by dragster » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:34 pm

vsumanam wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:48 pm
Looks like the forum is very silent today except a few refusals. What ever we heard since morning has definitely affected our group!
55k non-SOL Rejected. See you guys next month :)

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by Dauk » Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:01 pm

dragster wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:34 pm

55k non-SOL Rejected. See you guys next month :)
same IT Sector 55 points rejected

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by Batagin » Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:45 pm

Dear All,

Shall we expect a lower score for next month due to NHS exclusion or it can be keep in the same crazy score levels??? I´m really in doubt if it will drop a lot due to over-subscriptions...

I wish good luck to each of you in July.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by nwokediy » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:14 pm

I'm really sad. At a salary of over 59k, some of us at 50k need to wait forever.... I'm going to start thinking about emigrating to Canada or Australia...

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by Batagin » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:29 pm

Batagin wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:45 pm
Dear All,

Shall we expect a lower score for next month due to NHS exclusion or it can be keep in the same crazy score levels??? I´m really in doubt if it will drop a lot due to over-subscriptions...

I wish good luck to each of you in July.
One more IMPORTANT point, I already sent my complaint to 'public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk'

If we make some noise maybe Home Office will look for us.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by Batagin » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:32 pm

nwokediy wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:14 pm
I'm really sad. At a salary of over 59k, some of us at 50k need to wait forever.... I'm going to start thinking about emigrating to Canada or Australia...
I will do the same my friend! Unfortunately I have a feeling that UK don´t want us around. I wish all the best for them, but I prefer live in a place were we are welcome.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by cali1234 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:41 pm

Batagin wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:32 pm
nwokediy wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:14 pm
I'm really sad. At a salary of over 59k, some of us at 50k need to wait forever.... I'm going to start thinking about emigrating to Canada or Australia...
I will do the same my friend! Unfortunately I have a feeling that UK don´t want us around. I wish all the best for them, but I prefer live in a place were we are welcome.
you are right buddy this visa cap is proof we r not welcome .. after 7 months of pain the government decided to remove NHS from the cap not because they wanted too , but because the media started to broadcast it all over the news , I figure if the media would have been silent nothing would have changed at all... they knew of this problem since January , but they chose to ignore it ,, that just explains their attitude I guess.

some say trump is bad for his immigration policies but all he has done is stop illegal immigrants , dont think skilled people with job offers have such issues to enter US for work if sponsored, UK is blocking people with job offers which is ridiculous.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by pushpendraSharma » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:43 pm

Well, no surprise but, got notification of refusal today from my employer. 50 pts - 50K. all the best for July :)

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by OneAnxiousTeacher » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:55 pm

cali1234 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:41 pm
Batagin wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:32 pm
nwokediy wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:14 pm
I'm really sad. At a salary of over 59k, some of us at 50k need to wait forever.... I'm going to start thinking about emigrating to Canada or Australia...
I will do the same my friend! Unfortunately I have a feeling that UK don´t want us around. I wish all the best for them, but I prefer live in a place were we are welcome.
you are right buddy this visa cap is proof we r not welcome .. after 7 months of pain the government decided to remove NHS from the cap not because they wanted too , but because the media started to broadcast it all over the news , I figure if the media would have been silent nothing would have changed at all... they knew of this problem since January , but they chose to ignore it ,, that just explains their attitude I guess.

some say trump is bad for his immigration policies but all he has done is stop illegal immigrants , dont think skilled people with job offers have such issues to enter US for work if sponsored, UK is blocking people with job offers which is ridiculous.
I'm American and I am no Trump fan, but I have to point out that one reason Trump has not capped legal immigration to the same degree as the UK is that we have a huge amount of physical space in the US compared to tiny island UK: the US is 40 times larger than the UK. You could fit 40 United Kingdoms within the US. Think about that. The fact is that there is simply not enough room in the UK for the numbers of immigrants that come to the US each year. It isn't an attitude or whim on the part of the UK: they simply don't have the room. So I think we all need to keep in mind that our refusals are nothing personal, and don't mean that the average British person is anti-immigrant, because that isn't the case at all.

