February 2018 Restricted COS

[Plabber_123]

So yesterday was 55. Today was 50. Hopefully tomorrow is 45 and so on.

[krimurthy]

This is second scenario where it's approved exceptionally other guy was also telling his got approved on Monday though he had 65 points. Strange results so far and the WAIT and UNCERTAINTY continues.

Thanks,
Kiccha

[sptula]

So yesterday was 55. Today was 50. Hopefully tomorrow is 45 and so on.

Guys
Understand

This one is approved exceptionally outside monthly allocation .

[amanlamba1]

So yesterday was 55. Today was 50. Hopefully tomorrow is 45 and so on.

Guys
Understand

This one is approved exceptionally outside monthly allocation .

I believe exceptional approvals are not outside monthly allocations. They do reduce monthly allocations quota.

[simbaj]

wonder how long we wait before it comes to 35 being approved

[hopeful4000]

There are still 3 days to go and it will fall to less than 37 hopefully

[tej_san]

My CoS was granted today, exceptionally.

I had 50 points and my job is neither on any shortage job lists nor am I a doctor.

I have no idea why it was granted exceptionally, it's just what the consultants told me.

Hope that helps!

That's good. Has anything mentioned in email or on portal about the reason for considering it on exceptional basis? Did your employer send any email to HO to consider your application or urgent basis?

My visa is expiring next month and have been trying for last 3-4 months! Anyone has any idea if they consider it urgently if our visa is expiring soon. If not approved this month, we'll have to leave the country!

[Plabber_123]

My CoS was granted today, exceptionally.

I had 50 points and my job is neither on any shortage job lists nor am I a doctor.

I have no idea why it was granted exceptionally, it's just what the consultants told me.

Hope that helps!

That's good. Has anything mentioned in email or on portal about the reason for considering it on exceptional basis? Did your employer send any email to HO to consider your application or urgent basis?

My visa is expiring next month and have been trying for last 3-4 months! Anyone has any idea if they consider it urgently if our visa is expiring soon. If not approved this month, we'll have to leave the country!

Are you already on a tier 2 visa? If so you will need an unrestricted CoS. This thread is for those who are applying for their first tier 2 visa and require a restricted CoS.

[sptula]

So yesterday was 55. Today was 50. Hopefully tomorrow is 45 and so on.

Guys
Understand

This one is approved exceptionally outside monthly allocation .

I believe exceptional approvals are not outside monthly allocations. They do reduce monthly allocation quota.

Yes, exceptional cases also fall under monthly quota

But the point scored by exceptional approval does not give us the actual picture of the score that normal approvals happen

with that exceptional approval at 50 points, some people on the forum are thinking applications at 50 are getting approved and next will be 45.

If someone thinks like that, its 200% wrong

We dont know what score the normal applications are being approved.

Someone mentioned they are approved at 55 which can be taken as base for now

[tej_san]

So yesterday was 55. Today was 50. Hopefully tomorrow is 45 and so on.

Guys
Understand

This one is approved exceptionally outside monthly allocation .

I believe exceptional approvals are not outside monthly allocations. They do reduce monthly allocation quota.

Yes, exceptional cases also fall under monthly quota

But the point scored by exceptional approval does not give us the actual picture of the score that normal approvals happen

with that exceptional approval at 50 points, some people on the forum are thinking applications at 50 are getting approved and next will be 45.

If someone thinks like that, its 200% wrong

We dont know what score the normal applications are being approved.

Someone mentioned they are approved at 55 which can be taken as base for now

@ sptula : May I know on which visa are you currently in the UK?

[CR001]

Guys
Understand

This one is approved exceptionally outside monthly allocation .

I believe exceptional approvals are not outside monthly allocations. They do reduce monthly allocation quota.

Yes, exceptional cases also fall under monthly quota

But the point scored by exceptional approval does not give us the actual picture of the score that normal approvals happen

with that exceptional approval at 50 points, some people on the forum are thinking applications at 50 are getting approved and next will be 45.

If someone thinks like that, its 200% wrong

We dont know what score the normal applications are being approved.

Someone mentioned they are approved at 55 which can be taken as base for now

@ sptula : May I know on which visa are you currently in the UK?

User 'sptula' is currently on a Tier 2 Dependent visa.

[hopeful4000]

every month they give exceptional visas to 10 people and this is no indication that they did not meet the cut off score and people who have 50 would have got it in Jan as the cut off was 46 so all repeat applications are less than 46 so there is a good chance it will fall to below 39

[sptula]

every month they give exceptional visas to 10 people and this is no indication that they did not meet the cut off score and people who have 50 would have got it in Jan as the cut off was 46 so all repeat applications are less than 46 so there is a good chance it will fall to below 39

True, 50 points would have got approved in Jan, but only if they have applied in Jan....this may be one that has been submitted after Jan cutoff or many other reasons

the important point to note: Exceptionally outside monthly approved applications cannot give us an indication of what going in current month

[tej_san]

I believe exceptional approvals are not outside monthly allocations. They do reduce monthly allocation quota.

Yes, exceptional cases also fall under monthly quota

But the point scored by exceptional approval does not give us the actual picture of the score that normal approvals happen

with that exceptional approval at 50 points, some people on the forum are thinking applications at 50 are getting approved and next will be 45.

