March 2018 Restricted COS

[av_123]

Is there any new rules from HO? for appril month

they have increased the minimum points now to 32

Are you sure about this? Any official statement from the home office?

yes i saw the updated version of document on their website ,they have now increased from 21 to 32

[arijitg]

Salary - £45,000 - £49,999 = 25 points
RLMT = 20 points

Total = 20 + 25 = 45 points

Salary - £50,000 - £54,999 =30 points
RLMT = 20 points

Total = 20 + 30 = 50 points

Hope this answers your question.

Hi everyone.

I've been refused 3 times with 31 points, not on the SOL, not PhD level role.
My employer is looking to raise my base salary to £45K-£50K and has advertised the job again at £45K-£50K.

The Lawyer seems to think that with £45K and £50K is under the same points -45 points.

The following is from the Lawyer :
The maximum score for the salary for the recruiters meeting the criteria via the Resident Labour Market test (Advertising) is 25 points and the salary cap is £45,000 to £49,999.99. There are 20 points added for advertising, total 45 points. 25 points is the maximum to be granted in line with the table. The salary cap £50,000 to £54,999.99- 30 points refers to those jobs at PhD level.Nurses score even higher than PhD jobs as they are listed as Shortage occupation jobs and score 130 points plus points for salary.

This doesn't seem to be in line with what I have been reading up on here. But I don't have any official documents to validate my point. (On the home office points guideline page it reads up as the points are capped at £49999 with RLMT jobs.) We are making a new application for April this week so I wanted to see if anyone here can help to validate this so that I have a better chance to get the CoS in April since it doesn't seem like 45 points is going to make it for next month.

Thank you so much!

[Plabber_123]

Is there any new rules from HO? for appril month

they have increased the minimum points now to 32

Are you sure about this? Any official statement from the home office?

yes i saw the updated version of document on their website ,they have now increased from 21 to 32

I was shown that too by a friend on a whatsapp group (may be you were part of the same one if you are a doctor). I found it strange that there was no official announcement about raising the points by the home office or any other immigration website especially since there are a lot of people with scores of 30 and 31.

[Plabber_123]

Hi everyone.

I've been refused 3 times with 31 points, not on the SOL, not PhD level role.
My employer is looking to raise my base salary to £45K-£50K and has advertised the job again at £45K-£50K.

The Lawyer seems to think that with £45K and £50K is under the same points -45 points.

The following is from the Lawyer :
The maximum score for the salary for the recruiters meeting the criteria via the Resident Labour Market test (Advertising) is 25 points and the salary cap is £45,000 to £49,999.99. There are 20 points added for advertising, total 45 points. 25 points is the maximum to be granted in line with the table. The salary cap £50,000 to £54,999.99- 30 points refers to those jobs at PhD level.Nurses score even higher than PhD jobs as they are listed as Shortage occupation jobs and score 130 points plus points for salary.

This doesn't seem to be in line with what I have been reading up on here. But I don't have any official documents to validate my point. (On the home office points guideline page it reads up as the points are capped at £49999 with RLMT jobs.) We are making a new application for April this week so I wanted to see if anyone here can help to validate this so that I have a better chance to get the CoS in April since it doesn't seem like 45 points is going to make it for next month.

Thank you so much!

As the person above responded 45-49k is grouped together at 25 points (we are hoping they seperate them some time in the future).

But the thing that was said about 50-54k (30 points) only being for phd level jobs is untrue. A few of my graduate friends salaries have been raised to that threshold to improve their chances of getting a CoS in April.

Where did you read that rlmt jobs are capped at 49999?

[Melsieau]

Hey guys

Can someone please explain the increase the points? Perhaps provide a link and an explanation of what this means?

[Plabber_123]

Hey guys

Can someone please explain the increase the points? Perhaps provide a link and an explanation of what this means?

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 2.0ext.pdf

They are referring to this document. Check page 7. Again I do think the home office would have made an announcement if such a thing were to happen.

[krimurthy]

There's no announcement as such don't see anything on neither internet nor Linked in. Wait patiently we will get to know about this very soon.

[Clown007]

This document is clearly saying that it has been published for Home Office Staff. It is to be used as guidance while scrutinize the applications.