Best of luck to all of us next month, in any case.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by cali1234 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:04 pm

OneAnxiousTeacher wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:55 pm
cali1234 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:41 pm
Batagin wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:32 pm
nwokediy wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:14 pm
I'm really sad. At a salary of over 59k, some of us at 50k need to wait forever.... I'm going to start thinking about emigrating to Canada or Australia...
I will do the same my friend! Unfortunately I have a feeling that UK don´t want us around. I wish all the best for them, but I prefer live in a place were we are welcome.
you are right buddy this visa cap is proof we r not welcome .. after 7 months of pain the government decided to remove NHS from the cap not because they wanted too , but because the media started to broadcast it all over the news , I figure if the media would have been silent nothing would have changed at all... they knew of this problem since January , but they chose to ignore it ,, that just explains their attitude I guess.

some say trump is bad for his immigration policies but all he has done is stop illegal immigrants , dont think skilled people with job offers have such issues to enter US for work if sponsored, UK is blocking people with job offers which is ridiculous.
I'm American and I am no Trump fan, but I have to point out that one reason Trump has not capped legal immigration to the same degree as the UK is that we have a huge amount of physical space in the US compared to tiny island UK: the US is 40 times larger than the UK. You could fit 40 United Kingdoms within the US. Think about that. The fact is that there is simply not enough room in the UK for the numbers of immigrants that come to the US each year. It isn't an attitude or whim on the part of the UK: they simply don't have the room. So I think we all need to keep in mind that our refusals are nothing personal, and don't mean that the average British person is anti-immigrant, because that isn't the case at all.

Best of luck to all of us next month, in any case.

I dont want to say much but if u read the comments in the news stories on NHS visa cap you will have your answer.. skilled immigration to the UK is not even 1/4th of that to the US , and companies in the UK go through a very stringent process of performing a RLMT before hiring an employee .

UK is not as short on land as you think I lived there for 6 years ,London is crowded but move towards the north and there is ample of space . Surely dont see lack of space being the reason for denying visas, especially since they opened a new Entrepreneur route in UK which has no CAP ... how does it make sense that if u have money there is enough space but if u dont you are put into a monthly cap

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by cali1234 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:12 pm

and I totally understand your point UK is small ...but I just dont agree with you because they opening via routes for people with money but capping routes where people do not have the adequate resources to invest in UK , seems kinda unfair , heck if I had a million I could go to UK in a week without problems, sadly I dont but if u all want to fund me , thats cool :)

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by hiend » Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:35 pm

supervic93 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:32 am
hiend wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:54 am
supervic93 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:06 am
hiend wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:05 am


Are you guys graduated from a UK university?
No, I’m not unfortunately.
My employee told me that you have to be hired through milk round to get points. I am on the same boat with you but not eligible for points
What do you mean by "get points"? Do you mean your request for a restricted COS does not correspond to any points? I don't think that's possible, but I could be wrong. I'm not 100 percent clear on what a milkround process is, as I've never lived in the UK. I'm going to work for a graduate scheme but I applied directly online from outside the UK. I don't get any extra points for studying in the UK (since I never did) - if that's what you mean?
I mean you don't qualify for extra milkround points

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by thisB » Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:54 pm

I know this topic is going to close, as we are way off topic now, but can we please stop saying the UK is a small island so that's why they should be justified in implementing a cap? It's such a weak argument.

Each and every one of us has a job offer and unemployment is at the lowest it's been since the 70s - companies need these positions filled and there's no one to do it! The cap is a ridiculous policy that has been criticised since inception, it's just being talked about in media now since it's being hit. Businesses, NHS, the economy needs immigrants and it is obtuse to think otherwise.

I genuinely think that when they implemented this cap, they thought it would never be reached. Brexit wasn't even a glint in the governments eye.

I'm sorry our lives have all been turned upside down over it, but stop giving them any credit for this policy. If there's a job that needs to be filled, it needs to be filled and they are taking that choice away from companies.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by migration2018 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:15 pm

Anyone with NHS still have not received an outcome?

I am still waiting at 50 points, NHS, non SOL

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by Longneck » Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:05 am

[quote=OneAnxiousTeacher post_id=1649783 time=1529682888 user_id=197150]
59k, 55 points, refused.

So the cutoff was 56.


Sorry to hear you got refused with 59K !

If the cutoff was 56 means people with 60k go thru while people 59k like you got refused . You with the needed skills got picked or rejected by just that £1000 difference!!?? So , your friends with 60K pack their bags and go, and you with 59k unpack your bags and stay . How ridiculous and painful!

It reaches the point where I feel we are like potato in the market that get chosen or put aside by the price tags ! Ridiculous system!

