Tier 2 G extension - hard copy of CoS to be submitted?

[yapolyak]

Dear all,

another question - do you usually submit the hard copy of the Certificate of Sponsorship Details when applying? From official records that does not seem to be compulsory, but I found the following point of view: "Although not strictly compulsory, Entry Clearance and Immigration Officers tend to insist on being provided with a hard copy of the long version of the certificate’s contents rather than relying on the CoS number." (from here http://www.entryclearanceservices.co.uk ... ch-and-how).
What is your experience?

Regards,
Iakov

[ravisb_2014]

You don't need to submit as HO will be able to fetch all details using the CoS number, but there is no harm submitting the hard copy. Hope that helps.
It will be helpful for you and everyone if you continue asking question on your original post.

[yapolyak]

You don't need to submit as HO will be able to fetch all details using the CoS number, but there is no harm submitting the hard copy. Hope that helps.
It will be helpful for you and everyone if you continue asking question on your original post.

Thank you for your answer! Yes, I understand that they can access the data online, I was wondering what is the real experience - e.g. has anybody ever got into any kind of trouble by Not sending the hard copy of CoS.
I agree, I was just thinking that the interest in the older posts goes down quickly, moreover, I thought that the answers to my different questions may be of interest on their own. But you are right - I shouldn't probably spam the wall with my questions...

[talk2ram.28]

i had this experience last august.
The fee is now based on the tenure of the visa requested and hence when you first stand in the queue to verify the fees they find it easier to verify if you have the hard copy of COS. Sometimes the COS system is down which might delay the process and that is probably why they insist on having hard copy of COS.

[yapolyak]

i had this experience last august.
The fee is now based on the tenure of the visa requested and hence when you first stand in the queue to verify the fees they find it easier to verify if you have the hard copy of COS. Sometimes the COS system is down which might delay the process and that is probably why they insist on having hard copy of COS.

Thank you! By mentioning "staying in the queue" - do you mean that you were applying in person, using the Premium service?

[talk2ram.28]

Yes I did.

[yapolyak]

Yes I did.

Thanks!