NOVEMBER 2018 Restricted COS - PLS DO NOT POST VISA APP RELATED QUESTIONS HERE!!!

[CR001]

Members are reminded that this topic is ONLY for NOVEMBER 2018 RCoS information and outcome.

DO NOT POST Any reference to your potential sponsor, you will have your forum access restricted if you do.

Please read the posts BEFORE asking about how to calculate points and also see post below with the points table first. S

DO NOT post repetitive low value posts, such "Any update anyone", "still waiting" etc. They will be removed. When members have an update, I am sure they will post one.

DO NOT post visa application process questions. Start your own topic for that if you are lucky enough to get RCoS approval.

I monitor this thread many times a day, so please be aware of the above when you post.

See HO Guidance for Staff on RCoS Allocations (click) before asking questions that this guide can answer.

Tier 2 Guidance for Sponsors/Employers (click to read)

Tier 2 Policy Guidance Notes (click to read)

[CR001]

For queries regarding SOC 2136 shortage or non shortage role, see below before asking questions.

Appendix J - Non Shortage Occupation Codes (click to read)

Appendix K - Shortage Occupation Codes (click to read)

Appendix K - Shortage Occupation Codes (click to read)

This SOC is only a shortage job if all of the below apply, including being a qualified company. For non shortage, full and proper RLMT is required.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... ation-list

4. In this Appendix “qualifying company” means a company which:
(a) has obtained permission from the Home Office to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship in respect of the relevant job on the basis that the job is included on the Shortage Occupation List and the company:
(i) is licensed as a sponsor for the purposes of Tier 2 of the Points Based System,
(ii) at the time of obtaining such permission, employs between 20 and 250 employees (inclusive), or employs fewer than 20 employees and has provided a letter from the Department for International Trade, confirming that the Department has been working with the company and supports the application in relation to its trade or investment activity,
(iii) is not more than 25% owned by a company which has one or more other establishments in the UK and one of those establishments employs more than 250 employees; and
(iv) has not been established in the UK for the purpose of supplying services exclusively to a single company or company group in the UK; and
(b) will have no more than ten Tier 2 (General) Migrants working for it at any one time in jobs to which the requirement to be employed by a qualified company applies, if all Certificates of Sponsorship in respect of such jobs lead to a grant of leave as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant.

2136 Programmers and software development professionals

Only the following jobs in this occupation code:

Senior developer employed by a qualifying company, where the job requires a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team.

The following jobs in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film, television or video games sectors:

software developer
shader writer
games designer
The following jobs in the electronics system industry:
driver developer
embedded communications engineer

[CR001]

Many will be asking for assistance with information and point calculation, read this first before asking what your points are.

TOTAL POINTS = A + B as below.

PART 1 - Type of Job: A

• Shortage occupation: 130 points
• PhD-level occupation code and job passes Residence Labor Market Test (or an exemption applies): 75 points
• Job passes Resident Labor Market Test (or an exemption applies): 20 points

PART 2 - Salary: B

• £100,000 – £155,299.99 : 60 points
• £75,000 – £99,999.99 : 55 points
• £70,000 – £74,999.99 : 50 points
• £65,000 – £69,999.99 : 45 points
• £60,000 – £64,999.99 : 40 points
• £55,000 – £59,999.99 : 35 points
• £50,000 – £54,999.99 : 30 points
• £45,000 – £49,999.99 : 25 points
• £44,000 – £44,999.99 : 24 points
• £43,000 – £43,999.99 : 23 points
• £42,000 – £42,999.99 : 22 points
• £41,000 – £41,999.99 : 21 points
• £40,000 – £40,999.99 : 20 points
• £39,000 – £39,999.99 : 19 points
• £38,000 – £38,999.99 : 18 points
• £37,000 – £36,999.99 : 17 points
• £36,000 – £36,999.99 : 16 points
• £35,000 – £35,999.99 : 15 points
• £34,000 – £34,999.99 : 14 points
• £33,000 – £33,999.99 : 13 points
• £32,000 – £32,999.99 : 12 points
• £31,000 – £31,999.99 : 11 points
• £30,000 – £30,999.99 : 10 points
• £29,000 – £29,999.99 : 9 points
• £28,000 – £28,999.99 : 8 points
• £27,000 – £27,999.99 : 7 points
• £26,000 – £26,999.99 : 6 points
• £25,000 – £25,999.99 : 5 points
• £24,000 – £24,999.99 : 4 points
• £23,000 – £23,999.99 : 3 points
• £22,000 – £22,999.99 : 2 points
• £20,800 – £21,999.99 : 1 point

[saravanadeepan]

Hi All

Will the result be published today or will it take some more time.Because I have booked the flight ticket to my home country since I read in the govt site the RCOS results will be published every month 11th.

Will it be intimated through email or we need to look in the SMS system.

Thanks in advance!

