alisattar09 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:18 am
sunny007 thanks for your help. I am quite sure that my job description when I got the tier 2(G) visa was not a shortage occupation. although 2139 is in the shortage occupation list but that is only specific to cyber security professional which I am not.
Somewhere in the form it will ask if you hold ILR, which you obviously tick yes to.
For your previous SOC etc, you simply state what it was. Your dependent will get a 3 year extension, as stated in the immigration rules, as you hold ILR.
SOC 2139 appears on BOTH shortage and non shortage, yours obviously non shortage then that is what you state. Note that if you select shortage, the visa fee is less and your dependent risks a refusal for applying incorrectly.
So you should select non shortage, up to 3 years as your last COS appears to have been for 3 years.
2139 Information technology and telecommunications professionals not elsewhere classified
Example job tasks
• undertakes the testing of software, systems or computer games for errors, identifies source of problems and proposes solutions;
• develops, implements and documents test plans for IT software, systems and computer games;
• develops quality standards and validation techniques;
• makes recommendations concerning software/system quality;
• examines IT system for potential threats to its security and integrity and draws up plans for disaster recovery if security is compromised;
• deals with and reports on breaches in security.
Related job titles:
• IT consultant
• Quality analyst (computing)
• Software tester • Systems tester (computing)
• Telecommunications planner
Salary rates:
New entrant: £21,600
Experienced worker: £28,900
[Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2016]