Now if we see points as minimum required 32 on page 7, this is more of a automated validation by SMS. If anyone from HR who is submitting the applications to SMS can only confirm that if they are able to submit the application below 32 points or not.

We are all in assumption at this point. Not sure what news is expected from Home Office.

[Rosin]

Hi that's what I thought but the lawyer said otherwise so I was hoping to validate this with official documents.....

Salary - £45,000 - £49,999 = 25 points
RLMT = 20 points

Total = 20 + 25 = 45 points

Salary - £50,000 - £54,999 =30 points
RLMT = 20 points

Total = 20 + 30 = 50 points

Hope this answers your question.

Hi everyone.

I've been refused 3 times with 31 points, not on the SOL, not PhD level role.
My employer is looking to raise my base salary to £45K-£50K and has advertised the job again at £45K-£50K.

The Lawyer seems to think that with £45K and £50K is under the same points -45 points.

The following is from the Lawyer :
The maximum score for the salary for the recruiters meeting the criteria via the Resident Labour Market test (Advertising) is 25 points and the salary cap is £45,000 to £49,999.99. There are 20 points added for advertising, total 45 points. 25 points is the maximum to be granted in line with the table. The salary cap £50,000 to £54,999.99- 30 points refers to those jobs at PhD level.Nurses score even higher than PhD jobs as they are listed as Shortage occupation jobs and score 130 points plus points for salary.

This doesn't seem to be in line with what I have been reading up on here. But I don't have any official documents to validate my point. (On the home office points guideline page it reads up as the points are capped at £49999 with RLMT jobs.) We are making a new application for April this week so I wanted to see if anyone here can help to validate this so that I have a better chance to get the CoS in April since it doesn't seem like 45 points is going to make it for next month.

Thank you so much!

[Hopeful42]

I find it hard to believe they’d raise the minimum to 32 points when there are a lot of NHS roles in particular that fall well under 32 points. Even band 6 roles (which are the hardest to staff within the NHS) are under 32k in London. Heck 31k is the starting increment for a B7 out of London which is an extremely experienced/specialised person.

[Rosin]

Hi there.

I didn't read anything about this online, this is from the immigration lawyer....
So was hoping I can find something online to prove the lawyer wrong....
She was referrring to the following points system on the home office website.

Applications for a restricted certificate of sponsorship (CoS) will be scored and
prioritised based on the criteria set out in the table below.
Type of job Points Salary Points
Shortage occupation 130 £100,000 to £159,599.99 60
£75,000 to £99,999.99 55
PhD level occupation code
listed in Table 1 of Appendix
J of the Immigration Rules
75 £70,000 to £74,999.99 50
£65,000 to £69,999.99 45
£60,000 to £64,999.99 40
£55,000 to £59,999.99 35
£50,000 to £54,999.99 30
Resident labour market test
met by the ‘milkround’
provisions and the individual
30 £45,000 to £49,999.99 25
Page 131 of 203 Tiers 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors - version 01/18
Type of job Points Salary Points
being sponsored meets the
‘post study work’ provisions,
other than they will be
applying for entry clearance
rather than leave to remain
Job passes resident labour
market test or an exception
applies
20 £45,000 to £49,999.99 25
£44,000 to £44,999.99 24
£43,000 to £43,999.99 23
£42,000 to £42,999.99 22
£41,000 to £41,999.99 21
£40,000 to £40,999.99 20
£39,000 to £39,999.99 19
£38,000 to £38,999.99 18
£37,000 to £37,999.99 17
£36,000 to £36,999.99 16
£35,000 to £35,999.99 15
£34,000 to £34,999.99 14
£33,000 to £33,999.99 13
£32,000 to £32,999.99 12
£31,000 to £31,999.99 11
£30,000 to £30,999.99 10
£29,000 to £29,999.99 9
£28,000 to £28,999.99 8
£27,000 to £27,999.99 7
£26,000 to £26,999.99 6
£25,000 to £25,999.99 5
£24,000 to £24,999.99 4
£23,000 to £23,999.99 3
£22,000 to £22,999.99 2
£20,800 to £21,999.99 1
29.19 Your application must score points from both columns but can only score
points for one entry in the first column. This could be if a job is a shortage
occupation but you have carried out a resident labour market test, your
application will score 130 points from the first column, not 150.
29.20 We then add a further score for the salary paid for the job. This could be if the
job is a shortage occupation and the salary payable is £26,500 your
application will score 130 points plus a further 6 points for salary, giving 136
points in total. We will not award p

Hi everyone.