[Stephlu88]

I'm not entirely sure whether it comes through today however my employer has just received word via email that Rcos was granted! 50pt non everything. So hopefully yours comes through today too. I need to leave country end of the month so have been waiting on the news before booking flights. Such a relief.

[ucio36]

granted, non everything!
I should be on 26 points as what I'm aware of my salary.
Waiting since March, just want to share this good news.
Thanks and good luck!

[saravanadeepan]

I'm not entirely sure whether it comes through today however my employer has just received word via email that Rcos was granted! 50pt non everything. So hopefully yours comes through today too. I need to leave country end of the month so have been waiting on the news before booking flights. Such a relief.

May I know what is non everything means?

[Stephlu88]

I'm not entirely sure whether it comes through today however my employer has just received word via email that Rcos was granted! 50pt non everything. So hopefully yours comes through today too. I need to leave country end of the month so have been waiting on the news before booking flights. Such a relief.

May I know what is non everything means?

It just means I was non NHS and non shortage occupation list so my employer had to complete the RMLT

[saravanadeepan]

I'm not entirely sure whether it comes through today however my employer has just received word via email that Rcos was granted! 50pt non everything. So hopefully yours comes through today too. I need to leave country end of the month so have been waiting on the news before booking flights. Such a relief.

May I know what is non everything means?

It just means I was non NHS and non shortage occupation list so my employer had to complete the RMLT

Thank you!

[SaiLondon]

My wife's CoS was granted with 36 points. It has been an agonising 11 months wait from last December, but finally, it has been done. It is difficult to explain in words what we have been through these months, with everything on the line. I just hope that everyone else's CoS's are approved as well and especially those whose dear ones are here.

[saravanadeepan]

My wife's CoS was granted with 36 points. It has been an agonising 11 months wait from last December, but finally, it has been done. It is difficult to explain in words what we have been through these months, with everything on the line. I just hope that everyone else's CoS's are approved as well and especially those whose dear ones are here.

Congrats !!Do you get the update through email or updated in the SMS system.

11 months of waiting!!? I am bit worried because I have requested only on October 25th,2018 and my point is 35..eagerly waiting for the result.

[saravanadeepan]

granted, non everything!
I should be on 26 points as what I'm aware of my salary.
Waiting since March, just want to share this good news.
Thanks and good luck!

HI,
May I know when did you apply for your COS because I applied on October 25th 2018.It will be really useful

[SaiLondon]

My wife's CoS was granted with 36 points. It has been an agonising 11 months wait from last December, but finally, it has been done. It is difficult to explain in words what we have been through these months, with everything on the line. I just hope that everyone else's CoS's are approved as well and especially those whose dear ones are here.

Congrats !!Do you get the update through email or updated in the SMS system.

11 months of waiting!!? I am bit worried because I have requested only on October 25th,2018 and my point is 35..eagerly waiting for the result.

Ahh, probably you may not be aware but from December 2017 to August 2018 the points had gone up because of possible reasons such as Brexit. The 11 months wait was because of that. In June/July (can't remember when exactly it happened), but the government intervened so that the points could be lowered. Her company had to conduct the RLMT again in Septemeber until the points went down.
You don't need to worry. If the RLMT has been done properly you would soon get the results. Now it all boils down to conducting the RLMT properly and following all guidelines carefully. If your company does that, you don't need to worry about anything!

[ucio36]

granted, non everything!
I should be on 26 points as what I'm aware of my salary.
Waiting since March, just want to share this good news.
Thanks and good luck!

HI,
May I know when did you apply for your COS because I applied on October 25th 2018.It will be really useful

My company submitted the application on Oct 31st.
hope this helps!

[Lizzo13]

This is so helpful! I've been wondering about how long it'd take after the meeting to find out, so I can apply for my visa. My sponsor applied a couple of days after the last meeting, and my job is on the shortage occupation list, so I'm not worried about it being accepted, but this gives me hope I'll hear from them tomorrow. Congratulations to everyone! Good luck with the visa applications!

[saravanadeepan]

My wife's CoS was granted with 36 points. It has been an agonising 11 months wait from last December, but finally, it has been done. It is difficult to explain in words what we have been through these months, with everything on the line. I just hope that everyone else's CoS's are approved as well and especially those whose dear ones are here.

Congrats !!Do you get the update through email or updated in the SMS system.

11 months of waiting!!? I am bit worried because I have requested only on October 25th,2018 and my point is 35..eagerly waiting for the result.

Ahh, probably you may not be aware but from December 2017 to August 2018 the points had gone up because of possible reasons such as Brexit. The 11 months wait was because of that. In June/July (can't remember when exactly it happened), but the government intervened so that the points could be lowered. Her company had to conduct the RLMT again in Septemeber until the points went down.
You don't need to worry. If the RLMT has been done properly you would soon get the results. Now it all boils down to conducting the RLMT properly and following all guidelines carefully. If your company does that, you don't need to worry about anything!

