I see it this way...If the RLMT was done with a higher salary then more applicants would have applied for the job. This could mean the RLMT could fail i.e job can be taken up by a UK/EU citizen. The ad should have salary that is either an exact amount or a range or should be give as competitive. Any...

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) General 2. Country of application India 3. City of Visa Application New Delhi VFS 4. Date of application 14-Sep-2015 5. Date of submission of documents 18-Sep-2015 6. Date Entry Clearance valid from 5-Oct-2015 7. Duration for Entry Clearance 3 years...

@ks227 congrats.

Can you please add your timelines to the "Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines" sticky post? This will surely help others.

Very useful... Thanks a lot

hello, Could you pleasea advise on how it takes to get a newborn first time passport submitted via VFS (at london,paddington). I received my Original documents back in 3 days but there is no update on the newborn passport. its been 7 days. Thanks for your help. Hello All, I visited VFS Manchester r...

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MAC posted update on review of salary thresholds. One of the points mentioned was The MAC’s initial analysis has found little evidence to suggest there is widespread undercutting of UK resident workers by Tier 2 migrants occurring under the current salary thresholds, though this finding is subject t...

I am so happy for all you guys

COS at 40 points granted. Good luck everyone! Hey Congrats buddy.... did ur employer confirmed you?? Yes, I got a screenshot from the HR. I can confirm got CoS @ 45 It said "Granted" against the CoS requested with Use By date as 11/11/2015. I was pestering them for so much info that they ...

Hi Guys,

Granted Cos @ 45 points

Shah1698 wrote:Any update friends? Can't stop refreshing this page every second to be honest.

Same here

Last month one of the applicant's manager directly called the HO helpline to check the minimum points cut off post lunch. Hopefully someone can do so this time as well

Many thanks for the quick reply since i am in ict short term , can i come back in dependant visa or should i wait for 1 year cooling please You can continue on your ICT short term visa and once your wife gets the Tier 2 general visa, apply in-country to switch from ICT main applicant to T2 General ...

Visa can issued for up to 3 years or till 5 years depending on the start and end dates on CoS. Once 5 years is completed she can apply for PR/ILR

The first stage report was supposed to come out yesterday, but the MAC website is still not updated until now. Any idea what's happening? On 22 July an inquiry into the Tier 2 Skilled Workers system is launched. Could this be a reason to hold the report? http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees...

Hope this helps the discussion.

tier2sp wrote:
I just emailed a Partner in legal who advises on companies on these kind of things and he actually thinks points might go up :S

Up to ??

Prediction based on Averages (Dataset July 14 - June 15) Average number of applicants at 50 points and above : 846 Average number of applicants at 45 points : 406 Average number of applicants at 40 points: 173 x3 (June, July and August) = 519 Average number of applicants at 39 points: 30 x3 (June, ...

Prediction based on Averages (Dataset July 14 - June 15) Average number of applicants at 50 points and above : 846 Average number of applicants at 45 points : 406 Average number of applicants at 40 points: 173 x3 (June, July and August) = 519 Average number of applicants at 39 points: 30 x3 (June, ...

Tier 2 Restricted COS Allocation Details from July 2014 to June 2015. Someone made a FOI request and I have been following that. It turns out that the Home Office replied after 20 days. All the data is here for the Gurus to analyse and speculate the CoS allocation for August 2015. Unfortunately it ...

Tier 2 (General) extension Same employer same job and same soc no changes Job SOC: 2124 Salary 32000 how many points points will I get for my COS ? Please can some one let me know For extensions you would have to request for unrestricted CoS. There is no limit or cap for these CoS and can be reques...

The spike in summer times is analysied by the previous years data from archived UKVI RCoS Data, someone in the July RCoS thread has posted links and graphs for that data indicating April , june and july as peak trends usually. I remember seeing that. :D I am assuming that you are at 40 points. Also...

ks227 wrote:The spike in summer times is analysied by the previous years data from archived UKVI RCoS Data, someone in the July RCoS thread has posted links and graphs for that data indicating April , june and july as peak trends usually.

I remember seeing that.

CoS Allocation in June was for 50 points and above hence the number is 1215 ( I would freeze this number and expect the demand to be this high for 50 points and above, although this looks unlikely) CoS allocation in July is 1943 which means that there are 728 (1943-1215) applications of 45 points. ...

CoS Allocation in June was for 50 points and above hence the number is 1215 ( I would freeze this number and expect the demand to be this high for 50 points and above, although this looks unlikely) CoS allocation in July is 1943 which means that there are 728 (1943-1215) applications of 45 points. T...