I've been refused 3 times with 31 points, not on the SOL, not PhD level role.
My employer is looking to raise my base salary to £45K-£50K and has advertised the job again at £45K-£50K.

The Lawyer seems to think that with £45K and £50K is under the same points -45 points.

The following is from the Lawyer :
The maximum score for the salary for the recruiters meeting the criteria via the Resident Labour Market test (Advertising) is 25 points and the salary cap is £45,000 to £49,999.99. There are 20 points added for advertising, total 45 points. 25 points is the maximum to be granted in line with the table. The salary cap £50,000 to £54,999.99- 30 points refers to those jobs at PhD level.Nurses score even higher than PhD jobs as they are listed as Shortage occupation jobs and score 130 points plus points for salary.

This doesn't seem to be in line with what I have been reading up on here. But I don't have any official documents to validate my point. (On the home office points guideline page it reads up as the points are capped at £49999 with RLMT jobs.) We are making a new application for April this week so I wanted to see if anyone here can help to validate this so that I have a better chance to get the CoS in April since it doesn't seem like 45 points is going to make it for next month.

Thank you so much!

As the person above responded 45-49k is grouped together at 25 points (we are hoping they seperate them some time in the future).

But the thing that was said about 50-54k (30 points) only being for phd level jobs is untrue. A few of my graduate friends salaries have been raised to that threshold to improve their chances of getting a CoS in April.

Where did you read that rlmt jobs are capped at 49999?

[star25]

Hi there.

I didn't read anything about this online, this is from the immigration lawyer....
So was hoping I can find something online to prove the lawyer wrong....
She was referrring to the following points system on the home office website.

Applications for a restricted certificate of sponsorship (CoS) will be scored and
prioritised based on the criteria set out in the table below.
Type of job Points Salary Points
Shortage occupation 130 £100,000 to £159,599.99 60
£75,000 to £99,999.99 55
PhD level occupation code
listed in Table 1 of Appendix
J of the Immigration Rules
75 £70,000 to £74,999.99 50
£65,000 to £69,999.99 45
£60,000 to £64,999.99 40
£55,000 to £59,999.99 35
£50,000 to £54,999.99 30
Resident labour market test
met by the ‘milkround’
provisions and the individual
30 £45,000 to £49,999.99 25
Page 131 of 203 Tiers 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors - version 01/18
Type of job Points Salary Points
being sponsored meets the
‘post study work’ provisions,
other than they will be
applying for entry clearance
rather than leave to remain
Job passes resident labour
market test or an exception
applies
20 £45,000 to £49,999.99 25
£44,000 to £44,999.99 24
£43,000 to £43,999.99 23
£42,000 to £42,999.99 22
£41,000 to £41,999.99 21
£40,000 to £40,999.99 20
£39,000 to £39,999.99 19
£38,000 to £38,999.99 18
£37,000 to £37,999.99 17
£36,000 to £36,999.99 16
£35,000 to £35,999.99 15
£34,000 to £34,999.99 14
£33,000 to £33,999.99 13
£32,000 to £32,999.99 12
£31,000 to £31,999.99 11
£30,000 to £30,999.99 10
£29,000 to £29,999.99 9
£28,000 to £28,999.99 8
£27,000 to £27,999.99 7
£26,000 to £26,999.99 6
£25,000 to £25,999.99 5
£24,000 to £24,999.99 4
£23,000 to £23,999.99 3
£22,000 to £22,999.99 2
£20,800 to £21,999.99 1
29.19 Your application must score points from both columns but can only score
points for one entry in the first column. This could be if a job is a shortage
occupation but you have carried out a resident labour market test, your
application will score 130 points from the first column, not 150.
29.20 We then add a further score for the salary paid for the job. This could be if the
job is a shortage occupation and the salary payable is £26,500 your
application will score 130 points plus a further 6 points for salary, giving 136
points in total. We will not award p

Little concerned about the lawyer you are using if they don't even understand the RCoS points table properly. There are 2 sets of points sitting side-by-side, it would probably be a little clearer if they were divided by a bold line in the middle or something that separated them a bit more but the first two columns are one set of points you must qualify under one of those "type of job" categories and the last two columns are a separate set of points that are for the salary. The salary is not related in anyway to the type of job boxes on the left, you just need to score points from both sets of criteria.

