December 2017 Restricted COS

[sezam]

For me the freaking nightmare is ower - I got my RCOS this morning... This forum helped a lot to reveal what was going on. Thank you and good luck to everyone.

[Deepakkashyap]

Folks, I am pleased to share that my CoS has been granted. My application is under RLMT and salary is above 60K.

Congrats @Deepak just curious what's your experience and what industry are you in..

I am into banking - Credit Risk area with an experience of 8 years in banking industry.

Congratulations !!
May I ask when your RCOS request submitted and when it was Approved ?

It was submitted on 4th Dec and approved yesterday i.e. 20th Dec

[ashishkm]

For me the freaking nightmare is ower - I got my RCOS this morning... This forum helped a lot to reveal what was going on. Thank you and good luck to everyone.

Congrats sezam, please let us know your points (RLMT + salary)

[ashishkm]

Guys my RCOS has been approved... good luck to everyone!!

Congrats Vinod, you are first one among 20+35 band to get the good news. I hope mine should follow your's now

[mschase]

Oh no did you get any information from the Home Office? I think in 2016, the points mentioned on the gov website were 32 points.

I just checked Dec 2016 and it mentions 21 points. Am I missing something? Its pretty clear now that this month the quota ran short and all the shortage occupation + higher salary bands have swiped it.

[ashishkm]

Oh no did you get any information from the Home Office? I think in 2016, the points mentioned on the gov website were 32 points.

I just checked Dec 2016 and it mentions 21 points. Am I missing something? Its pretty clear now that this month the quota ran short and all the shortage occupation + higher salary bands have swiped it.

Yes they would have given a right reason - quota ran out! or something. Instead of saying application not met 21 points req

[newentrant]

Sorry I meant 2015: http://web.archive.org/web/201503251305 ... ponsorship

[ashishkm]

All

Anyone else, who are RLMT and 50 or 55K salary (50 or 55 points) - whose RCOS approved?

[menglinxia]

My CoS application has refused for a second time in Dec. My point is 20+16=36. RLMT based. not in shortage list. I am a new graduate.

My employer rated A by home office. They applied in October, failed. Then carried out RLMT again in November and applied CoS on 4th December. Yesterday they informed me that they failed again.

HR told me company has lost confidence to secure a visa for me. They have hired more than 20 people by visa in the last 2 years but the case like me is the first time. They decided to give up. It means i need to find another job again. I declined other offers 4 months ago and chose to wait the visa process with this company in UK. It is so frustrating. It seems in this case I do not have any protection since the contract states that the offer is subject to successfully secure tier 2 visa. Do you guys have any suggestion? Thanks so much.

The lesson should gain from my experience is that UK visa is not reliable. I should taken a another job whilst waiting for UK visa process.

[newentrant]

I'm sorry to hear about this. Do you know if your application failed due to not having enough points? Or is it that the RMLT failed? The Home Office is not transparent at all and it's really annoying. I want to find out what the threshold for this month was - it's clearly not 21 points.

[Emes108]

My CoS application has refused for a second time in Dec. My point is 20+16=36. RLMT based. not in shortage list. I am a new graduate.

My employer rated A by home office. They applied in October, failed. Then carried out RLMT again in November and applied CoS on 4th December. Yesterday they informed me that they failed again.

HR told me company has lost confidence to secure a visa for me. They have hired more than 20 people by visa in the last 2 years but the case like me is the first time. They decided to give up. It means i need to find another job again. I declined other offers 4 months ago and chose to wait the visa process with this company in UK. It is so frustrating. It seems in this case I do not have any protection since the contract states that the offer is subject to successfully secure tier 2 visa. Do you guys have any suggestion? Thanks so much.

The lesson should gain from my experience is that UK visa is not reliable. I should taken a another job whilst waiting for UK visa process.

Hi,

I'm so sorry to hear this..my rcos was also refused this time and I got 20+17=37 points. I heard from my HR that this time only applicants who secured more than 55 got through it and it's very disappointing.
Do you have any idea about why your application had been failed on October ? Coz, if you are refused rcos based on points, your employer can resubmit it without doing the RMLT. A RMLT will be valid for 6 months from the date of it's first advertisement in any jobs board (I guess to the best of my knowledge !!!, check with your employer though), so they can resubmit it as many times as possible without doing an RMLT again till then.

