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Tier 2 cooling off period/Conversion to Tier 4 visa

Only for the UK Skilled Worker visas, formerly known as Tier 2 visa route

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Tier 2 cooling off period/Conversion to Tier 4 visa

Post by needshelp » Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:38 pm

Hi ,

I have been in the UK with the below visas -

ICT TIER 2 SKILLS TRANSFER VISA (3 months)

After which I got..

ICT TIER 2 LONG TERM STAFF MIGRANT VISA
(For 3 years)

I have 3 questions -

1. Can my current ICT TIER 2 LONG TERM STAFF MIGRANT VISA be extended for 2 more years without a cooling off period in between?

2. Can I convert my ICT visa to a Student Visa (I have read it is called a Tier 4 visa) without the cooling off period?
Are there any restrictions/exceptions to this ?

3. If, I am able to convert directly to a Tier 4 visa...Once I finish studying can I find a job in the UK without the ICT cooling off period of 1 year kicking in?
Is there a minimum salary clause for obtaining the work visa?

Many Thanks in advance :)

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Re: Tier 2 cooling off period/Conversion to Tier 4 visa

Post by poper » Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:38 am

needshelp wrote:Hi ,

I have been in the UK with the below visas -

ICT TIER 2 SKILLS TRANSFER VISA (3 months)

After which I got..

ICT TIER 2 LONG TERM STAFF MIGRANT VISA
(For 3 years)

I have 3 questions -

1. Can my current ICT TIER 2 LONG TERM STAFF MIGRANT VISA be extended for 2 more years without a cooling off period in between?
Yes

2. Can I convert my ICT visa to a Student Visa (I have read it is called a Tier 4 visa) without the cooling off period?
Are there any restrictions/exceptions to this ?
When I see below link, the switch looks possible
https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/ ... -this-visa


3. If, I am able to convert directly to a Tier 4 visa...Once I finish studying can I find a job in the UK without the ICT cooling off period of 1 year kicking in?
Is there a minimum salary clause for obtaining the work visa?
Yes, this should be possible unless you try to switch back to a Tier 2 visa within 12 months of switching to Tier 4 visa
Minimum salary applies to Work visas and this depends on various factors such as your SOC code, experience, what rules apply when you apply


Many Thanks in advance :)
Any suggestions I make in the forum are out my personal experience and should not be taken as a legal/professional advise.

needshelp
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Re: Tier 2 cooling off period/Conversion to Tier 4 visa

Post by needshelp » Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:25 pm

Thank you so much!

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