@lokez21 Thank you so much for the clarification and your time. I highly appreciate your effort.
It is such a relief to know that most of us agree that we are exempted from the salary threshold.
But however, I also spoke to a few immigration lawyers. Ones who came back to me conflicted each other though...
Their reply:
..Thank you for your enquiry.
To answer your questions, you will be exempt from the minimum earnings threshold if you have been employed in a job that appears on the Shortage Occupation List in Appendix K, or has appeared on that list during any time you were being sponsored to do that job during the last 6 years, provided you also meet all the other requirements.
Whereas the other immigration lawyer said:
Hello and thank you for your query.
The change in SOC code to move onto the shortage occupation list in relation to ILR applies if the CoS has been issued after 6 October 2019.
So in your case, it is unlikely you will be able to use the change to apply for ILR.
We can't definitely advice without knowing all the details of your circumstances but it may be that you are looking at extending your leave on Tier 2 (meeting the minimum salary requirement on Appendix J for the SOC code) after which you will be able to apply for ILR.
Conflicting views! I wonder who's right and who really understands the laws and guidance as they charge a hefty sum to just give advice. And if they are doing their job right.
I am booked to do Life in UK test anyway and arranging documents meanwhile but, this is where it stands currently and more I contact immigration lawyer more confusion persist.
So what are you going to do? @lokez21 Are you going to apply for ILR despite these conflicting views?
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