Earliest time to apply the certificate of sponsor and Visa

[pswtotier2]

Dear Experts,

My company got the Licence and my PSW Visa expiring on 12th may 2012. what is the very earliest date Company can apply for the COS and the start Date. Or we have to wait until next year and put start date as 13th May 2012 ? If not Please point out the statement in the policy guidance.

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[pswtotier2]

experts,

any update please?

thanks

[geriatrix]

what is the very earliest date Company can apply for the COS and the start Date.

The very minute you read this response.

[pswtotier2]

Dear Sushmehta,
Thank you for your update. Can you confirm the following. its not mean that i am not believing your update but this for my satisfaction.
Will the following policy apply only who extend the Tier2 after 3 years? there is no policy like this for who switching from PSW !!!
Migrants under Tier 2 and Tier 5 cannot apply to extend their leave more then 3 months in advance of the expiry date of their current leave. You should bear this in mind when deciding when to assign the new CoS and are reminded that a CoS must be used within 3 months of it being assigned.
For example.
• The migrant’s current leave expires on 30 Sept 2011 and you want to extend the contract for a year. The new CoS should start from 1 Oct 2011 but we recommend that it is not assigned any earlier than 1 July 2011. If it was assigned any earlier and the migrant attempted to use it before 1 July 2011 to apply to extend their leave, their application
would be refused;
• The migrant’s current leave expires on 30 Sept 2011 and you want to extend the contract for a year. The new CoS should start from 1 Oct 2011. If you assigned the new CoS early, say on 30 March 2011, it will expire on 29 June 2011 before the migrant can use it to apply to extend their leave.

[geriatrix]

You are not a Tier 2 or a Tier 5 migrant yet, so why do you think the statement you have quoted applies to you?

Also, there is no requirement that a Tier 1 (PSW) can switch to Tier 2 only when the PSW leave is due to expire? When to switch is your wish, subject to availability of a valid CoS (and perhaps for some, having been employed for 6 months with the same employer).

[Sheffield_Marketeer]

I'd say for PSW, you should switch to Tier 2 as soon as you can:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... poststudy/

"The category provides a bridge to highly skilled or skilled work. If we give you permission to stay as a post-study worker, we expect that you will switch into another tier of the points-based system as soon as you can"

[pswtotier2]

You are not a Tier 2 or a Tier 5 migrant yet, so why do you think the statement you have quoted applies to you?

Also, there is no requirement that a Tier 1 (PSW) can switch to Tier 2 only when the PSW leave is due to expire? When to switch is your wish, subject to availability of a valid CoS (and perhaps for some, having been employed for 6 months with the same employer).

Thanks a lot