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by OneAnxiousTeacher » Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:44 am

cali1234 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:04 pm
OneAnxiousTeacher wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:55 pm
cali1234 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:41 pm
Batagin wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:32 pm


I will do the same my friend! Unfortunately I have a feeling that UK don´t want us around. I wish all the best for them, but I prefer live in a place were we are welcome.
you are right buddy this visa cap is proof we r not welcome .. after 7 months of pain the government decided to remove NHS from the cap not because they wanted too , but because the media started to broadcast it all over the news , I figure if the media would have been silent nothing would have changed at all... they knew of this problem since January , but they chose to ignore it ,, that just explains their attitude I guess.

some say trump is bad for his immigration policies but all he has done is stop illegal immigrants , dont think skilled people with job offers have such issues to enter US for work if sponsored, UK is blocking people with job offers which is ridiculous.
I'm American and I am no Trump fan, but I have to point out that one reason Trump has not capped legal immigration to the same degree as the UK is that we have a huge amount of physical space in the US compared to tiny island UK: the US is 40 times larger than the UK. You could fit 40 United Kingdoms within the US. Think about that. The fact is that there is simply not enough room in the UK for the numbers of immigrants that come to the US each year. It isn't an attitude or whim on the part of the UK: they simply don't have the room. So I think we all need to keep in mind that our refusals are nothing personal, and don't mean that the average British person is anti-immigrant, because that isn't the case at all.

Best of luck to all of us next month, in any case.

I dont want to say much but if u read the comments in the news stories on NHS visa cap you will have your answer.. skilled immigration to the UK is not even 1/4th of that to the US , and companies in the UK go through a very stringent process of performing a RLMT before hiring an employee .

UK is not as short on land as you think I lived there for 6 years ,London is crowded but move towards the north and there is ample of space . Surely dont see lack of space being the reason for denying visas, especially since they opened a new Entrepreneur route in UK which has no CAP ... how does it make sense that if u have money there is enough space but if u dont you are put into a monthly cap
Then you haven't spent time in the US as well as the UK. If you had, you would know the shortage of space is real: I know that my home in the UK will be ridiculously tiny compared to my home in the US (that's not why I'm going to the UK: if I wanted material comfort and a prettier, more comfortable home, I would stay in the US, because hands-down you get more for your money there in every way). I've also spent time in London AND the North, and yes, the shortage of space in the UK compared to the US is very, very obvious. That's why British homes are so very tiny compared to their equivalent in the US. If you compare the two, you'll see that a middle class American person's home is much larger than a middle class British person's home (same for less fortunate people, and also very wealthy people); the British yards ("gardens") around British homes are almost nothing compared to the land and space of their US equivalent. And there is a shortage of housing in the UK right now as well, which is why housing is so very expensive (even in the North, if you compare the entire situation in the UK with a nation that has more geographic space). You can't really think that destroying the limited open green space in the UK to pack in more cramped houses and apartments is the answer? They have the right to want to avoid turning their island into a wall-to-wall cityscape. I love England and want to live and work there someday, but I understand that it isn't going to be as easy for me as it was for all of my great-grand parents who immigrated to the US, and that's OK. I'm disappointed now, but I'm willing to wait and to adhere by their rules. It is their country, after all, and I'm applying to be a guest. Waiting one's turn in a civilized and gracious way is a skill the British value among themselves, and also a great metaphor here in the kind of mindset we (as potential guests) should be willing to demonstrate, I think.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by astana » Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:19 am

This thread has gone wildly off topic but the idea that the UK is too small to support migrants is a UKIP generated fallacy.

Yes, the UK has dramatically less space than the US or Australia - it's a much smaller landmass. But the country is still able to support migrants, and indeed NEEDS them to function. It's not 'full' because there is a finite amount of space - the population keeps growing but is equally matched by the ageing population dying off. Space has always been at a premium in the UK. When the Windrush generation was welcomed, there was still limited space - in fact, most people were in slums and tenements, but the country was still able to support them.

Also, immigration has been unfairly demonised without considering the balancing impact of EMIGRATION. Plenty of people in the UK relocate, whether to Europe or other countries with higher wages and better weather like Australia.

The idea that the UK is being flooded by people and creaking under the weight of everyone is silly. The NHS is pressured more by the ageing UKIP voting British national generation that is dying off than by highly skilled migrants. We're taxed twice, paying the IHS AND national insurance, not entitled to social housing or benefits, we have to privately rent, we work the whole time we're here. The idea that there is no space for us in a country with almost full employment and a falling EU migration rate is ridiculous.

