Congrats!!

I am just curious. Can we ask for refund of priority application fee (500£) if the application decision is made outside their SLA (5 days)? Anyone tried asking for refund for delayed priority application decision (even if it is only few days delayed outside their SLA of 5 days).

Thanks.

Thank you for the response.

Hi All, I am on Tier 2 general visa and will be completing 5 years in July this year. I have a query on what is the earliest date I am eligible to apply for ILR. From the two dates listed below, which one should I consider 1. I switched from Tier 2 ICT to Tier to general with in UK. My visa was issu...

Hi All, I am in UK with valid Tier 2 general visa (Valid from 2016 may to may 2019). I switched to tier 2 general from Tier 2 ICT (established staff visa which was valid till April 2017) last year. I recently got a letter from UKVI saying that Removal from UK : "you do not have leave to enter o...

Hi All,

It would be great if someone could help with my query above

Thanks in advance.

Hi All, I am on Tier 2 general visa and my passport is about to expire in 2 months. I applied and got a new passport in UK itself. Do i need to update anywhere in my visa / UKBA records about my new passport before I travel with it? Or the BRP card is independent of passport? Kindly advice. Thanks i...

Hi Cr001, Thanks very much for your reply. I have one more query. My passport is valid only till 2016 November mid which is 4 months from now. Is there any requirement that i have to have 6 months validity on passport when i enter UK ( i will be returning to uk by july mid itself) ? Thanks in advance.

Hi All, could anyone please advice on the above?

I want to know if i can travel outside UK and come back during notice period with my current employer.

Thanks in advance.

Hi All, I have been in UK with Tier 2 ICT established staff (Granted before april 2011, current visa validity till april 2017) and I got a new job offer from different employer. I switched my visa to Tier 2 general successfully. I've submitted notice to my current employer and the new employer joini...

Hi All,

Could anyone please confirm if I have to do anything from my side on COS cancellation?

My new employer is going to issue COS this week. Should I tell them / mention it anywhere in visa process that there was a COS withdrawal earlier with different Sponser?

Kindly advice.Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your reply.

yes, I am on tier 2 established staff visa.

My tier 2 was initially on march 15th 2011, since then I've been renewing the visa in UK continuously and my current tier 2 ICT visa is valid till April 2017.

I am NOT being offered a salary in excess of £155k in my new job.

Hi All, I am on Tier 2 ICT (granted before April 2011) and trying to switch to tier 2 general in UK. I got a job offer from employer1 but they assigned COS with many mistakes. Meanwhile I got another better offer from employer2 as well. Now, before I accept the second offer, what are things i should...

Hi All, I am on Tier 2 ICT (granted before April 2011) and trying to switch to tier 2 general in UK. I got a job offer from employer1 but they assigned COS with many mistakes. Meanwhile I got another better offer from employer2 as well. Now, before I accept the second offer, what are things i should...

Hi Frontier,

Thanks for your response.

I called UKBA tier 2 call centre number and asked this question. They said job centre plus advertisement for 28 days is fine and I can apply for visa.

I am not sure if there is still a problem on this

Hi frontier, Thanks for your reply. I checked with my employer and they mentioned that the job was posted in jobcentre plus for 28 days and in company's website (NHS) for 3 weeks (21 days). They said jobcentre advertisement for 28 days is what matters and it should be fine for my application. Could ...

Hi All, I am on Tier 2 ICT established staff visa in UK and recently got an offer from another employer to switch to tier 2 general. New employer sent COS but it has following issues They submitted COS without asking me to verify draft version :( 1. passport number is incorrectly mentioned (they put...

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Hi All, I am currently on tier 2 ict long term visa (granted initially on March 2011 as ICT established staff) and trying to switch to tier 2 general. I have few doubts and hope you could help me. 1. English Language test - I am planning to take IELTS english test. Can either "Academic" or...

if you return to home country you could apply for T2G after 1 year cooling off (with CoS) and ILR after 5 years once you are back Hi Manci, Not sure if the Apr 14 change actually says Tier 2 ICT leave spent as well get considered when we switch to Tier 2 G. few people in this forum posted that they...

Hi Kiran,

Congrats on getting Tier 2 G visa.

was your initial Tier 2 ICT stamped before April 6th 2010? How long have you got your tier 2 General visa for?

Many thanks

Changed my visa from Tier 2 ICT to Tier 2 General with the new sponsor. Approved on 16th April - same day service @ Croydon UKBA. All went smoothly. Received BRP cards on 22nd April. This forum is of great help. Cheers Lakshman Hi Lakshman, Hope you are fine. I am also on tier 2 ICT visa and planni...

Hi, I have 2 quick question; 1. I posted Tier 2 Application on May 7th, switching from Tier 2 ICT. Once we received acknowledgement and BRP letter, does it mean the application approved and only waiting for return documents, OR is it still under consideration and may got rejected? 2. Anyone applied...

The thread you refer to was about the recent (mid-March) Statement of Changes. There is a difference in wording between the current immigration rules and the SoC with regard to the question you asked, i.e. whether the time under T2 ICT counts in the 6 year limit or not. It may be that the SoC was n...

Thanks for your reply Manci, much appreciated. In that thread, there was a message like below, so I was bit confused. I am Sorry if I misunderstood anything in that post. "in your case there is a 6 year overall limit on your stay under T2 counted from the time when you obtained your initial T2 ...

Hi Manci, I got my Tier 2 ICT established staff visa stamped on 2011 March 15. I've renewed visa twice in UK (2012Mar- 13 & 2013Mar - 2015 Mar) in same Tier2 ICT category. I have got a new sponsor now and trying to switch to Tier 2 General category, I have following doubts,it would be great if y...