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I had a similar question before because most likely I will face the grim reality of being kicked out soon. Lets not forget the fact that lot of people have "ABUSED" the student and work permit path for their own benefits and left us "Skilled people" swimming in the sea without a life jacket.VisaFrenzy wrote:Mike,
Here we go again, the whole situation is more entangled as it is. I really hope it works out for you. I think you know how I recognized you - "the hint is in the username".
It is not black and white at all. My question is
If I was a european (Romanian, Bulgarian or Polish) working in factory and claiming benefits that would have been ok but being a person with skilled (if not high skilled) and paying taxes and not being able to claim benefits than it is not ok. How fair is this??? Can't understand what immigration control is this?
Home Office lumps all IT jobs as one non shortage category; we both know that working in IT in a call centre in Orange is different to Web Applications Development which is highly skilled core specialist skills.
To make matters worse, guess what, hope you are holding on to your seat, I have been denied the visa I applied for as well and leaving UK coming March. I really do hope that restricted COS would work out for you although I am reading literature around it to find out more about it.
PS - if you are not Mike, my bad - you already know who I am.
How reliable is this source mate ?VisaFrenzy wrote:Tier 2 (ICT)
Whilst this category will fall under the ‘unrestricted’ CoS allocations, there are restrictions for qualifying as an ICT migrant. Firstly, jobs must be on the Graduate Occupation list. Secondly, each applicant must have a minimum salary of £24,000 and applicants paid between £24,000 - £40,000 will be granted a maximum duration of one year. They will then be required to leave the UK for a ‘cooling off period’ of one year.
Applicants paid more than £40,000 will be permitted three years on entry clearance and will be permitted to extend for a further two years. Following the full five years, they will also be required to leave the UK for a ‘cooling off period’ of one year. Salaries may include allowances but accommodation remains capped at the current levels.
The most prominent change for this category is that no ICT applicants will be able to switch into Tier 2 (General) from 6 April. This does not apply to ICTs already in the UK before April 6 2011.
Reference - http://hcr.co.uk/?page=BlogandNews&article=128
Scroll to bottom of the page and read for ICT
Folks this has come to light - what do you make of it ??
AIUI, the date you withdraw your appeal, you are an overstayer in the UK and any out-of-time application for leave to remain will be considered only at UKBA's discretion. If UKBA decides not to accept your application because it is out-of-time, you not only lose the application fees but also prolong your "overstayer" status thereby making any future EC applications possibly subject to refusal under 320(7B).pricesoft wrote:If we withdraw the appeal in april and then decide to put in a new tier 2 application like I suggested earlier with an "unrestricted" or even "restricted" CoS, will the validity of my application be subject to discretion being exercised by the UKBA?