subject: Tier 2 (General) Sponsor's requesting extra certificates of sponsorship [print this page] Tier 2 (General) Sponsor's requesting extra certificates of sponsorship
An announcement has been made by the UK Border Agency following the declaration of refined criteria that is set to apply to Tier 2 (General) Sponsor's requesting extra certificates of sponsorship.
It is said that the criteria has been further developed in order to provide sponsors with more certainty, this will take effect in form of ensuring that all the requests are approved if the request is relevant to an extension for a work permit holder or a Tier 2 (General) worker that is already an employee of the sponsor.
Furthermore, the UK Border Agency claim that this refined criteria will be useful in assisting them to meet the apparent ongoing recruitment needs of sponsors as well as controlling the overall limit that was introduced in July 2010 for applications under Tier 2 (General) of the points-based system.
Currently any request for an additional certificate of sponsorship undergoes a consideration by a UK Border Agency panel that have regular meetings on the first working days of each month. However, it is noted that as a result of the introduction of the new refined criteria, the panel has been delayed and thus for the month of November they will not sit until 12 November 2010. For the UK Border Agency to be able to collect further information from sponsors who have submitted a COS (AR) request form, prior to the November panel, it is seen that this delay is essential.
It is notable that should further information be required from sponsors the UK Border Agency will be contacting sponsors with a detailed letter listing the information required.
The UK Border Agency state that all urgent cases will be considered outside the monthly panel. This will be applicable in cases where the sponsor's application cannot be delayed until the 12 November; an example would be if an existing employee's visa is due to expire before November 19, 2010.
