Dear Shugal,
I refer to your questions posted Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:45 pm. As a reminder to all others under similar immigration conditions (changing T4 to T2), certain points as per UKBA rules and advice must be given attention to detail.
1) To be able to apply, you must score a total of 70 points and meet all the other requirements of the Immigration Rules.
2) You must score 50 points for having a Tier 2 (General) certificate of sponsorship, and for being paid an appropriate salary. These are known as your 'attributes'.
Points are available for your attributes as follows:
The Certificate of sponsorship
30
Appropriate salary and allowances
20
3) Points for your English language ability
You must score 10 points for English language ability.
4) Points for maintenance (funds)
You must score 10 points for maintenance (funds).
5) You may need to meet an additional requirement if you are in the UK as a Tier 4 student, or in one of the student categories under the Immigration Rules that were in place before March 2009. For more information, see the Students with financial sponsorship page
Please read more on:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... igibility/
6) Due to recent abolishment of UKBA's agency status, your application might take a longer, very much linger time that anticipated. Changes will be made after 6th April. Please make yourself aware of this by reading news on the UKBA website.
7) You can make a Tier 2 application at anytime as long as
a) Your current leave is valid until the date of application
b) You have a valid passport
C) You meet the requirements for T2
d) You have a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) which has an expiry date which exactly three (3) months after it was first issued to a migrant.
I wish you every success and luck in your application. Should you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to post it publicly here to help many others under similar circumstances.
Many thanks
UKBA God :)
