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Presumably you already have a CoS from your prospective employer. Grant of leave application by post/courier takes much longer than a PEO appointment, the problem in your case is that at the PEO they only handle straightforward applications. However, if your situation is regularised by the original employer informing UKBA that your employment has been terminated then it can be regarded as a straightforward case. Also, you can only start work with your new sponsor once you have the UKBA approval letter for the change of employment applicationUKmigrant wrote:My only option now is to process a change of employment application. Would you reccommend I do the premium service? or post/courier just fine?
There are lots of firms. One firm that does mostly business immigration is Ferguson Snell:UKmigrant wrote:If i seek professional advice, who would be the best people that can help me?
manci wrote:Your situation needs regularising because the condition of your present leave is that you are working for your original employer (Company A) but you are not. From what you wrote it can be implied (but needs confirming or otherwise) that Company A didn't report to UKBA that you are not working for them. If that is the case they are in breach of the conditions of their sponsor licence. The CoS was (presumably) assigned by Company A and even if this happened through the perpetration of a fraud by the agency, they are responsible to UKBA. In the CoS they certified that they are sponsoring you for working for them in a specified job with a stated SOC code and salary and from a certain date and also that they carried out a RLMT (if applicable).
Your first port of call for regularising your situation should be Company A and you should be pointing out all the above to them. They should inform UKBA that you are no longer working for them. According to the sponsorship rules this must be done within 10 working days of the termination.
Even if Company A used an agent they are fully responsible for the recruitment. See page 5:UKmigrant wrote:Luckily, I still have a copy of the COS with my original employer, and it has the agent's name listed on the COS too
Even if the sponsorship is cancelled it will take some time before UKBA curtails your leave and informs you of that.UKmigrant wrote:I do not know if my sponsorship has been cancelled by company A, if you said i will be receiving a mail regarding the curtailment of my visa, that has not happened yet
The agency, or indeed the sponsor, is in no position to cancel/curtail visas - only UKBA can do that.UKmigrant wrote:If and when my visa is gonna be cancelled, it will be the agency who would do that
No, the 60 days only start from the date UKBA decide to curtail your visa.UKmigrant wrote: I was thinking the 60 days allowance has already started when I first arrived here and after knowing my ill fate.
I'm suggesting that you seek professional advice. They will look at all the documentation you have and advise how to proceed, especially since you are likely to want to make the new application at a PEO.UKmigrant wrote:Are you suggesting I do not process a new application without straightening this out?
I don't believe you need to submit an online application for being able to book a PEO appointment. Appointments are not easy to secure, anecdotal evidence suggests that the best time to try to book is just after midnight. Alternatively, if you you use a professional advisor they have special access to UKBA for booking PEO appointments.UKmigrant wrote: If it is a PEO appointment, do you think there is still available appointments before sept? I can't check the availability on the UKBA website unless I submit the application form.