Tier 2 General visa - new entrant or experienced?

[sedra]

I want to switch to Tier 2 General from Tier 1 Entrepreneur, age above 26. Want to apply for three years. For salary rate, am I considered experienced or entrant? Is experienced rate just matters for applications for more than three years?

[eduleal]

New entrant applies to the following :

The lower pay threshold for new entrant employees is set at the 10th percentile of the pay distribution for
full-time employees in that occupation. The new entrant thresholds apply to:
 Graduates switching into Tier 2 (General) within the UK from the student route or Tier 1 (PostStudy
Work);
 Graduate recruits where you have used a university “milkround” to satisfy the Resident Labour
Market Test;
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 Graduates sponsored in the Intra-Company Transfer Graduate Trainee route; and
 Workers making a Tier 2 application who are aged 25 or under on the date they apply.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... l_2015.pdf

[ucio36]

I thought the age limit is under "26" not under "25"?

The applicant is considered to be a “new entrant” due to one of the following:
(i) he is exempt from the Resident Labour Market Test due to the post-study work provisions in paragraph 78B above,
(ii) his Sponsor satisfied the Resident Labour Market Test under the provisions for “new graduate jobs or internships” in the first row of Table 11B above, or
(iii) he was under the age of 26 on the date the application was made
and, in all cases, the applicant is not applying for a grant of leave that would extend his total stay in Tier 2 and/or as a Work Permit Holder beyond 3 years and 1 month.

Minimum salary:
£20,800 per year or the appropriate rate for the job as stated in Appendix J, whichever is higher

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... attributes
Table 11CA

Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks

[CR001]

I thought the age limit is under "26" not under "25"?

The applicant is considered to be a “new entrant” due to one of the following:
(i) he is exempt from the Resident Labour Market Test due to the post-study work provisions in paragraph 78B above,
(ii) his Sponsor satisfied the Resident Labour Market Test under the provisions for “new graduate jobs or internships” in the first row of Table 11B above, or
(iii) he was under the age of 26 on the date the application was made
and, in all cases, the applicant is not applying for a grant of leave that would extend his total stay in Tier 2 and/or as a Work Permit Holder beyond 3 years and 1 month.

Minimum salary:
£20,800 per year or the appropriate rate for the job as stated in Appendix J, whichever is higher

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... attributes
Table 11CA

Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks

This topic is from 2016. Kindly refrain from digging up and tagging onto old threads. The '25' was likely a TYPO!