I’m hopping someone may be able to help me with a query:
I understand that a restricted certificate of sponsorship needs to be assigned within 6 months of the job first being advertised otherwise the RLMT expires.
My question is: does the visa also need to be applied for within the 6 months from when the job first was advertised? Or can you still apply for the visa after this 6 month period as long as the COS has been assigned (and obviously it’s within 3 months of this)?
I ask because my RLMT will expire late February (job had been advertised for a long time) so I have one last chance to get my COS in the Feb allocation however if I did I don’t think I’d have enough time to also apply and have my visa granted before the 6 month cut off.
If it is the case that the visa also needs to be granted within the 6 months the RLMT is valid for and it’s not possible for me then I suppose it would be better for my employer to start re-doing RMLT now?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as you all seem much more knowledgeable about all of this than I am
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