Working for the new tier 2 sponsor while waiting on a decision to be made

[muzzba]

Hi,

I wanted to ask if someone can start working for their new sponsor on while waiting on a decision to be made on their application ?

The home office on their website mentions

"If you’re sponsoring an employee who’s waiting for their Tier 2 or 5 visa application to be decided
You may allow employees to start work before their visa application has been decided if:

you have assigned them a CoS
the employee submitted their application before their current visa expired
the role they are employed in is the same as the one on their CoS
Your reporting responsibilities for an employee start from the date you have assigned them a CoS, not from the date that their application is granted. You will not be able to report information to us using the sponsor management system. You must however ensure that you record and maintain all the relevant information set out in the sponsor guidance on your own systems. Any changes that will impact the eventual consideration of the migrant’s visa application should be updated on the CoS, as normal.

If the employee’s application is eventually rejected as invalid or refused you must terminate their employment."

but is this applicable to applications made in June/July as well or only applications that were made prior to lockdown?

Any concrete evidental help will be highly appreciated.