Switching from Tier 1 PSW to Tier 2 General

[sbawad18]

Hello All,

I'm currently working as a Commercial Analyst (9 months) for a company with an existing license. The problem is since the job that I'm currently doing is not under shortage occupation list or NQF level 6 and above, we are kinda stuck on what exactly to do or if there is any other way around it?

I did my research around May and told my line manager and he was more than happy to sponsor me even at that time. But then when I re checked again recently, they have changed the requirement for the job title being at NQF level 6.

I'm not sure if it would help that I have a Master's degre (NQF level7) or are they looking at the job title in particular?

[chin1605]

Hello,

As you have rightly mentioned, the job – NOT YOUR QUALIFICATION – needs to be at NQF Level 6. Your exact job title DOES NOT NEED to be on the List.

I would suggest that statrt by looking under the NQF Level 6 codes and select those codes with salary closest to what you earn. E.g. if similar code salary = £26,000 and your salary= £26,200. I suppose it is better if your salary is higher.

From those codes with salary closest to what you earn, you can then select one with job summary closest to what you do.

Be aware though that your sponsor will still put your JD/summary of what you do on the COS. So it is better if you do this with your employers, so that your JD/Job summary will match the SOC code you eventually choose as close as possible.

I hope this helps

[sbawad18]

Thanks for that, it really helped me. I've gone through the sponsorship guidance and unfortunately I'm not earning a high enough salary to reach the minimum salary stated there. The minimum there is at £33k. Is there any way around it? My manager told me that even if he wants to, he can't really authorise a £10k increase at a drop of a hat.