Additional CoS request query

[tier2applicant]

My company was granted sponsorship and allowed to sponsor 1 employee in the first year. The CoS was generated and I used it for Tier 2 General application but it got rejected because the start date of employment on CoS was not within 3 months of date of application. Hence 1 CoS used.

The employer has requested for another CoS on 10/10/2011 stating the reason of rejection. There has been no reply from UKBA other than the automated email soon after sending the request.

My question here is

1. On what basis does UKBA grant additional CoS, if at all there is any ?

2. Is there a fixed waiting time for this process ?

I don't want to bother my employer and put them off by asking them to get back to UKBA and ask for the waiting time. So I have posted this questions here. Would anyone be able to answer them please.

[madona587]

My company was granted sponsorship and allowed to sponsor 1 employee in the first year. The CoS was generated and I used it for Tier 2 General application but it got rejected because the start date of employment on CoS was not within 3 months of date of application. Hence 1 CoS used.

The employer has requested for another CoS on 10/10/2011 stating the reason of rejection. There has been no reply from UKBA other than the automated email soon after sending the request.

My question here is

1. On what basis does UKBA grant additional CoS, if at all there is any ?

2. Is there a fixed waiting time for this process ?

I don't want to bother my employer and put them off by asking them to get back to UKBA and ask for the waiting time. So I have posted this questions here. Would anyone be able to answer them please.

From my experience (My HR put the wrong SOC code) we had to withdraw our COS and request for an increase COS allocations. We got a new COS assigned to us within 24 Hours. However, My HR Phoned UKBA twice and also emailed the PBS team stating the urgency. They responded by assigning a COS. When we initially called them they said it will be take 3 weeks. This is my personal experience. So its worth sending them an email.

[tier2applicant]

I assume it was done within 24 hours because the CoS wasn't used and withdrawn instead. I could be wrong.

Wonder if its the same as requesting for a fresh CoS.