If someone thinks like that, its 200% wrong

We dont know what score the normal applications are being approved.

Someone mentioned they are approved at 55 which can be taken as base for now

@ sptula : May I know on which visa are you currently in the UK?

User 'sptula' is currently on a Tier 2 Dependent visa.

Thanks Moderator!

@ sptula: Are you already working with the employer who is applying for your RCoS?

[hopeful4000]

agree but the last date for submitting for jan was 5th Jan so the qn is how many over 50 k salary submitted in Feb statistically the trend in Jan shows that 46 was the cut off and it declined from dec
It is a declining trend hopefully and we apply the same 9 point reduction we get 37 but can we assume the trend ?

[tej_san]

My CoS was granted today, exceptionally.

I had 50 points and my job is neither on any shortage job lists nor am I a doctor.

I have no idea why it was granted exceptionally, it's just what the consultants told me.

Hope that helps!

That's good. Has anything mentioned in email or on portal about the reason for considering it on exceptional basis? Did your employer send any email to HO to consider your application or urgent basis?

My visa is expiring next month and have been trying for last 3-4 months! Anyone has any idea if they consider it urgently if our visa is expiring soon. If not approved this month, we'll have to leave the country!

Are you already on a tier 2 visa? If so you will need an unrestricted CoS. This thread is for those who are applying for their first tier 2 visa and require a restricted CoS.

Yes, but I am a dependent and not eligible to switch within the UK. So, RCoS is the only option and I am following the correct thread.

[sptula]

agree but the last date for submitting for jan was 5th Jan so the qn is how many over 50 k salary submitted in Feb statistically the trend in Jan shows that 46 was the cut off and it declined from dec
It is a declining trend hopefully and we apply the same 9 point reduction we get 37 but can we assume the trend ?

to be frank all assumptions and projection can be wrong....some of us are hanging on this thread for more than 4 months now...

[sptula]

Yes, exceptional cases also fall under monthly quota

But the point scored by exceptional approval does not give us the actual picture of the score that normal approvals happen

with that exceptional approval at 50 points, some people on the forum are thinking applications at 50 are getting approved and next will be 45.

If someone thinks like that, its 200% wrong

We dont know what score the normal applications are being approved.

Someone mentioned they are approved at 55 which can be taken as base for now

@ sptula : May I know on which visa are you currently in the UK?

User 'sptula' is currently on a Tier 2 Dependent visa.

Thanks Moderator!

@ sptula: Are you already working with the employer who is applying for your RCoS?

NO, and thats not possible too as per my understanding

[hopeful4000]

the nov cut off was 21 and then the problems started so let us hope the decline from dec to jan continues tense times indeed

[tej_san]

@ sptula : May I know on which visa are you currently in the UK?

User 'sptula' is currently on a Tier 2 Dependent visa.

Thanks Moderator!

@ sptula: Are you already working with the employer who is applying for your RCoS?

NO, and thats not possible too as per my understanding

That's possible, Tier 2 dependent can work in the UK and the employer can sponsor him/her if they wish. That means you are either not working or working for some employer, but have a job offer on hand from another employer. Is your employer willing to wait until your RCoS gets approved?

[Hopeful42]

agree but the last date for submitting for jan was 5th Jan so the qn is how many over 50 k salary submitted in Feb statistically the trend in Jan shows that 46 was the cut off and it declined from dec
It is a declining trend hopefully and we apply the same 9 point reduction we get 37 but can we assume the trend ?

It’s not that straight forward in terms of predicting unfortunately.

There are many highly variable factors including amount of applications received each month, how many on shortages list, number of certificates returned, etc.

I think logic was telling most of us that the score would drop as it did between December and January and we had more certificates this month (or do we really? Maybe less were returned as unused from previous months) - however how much it would could not be predicted at all.

However now that we’re past day 3 and have still only been receiving news from a few at 50-60 points I’m starting to wonder whether it will drop at all.

[amanlamba1]

So yesterday was 55. Today was 50. Hopefully tomorrow is 45 and so on.

Guys
Understand

This one is approved exceptionally outside monthly allocation .

I believe exceptional approvals are not outside monthly allocations. They do reduce monthly allocation quota.

Yes, exceptional cases also fall under monthly quota

But the point scored by exceptional approval does not give us the actual picture of the score that normal approvals happen

with that exceptional approval at 50 points, some people on the forum are thinking applications at 50 are getting approved and next will be 45.

If someone thinks like that, its 200% wrong

We dont know what score the normal applications are being approved.

Someone mentioned they are approved at 55 which can be taken as base for now

Yes so it's not outside monthly allocation. And the whole point is that if they give say 500 COS on exceptional basis to NHS. Monthly quota will reduce by 500 and all others may suffer. Let's hope for the best.

[Hopeful42]

It doesn’t seem like it’s NHS they’re giving COS to on exceptional basis though. Two people already have commented that they were given exceptional allowance, neither NHS and neither knew why they would get allocated exceptionally (meaning no known urgent/exceptional circumstances). Very strange.

[engineer201832]

Does anyone know on what grounds an application can be considered granted exceptionally?

..This is a gruelling few days of waiting

[Grenze]

Does anyone know on what grounds an application can be considered granted exceptionally?

..This is a gruelling few days of waiting

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