2,870 Tier 2 Certificates of Sponsorship Available for Allocation in October

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Following September’s Tier 2 visa allocation meeting, the number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) available for October stands at just 2,870, according to UK Visas and Immigration data. The department published its September report citing that its figures were correct as of 15 September, 2016.

Sanwar Ali, Editor of workpermit.com News reviews the UK Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence and Tier 2 Visa System:

Under the somewhat bureaucratic UK Immigration Tier 2 Visa and Tier 2 Sponsorship licence system it is difficult employing people from outside the EU. There have bene a number of complaints that the Home Office has treated UK employers unfairly and unjustly under the Tier 2 visa system. The system is extremely biased and very unfair. Employers are in a constant state of fear wondering whether they will be able to keep their Tier 2 Sponsorship licence and continue to employ people from outside the EU on Tier 2 Visas.

An employer with a Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence needs to apply for what is called restricted Certificates of Sponsorship (CoSs) for immigrants they wish to employ from outside the UK. Under the current UK immigration system, unused Tier 2 restricted CoS to employ people who are currently based outside the UK can be reclaimed after three months. This increases the availability of restricted CoSs for employers.

The September Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship allocation meeting took place on 12 September. All valid applications lodged by 5 September were successful, provided they scored 21 points or more.

 

 

The breakdown of Tier 2 CoS for the month of September looks like this:

 

Number of Tier 2 Certificates of Sponsorship from annual limit set aside for allocation meeting in September.
2,000
Balance of Certificates of Sponsorship carried over from previous month (August).
743
Number of certificates returned during previous month (August).
8
Number of certificates reclaimed as not used within three months.
246
Number of certificates granted by exceptional consideration outside of monthly allocation during previous month (August).
95
Total number of certificates assigned to Croatians in previous month (August).
23
Total number of Certificates of Sponsorship available for allocation in September.
2,879
Minimum point score for successful applications in September.
21
Total number of Certificates of Sponsorship granted in September.
1,509
Tier 2 (General – New hires under £155,300).
1,502
Tier 2 (General – Tier 4 dependant switching to Tier 2).
7
Balance of certificates of sponsorship carried over to October 2016.
1,370
Number of Certificates of Sponsorship available for allocation in October 2016.
2,870

The next UK Visas and Immigration allocation meeting will took place on 11 October, 2016 and will indicate the number of Tier 2 CoS that will be available for the month of November.

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