Delay to issue COS for tier 2 visa

pokale2600 · Post by **pokale2600** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:01 am

Hi P_King,

Can I ask you what country you applied from for a fresh tier 2? How long it took get your visa?

Thanks

P_King · Post by **P_King** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:53 am

Hi....

I applied from India and it took around 15 working days to get my visa.

Kind Regards..

rejurejeesh · Post by **rejurejeesh** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:05 pm

any one know about januvary pannel

hsyasin · Post by **hsyasin** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:35 pm

yes, i recieved my COS on 12th.
Actually have been a bit busy so cudnt post. But yes, a vry gud news for me, n i really hope the same for everyone

3000rpm · Post by **3000rpm** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:15 pm

got my cos out of panel on 31st december

had biometrics on 10th january, got passport back today 14th january

fly back thursday

good luck everyone

clippedw · Post by **clippedw** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:33 pm

hsyasin wrote:yes, i recieved my COS on 12th.
Actually have been a bit busy so cudnt post. But yes, a vry gud news for me, n i really hope the same for everyone

what salary band please?

hsyasin · Post by **hsyasin** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:34 am

oh ya, sorry..
it was 34k in shortage occupations list

clippedw · Post by **clippedw** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:28 pm

hsyasin wrote:oh ya, sorry..
it was 34k in shortage occupations list

thanks

and congrats

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:20 pm

anyone knows about February panel's salary levels for successful COS?

vlad04 · Post by **vlad04** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:48 pm

Hi,

I'm new here and had a question about the CoS salary thresholds. When they say that the panel awarded, for example in January, CoS to jobs of 36k and above, does this mean they were able to satisfy most of the valid requests for above 36k jobs, or does it mean they only considered these and gave it to a small number?

I'm salary band A, but non shortage - no transitional arrangements, it's my first job through a milkround scheme.

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:20 pm

im 90% sure it means all those applicants (in last months or so) who are earning 36k were awarded COS.

this 36k is artificial limit applied by ukba e.g

lets say UKBA received 500 apps. 450 of those apps were successful. but, they only had say,200, COS available to issue in January. so, by setting the limit to 36k, they were able to reduce the number of "successfull" applications from 450 to 200!

atleast thats my understanding...

can anyone back me up?

cheers

vlad04 · Post by **vlad04** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:53 pm

arsenal49 wrote:im 90% sure it means all those applicants (in last months or so) who are earning 36k were awarded COS.

this 36k is artificial limit applied by ukba e.g

lets say UKBA received 500 apps. 450 of those apps were successful. but, they only had say,200, COS available to issue in January. so, by setting the limit to 36k, they were able to reduce the number of "successfull" applications from 450 to 200!

atleast thats my understanding...

can anyone back me up?

cheers

Thanks for the input! I also had this understanding but wasn't sure whether the artificial limit was set as a clearing line or whether it was a threshold just to be considered. Thanks!

Do you know what the system is like for applications for post-April start dates? the ukba site says that this additional allocation request is only for jobs starting before or on 31 march

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:19 pm

yea... that implies... that new (unannounced) rules will come into play in April.

it doesnt mean, there will be no need to apply for COS after march!

vlad04 · Post by **vlad04** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:59 pm

arsenal49 wrote:yea... that implies... that new (unannounced) rules will come into play in April.

it doesnt mean, there will be no need to apply for COS after march!

Yeah, of course....but what happens to people who start on 1 April? I mean surely they need to apply for CoS before that and how is that possible without knowing the new system?

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:54 pm

UKBA wants all those applying on or after 1 April to apply under new rules...

thats their rationale

cheers

vlad04 · Post by **vlad04** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:05 am

arsenal49 wrote:UKBA wants all those applying on or after 1 April to apply under new rules...

thats their rationale

cheers

I fully understand that. But my question isn't about their rationale.

My future employer has applied for a CoS for me with a start date of 1 April 2011. So this should be under the "new rules." But how could they have applied if the new rules haven't been declared?

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:03 am

well your employer should have given start date of 31st March or something....but not 1st April...

i dont know how strict ukba will be about it....but UKBA had to set the deadline cuz this interim limit wont last forever and 1 April was the date they agreed upon, as a cutt off point from interim limit...

vlad04 · Post by **vlad04** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:45 pm

I don't really get that line of reasoning. I mean what if I were to start on 15th April? Are you suggesting that right now only people starting on 31 March and before should be applying for CoS?

April's only two months away, so I'm sure there should be a system in place for getting a CoS out of the 2011-12 limits.

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:20 am

well... thats why noone likes the govt. and their (kind of) arbitrary deadlines/policies!

psw2009 · Post by **psw2009** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:42 am

Hi,

I am currently on psw visa, as tier 1 is going to close, my employer will sponsor me under tier2, but i have to give them list of the documents they need to send to the home office, can you please provide list of documents which your employer submitted for COS

thanks alot

clippedw · Post by **clippedw** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:59 pm

arsenal49 wrote:anyone knows about February panel's salary levels for successful COS?

Â£32000 shortage
Â£36000 non shortage

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:22 pm

how reliable is your source. thanks

clippedw · Post by **clippedw** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:18 pm

arsenal49 wrote:how reliable is your source. thanks

My employer got a letter today

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:21 pm

fricking hell.... 32k and 36k ???? that is insane.....

arsenal49 · Post by **arsenal49** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:24 pm

i would really appreciate if someone could copy-paste the official letter from February panel. (please delete sensitive information appropriately)

regards

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