Thank you for your response, I just realised that I missed another question to clarify. At the end of April, I complete 5 years in the UK under Tier 2 General visa, if there is a gap of 1 month without employment (while waiting for the new CoS to be issued or if the visa process takes longer), can I ...

I work for a reputed university under Tier 2 General visa in the UK. Due to lack of external funding for my projects, my contract ends in December 2018, but my Tier 2 visa expires in Nov 2019. I got a job offer from a promising startup; I think it would take them at least 3 months to prepare to ...