Go through the guidance which will help you with your queries and many more..You dont have to get the
same points you got in your first/previous application.
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Tier 1 (General) Migrants
This section contains two points tables.
Applicants will be required to claim either 75 or 80 points from either
Table 2 or Table 3, depending on the date of application for their initial grant of leave:
• For applications before 6 April 2010 – applicants must score 75 points from Table 2
• For applications between 6 April 2010 and 19 July 2010 – applicants must score 75 points from Table 3
• For applications after 19 July 2010 – applicants must score 80 points from Table 3.
Age
If the applicant was first granted leave in the categories of Highly Skilled Migrant, Writer, Composer or Artist,
Self-employed lawyer or Tier 1 (General) Migrant and has not been granted leave in any category other than
those listed here since the first grant of leave,
points will be awarded based on the applicant’s age at the date
of the application for that first grant of leave