The table lives here on page numbers 130-131
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... df#page128

[Hopeful42]

Is there any new rules from HO? for appril month

they have increased the minimum points now to 32

Are you sure about this? Any official statement from the home office?

yes i saw the updated version of document on their website ,they have now increased from 21 to 32

The more I think about it the more I’m thinking this must be a typo/error. It was published back on the 8th (before the most recent allocation) and I’m positive they would have announced this by now - especially considering there are a lot of employers whose plans include hiring people with less points than 32.

[Lujain]

Hello everyone,

I am doctor and my offered salary is between 30,000 to 48,130 £. The hospital has applied for my RCOS since January and it has been under review and didn’t make it through this month either. I am wondering if anyone please has an idea of how things will go in April and if it might get through?, also how much the points will be for next month and according to my salary how many points will I have?? I know it’s 45 points from what I have read in this thread but wanted to confirm.

Good luck to everyone and thanks In advance for your replies.

BW
Lujain

[engineer201832]

Does anyone know why it's taking so long for them to post the March numbers?

[Plabber_123]

Hello everyone,

I am doctor and my offered salary is between 30,000 to 48,130 £. The hospital has applied for my RCOS since January and it has been under review and didn’t make it through this month either. I am wondering if anyone please has an idea of how things will go in April and if it might get through?, also how much the points will be for next month and according to my salary how many points will I have?? I know it’s 45 points from what I have read in this thread but wanted to confirm.

Good luck to everyone and thanks In advance for your replies.

BW
Lujain

Your points will be anywhere between 30 to 45 depending on what salary your HR is putting in the CoS application. I would advise you to request your HR to put your gross salary in the CoS applicayion to increase your chances. If she tells your what salary she has put in your CoS application we will be able to tell you your points.

[sameeraa91]

Does anyone know why it's taking so long for them to post the March numbers?

March 2017 was only posted on the 29/03/17.

[Lujain]

Hello,

Thanks for the quick reply.
Salary range in the offer is 30,605-48,123 £ per annum.

[Plabber_123]

Hello,

Thanks for the quick reply.
Salary range in the offer is 30,605-48,123 £ per annum.

On the application it will only be a single number and not a range so it depends on what your HR puts in it. The higher the number the better your chances.

[boyapap]

I called Home Office and was informed that the 32 points mentioned in the below document on Page 7 is an error and the minimum is still 21/22

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 2.0ext.pdf

[Rosin]

Hi I was wondering if there’s a number to all so I can verify how the points are calculated ?

I called Home Office and was informed that the 32 points mentioned in the below document on Page 7 is an error and the minimum is still 21/22

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 2.0ext.pdf

[Plabber_123]

I called Home Office and was informed that the 32 points mentioned in the below document on Page 7 is an error and the minimum is still 21/22

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 2.0ext.pdf

Thank you very much for calling them and clearing that up. Really appreciated.

[Rosin]

Thank you. It concerns me as well but when my employer asked her about the points she said” I can only provide information from the home office and can’t comment on online forum”.... the document doesn’t say it’s capped but it kinda read as it is and there’s no further explanation.

Is it possible to ask Home office regarding this ? Email or phone call so I have officials to prove her wrong ?

Judging from the minimum points from the last few months I think I have a better chance at £50k than £45k.

[shebahanna]

I called Home Office and was informed that the 32 points mentioned in the below document on Page 7 is an error and the minimum is still 21/22

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 2.0ext.pdf

Thank you very much for calling them and clearing that up. Really appreciated.

Yep, confirmed. My employer successfully re-submitted my 30 points app this morning

[safir_cos]

I'm carrying a nhs job offer ...with 31662 GBP pay and my sponsor will be applying for COS allocation in April 18. Can any one say , will it get through ???