Cooling off period from Tier-1 to Tier-2

[hsmp_sachin]

Hi All,

I was on Tier-1 visa working for an Indian company in UK and returned from UK on April 3rd 2012 and my Tier-1 visa expired on April 5th 2012.

Now my employer is planning to process Tier-2(Short Term). Our company's Immigration group came back saying that i need to spend one year in India before i can apply for Tier-2(Short Term) visa.

As per my knowledge, the cooling off period applies if we are applying for the same category of visas i.e. Tier-2(Short Term) expired and the cooling off period applies if i want to apply the same category of visa again.

Could anyone confirm if my understanding is correct and any other thoughts are welcome.

Thanks

[Lucapooka]

There is no cooling off period where the applicant has previously been in the UK under Tier 1. I suggest you revise your question.