Tier 2 license enquiry further documents requested by UKBA

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One of my friend has recently applied for a Tier 2 license to employ people who require visa to work in the UK. He has an IT company and provided the requested documents at the time. However, he has now received an email from casework asking for the following:

Please provide the following documentation/information: -

Please note we will only grant a Tier 2 Licence where a role is highly specialised and therefore the position could not easily be filled from the local labour market, or when a business has been unable to find a suitable candidate following a thorough and appropriate recruitment search. Please provide evidence and state why this role is a specialised role, and please state which skills/experience/educational qualifications the potential candidate would require?

· Please provide a full staff list/hierarchy chart

What is the job titles and salaries for these positions?

· Please state which method you use to advertise any vacancies and provide documentation to demonstrate this?

Please provide evidence such as job adverts to show that you have made genuine efforts to fill these positions or to recruit from the local labour market before recruiting candidates from outside the UK and EEA and can you detail the number of people that applied and reasons for refusal on each resident worker who applied.

· Please provide full details of the individual you are wishing to sponsor: Name/DoB/Nationality/Current visa details

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Has anyone else been in the same position?