Thank you so much.
It would be great if you can help me with answering "Did you receive update through email or updated in the SMS system"

[saravanadeepan]

granted, non everything!
I should be on 26 points as what I'm aware of my salary.
Waiting since March, just want to share this good news.
Thanks and good luck!

HI,
May I know when did you apply for your COS because I applied on October 25th 2018.It will be really useful

My company submitted the application on Oct 31st.
hope this helps!

Thanks for your reply.

[SaiLondon]

My wife's CoS was granted with 36 points. It has been an agonising 11 months wait from last December, but finally, it has been done. It is difficult to explain in words what we have been through these months, with everything on the line. I just hope that everyone else's CoS's are approved as well and especially those whose dear ones are here.

Congrats !!Do you get the update through email or updated in the SMS system.

11 months of waiting!!? I am bit worried because I have requested only on October 25th,2018 and my point is 35..eagerly waiting for the result.

Ahh, probably you may not be aware but from December 2017 to August 2018 the points had gone up because of possible reasons such as Brexit. The 11 months wait was because of that. In June/July (can't remember when exactly it happened), but the government intervened so that the points could be lowered. Her company had to conduct the RLMT again in Septemeber until the points went down.
You don't need to worry. If the RLMT has been done properly you would soon get the results. Now it all boils down to conducting the RLMT properly and following all guidelines carefully. If your company does that, you don't need to worry about anything!

Thank you so much.
It would be great if you can help me with answering "Did you receive update through email or updated in the SMS system"

Thank you for asking but I can't tell it with certainty. They told her verbally. From what I could make out, probably it was through the SMS system.

[myths]

My company got its COS yesterday , It is under SOL 2136. The company applied it on 1 November.
As to the question about how they inform , The home office sends a mail to the concerned person (SMS admin) so contact your HR

This is how part of mail body looks like

Thank you for your application for restricted CoS. Your application meets the minimum points score for the allocation of a restricted CoS. You can now assign your restricted CoS from SMS using the 'Granted applications - create and assign restricted CoS' function.

[saravanadeepan]

My company got its COS yesterday , It is under SOL 2136. The company applied it on 1 November.
As to the question about how they inform , The home office sends a mail to the concerned person (SMS admin) so contact your HR

This is how part of mail body looks like

Thank you for your application for restricted CoS. Your application meets the minimum points score for the allocation of a restricted CoS. You can now assign your restricted CoS from SMS using the 'Granted applications - create and assign restricted CoS' function.

Thank you for your reply.

May I know what was your point.

[saravanadeepan]

Congrats !!Do you get the update through email or updated in the SMS system.

11 months of waiting!!? I am bit worried because I have requested only on October 25th,2018 and my point is 35..eagerly waiting for the result.

Ahh, probably you may not be aware but from December 2017 to August 2018 the points had gone up because of possible reasons such as Brexit. The 11 months wait was because of that. In June/July (can't remember when exactly it happened), but the government intervened so that the points could be lowered. Her company had to conduct the RLMT again in Septemeber until the points went down.
You don't need to worry. If the RLMT has been done properly you would soon get the results. Now it all boils down to conducting the RLMT properly and following all guidelines carefully. If your company does that, you don't need to worry about anything!

Thank you so much.
It would be great if you can help me with answering "Did you receive update through email or updated in the SMS system"

Thank you for asking but I can't tell it with certainty. They told her verbally. From what I could make out, probably it was through the SMS system.

Thank you so much!

[myths]

My company got its COS yesterday , It is under SOL 2136. The company applied it on 1 November.
As to the question about how they inform , The home office sends a mail to the concerned person (SMS admin) so contact your HR

This is how part of mail body looks like

Thank you for your application for restricted CoS. Your application meets the minimum points score for the allocation of a restricted CoS. You can now assign your restricted CoS from SMS using the 'Granted applications - create and assign restricted CoS' function.

Thank you for your reply.

May I know what was your point.

I am under SOL

Shortage occupation: 130 points
Salary: 55 points
Total: 185 Points

[saravanadeepan]

My company got its COS yesterday , It is under SOL 2136. The company applied it on 1 November.
As to the question about how they inform , The home office sends a mail to the concerned person (SMS admin) so contact your HR

This is how part of mail body looks like

Thank you for your application for restricted CoS. Your application meets the minimum points score for the allocation of a restricted CoS. You can now assign your restricted CoS from SMS using the 'Granted applications - create and assign restricted CoS' function.

Thank you for your reply.

May I know what was your point.

I am under SOL

Shortage occupation: 130 points
Salary: 55 points
Total: 185 Points

Thank you so much!!

[WheresMySpaghetti]

Still waiting on hearing back from my potential employer , my points are 155 under SOL so should be straightforward but the wait is making me anxious. They applied on the 5th of this month so hopefully should be processed in this round.

[k90252]

Granted, non everything!

My company applied for Oct application, HO asked more information, we sent the extra information on 26th of Oct , we got granted news on 12th of Nov.

I should be on 31 points as what I'm aware of my salary.
Just want to share this good news.
Thanks and good luck!