I got my first entry under Tier 2 General in July 2015 and planning to apply for ILR in Aug 2020. My SOC code is 2136 and my salary was below 35600. My code was not in the shortage occupation list until 2019 and am I exempt from minimum salary requirements? Because my code is currently in the shortage occupation list.
When I spoke to my solicitor, he was not much sure about the exemption can be applied only based on the current shortage occupation list. When I checked the Immigration rules I was bit confused about the wordings. Do we need to meet all the three conditions or any one of the condition mentioned in the immigration rules part 6A under paragraph 245HF (f)?
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... sed-system
Thanks,(f) Sub-paragraph (d)(vi) above does not apply if the Certificate of Sponsorship which led to the applicant’s most recent grant of leave was for a job which:
(i) appears on the list of PhD-level occupation codes as stated in the codes of practice in Appendix J,
(ii) appears on the Shortage Occupation List in Appendix K,
(iii) previously appeared on the Shortage Occupation List, as shown by Tables 3 and 4 in Appendix K, at any time when the applicant:
(1) had leave as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, in which they were sponsored for the applicable job, either with the same or a different employer, during the continuous 6-year period ending on the date of application for indefinite leave to remain, or
(2) was assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship for that job, either with the same or a different employer, which led to a grant of leave as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant during the continuous 6-year period ending on the date of application for indefinite leave to remain.
Ram