The UK has always been small and the only change is that people used to be welcomed here and now they're not.

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by cali1234 » Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:11 am

OneAnxiousTeacher wrote:
Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:44 am
cali1234 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:04 pm
OneAnxiousTeacher wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:55 pm
cali1234 wrote:
Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:41 pm


you are right buddy this visa cap is proof we r not welcome .. after 7 months of pain the government decided to remove NHS from the cap not because they wanted too , but because the media started to broadcast it all over the news , I figure if the media would have been silent nothing would have changed at all... they knew of this problem since January , but they chose to ignore it ,, that just explains their attitude I guess.

some say trump is bad for his immigration policies but all he has done is stop illegal immigrants , dont think skilled people with job offers have such issues to enter US for work if sponsored, UK is blocking people with job offers which is ridiculous.
I'm American and I am no Trump fan, but I have to point out that one reason Trump has not capped legal immigration to the same degree as the UK is that we have a huge amount of physical space in the US compared to tiny island UK: the US is 40 times larger than the UK. You could fit 40 United Kingdoms within the US. Think about that. The fact is that there is simply not enough room in the UK for the numbers of immigrants that come to the US each year. It isn't an attitude or whim on the part of the UK: they simply don't have the room. So I think we all need to keep in mind that our refusals are nothing personal, and don't mean that the average British person is anti-immigrant, because that isn't the case at all.

Best of luck to all of us next month, in any case.

I dont want to say much but if u read the comments in the news stories on NHS visa cap you will have your answer.. skilled immigration to the UK is not even 1/4th of that to the US , and companies in the UK go through a very stringent process of performing a RLMT before hiring an employee .

UK is not as short on land as you think I lived there for 6 years ,London is crowded but move towards the north and there is ample of space . Surely dont see lack of space being the reason for denying visas, especially since they opened a new Entrepreneur route in UK which has no CAP ... how does it make sense that if u have money there is enough space but if u dont you are put into a monthly cap
Then you haven't spent time in the US as well as the UK. If you had, you would know the shortage of space is real: I know that my home in the UK will be ridiculously tiny compared to my home in the US (that's not why I'm going to the UK: if I wanted material comfort and a prettier, more comfortable home, I would stay in the US, because hands-down you get more for your money there in every way). I've also spent time in London AND the North, and yes, the shortage of space in the UK compared to the US is very, very obvious. That's why British homes are so very tiny compared to their equivalent in the US. If you compare the two, you'll see that a middle class American person's home is much larger than a middle class British person's home (same for less fortunate people, and also very wealthy people); the British yards ("gardens") around British homes are almost nothing compared to the land and space of their US equivalent. And there is a shortage of housing in the UK right now as well, which is why housing is so very expensive (even in the North, if you compare the entire situation in the UK with a nation that has more geographic space). You can't really think that destroying the limited open green space in the UK to pack in more cramped houses and apartments is the answer? They have the right to want to avoid turning their island into a wall-to-wall cityscape. I love England and want to live and work there someday, but I understand that it isn't going to be as easy for me as it was for all of my great-grand parents who immigrated to the US, and that's OK. I'm disappointed now, but I'm willing to wait and to adhere by their rules. It is their country, after all, and I'm applying to be a guest. Waiting one's turn in a civilized and gracious way is a skill the British value among themselves, and also a great metaphor here in the kind of mindset we (as potential guests) should be willing to demonstrate, I think.
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There is no lack of space in the uk neither is there any housing crisis , it is just that there are not enough houses in desirable locations for example central London...it is similar to New York there is ample of space in US but no space in New york , get he facts straight before saying uk has no space !!
Houses in Uk are smaller due to lack of space made me laugh - even the McDonald burger in uk is smaller than in the US is that because Uk has less food then America, neither does Uk tend to build tall buildings (sky scrappers) is that because the sky is Uk is much shorter than US ?

Secondly it might be easy for you to say to wait graciously for our turn, but you making it sound like we applied for some kind of charity ! we worked really hard to secure these jobs, and I dont think companies would wait graciously forever for us to come join them. you say Uk people are not anti immigrant at all, which might apply for a sizeable amount of the population but I have one word for you BREXIT !!!

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Re: June 2018 Restricted COS

Post by CR001 » Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:13 am

This topic will now be locked due to the persistent straying off topic.

A post will be made with the official link once HO releases the June statistics.
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