Please convince them to give it a try in Jan 2018 quota.

I wish you all the best luck

[sptula]

I don't believe with the minimum points that HO public on the portal. They always say 21 points
But we have applied for in November month. My points are 34, and there are couple of other as well.
Our applications are carried forward to December month as they could not allocate us in November due to less quota available. Finally they refused our application in December saying it does not meet minimum points scored by other applications allocated this month.

I am thinking they will still publish minimum points as 21 for December month when they publish on their portal later.

I agree with many of the people as they mentioned, January & February are also on low quota only 1500 RCOS available for allocation. All the people that are refused in December will again apply plus more applications will come under Shortage and high salary again.

It looks very tough situation for those application under RLMT path scoring below 40

[newentrant]

Hello,
Where did your HR get the information about the 55 points threshold? We have tried to speak to the Home Office via email and phone and they do not want to disclose the threshold to us. Our immigration lawyers also said that the HO wouldn't do it otherwise businesses will just adjust their salary based on the minimum points..

[sptula]

Hello,
Where did your HR get the information about the 55 points threshold? We have tried to speak to the Home Office via email and phone and they do not want to disclose the threshold to us. Our immigration lawyers also said that the HO wouldn't do it otherwise businesses will just adjust their salary based on the minimum points..

True. its not possible to know minimum points application that is approved which is under RLMT
HO always publish it as 21

[shannnnco]

Hello,
Where did your HR get the information about the 55 points threshold? We have tried to speak to the Home Office via email and phone and they do not want to disclose the threshold to us. Our immigration lawyers also said that the HO wouldn't do it otherwise businesses will just adjust their salary based on the minimum points..

True. its not possible to know minimum points application that is approved which is under RLMT
HO always publish it as 21

There is an article published which says the oversubscription has happened after July 2015.But July 2015 was also 46000 GBP, this time it has crossed all limits. I checked with my lawyers who are renowned, they mentioned the cutoff has been 55 points. I checked the cutoff for last month as well, to which they mentioned it was 21.

Yes next month can be crazy as well but lets hope there is some downward trend.
Lets wait for the HO nos. in terms of carried forward COS and the picture would become more clear

[sptula]

Hello,
Where did your HR get the information about the 55 points threshold? We have tried to speak to the Home Office via email and phone and they do not want to disclose the threshold to us. Our immigration lawyers also said that the HO wouldn't do it otherwise businesses will just adjust their salary based on the minimum points..

True. its not possible to know minimum points application that is approved which is under RLMT
HO always publish it as 21

There is an article published which says the oversubscription has happened after July 2015.But July 2015 was also 46000 GBP, this time it has crossed all limits. I checked with my lawyers who are renowned, they mentioned the cutoff has been 55 points. I checked the cutoff for last month as well, to which they mentioned it was 21.

Yes next month can be crazy as well but lets hope there is some downward trend.
Lets wait for the HO nos. in terms of carried forward COS and the picture would become more clear

You mentioned you have checked for last month.... So what was the minimum salary application that got approved through RLMT channel ?

[shannnnco]

21

[sptula]

21

Dont believe that. we scored 34 points but not awarded RCOS in november. There are some other people having more than 32 points but not awarded in November allocation and they got refused in December

HO always post 21 as minimum points irrespective of reality. Lets wait until they update stats for December

[shannnnco]

21

Dont believe that. we scored 34 points but not awarded RCOS in november. There are some other people having more than 32 points but not awarded in November allocation and they got refused in December

HO always post 21 as minimum points irrespective of reality. Lets wait until they update stats for December

Results are published. Minimum points are 55

[sptula]

21

Dont believe that. we scored 34 points but not awarded RCOS in november. There are some other people having more than 32 points but not awarded in November allocation and they got refused in December

HO always post 21 as minimum points irrespective of reality. Lets wait until they update stats for December

Results are published. Minimum points are 55

yes, also reduction in January quota as well
very disappointing

[shannnnco]

21

Dont believe that. we scored 34 points but not awarded RCOS in november. There are some other people having more than 32 points but not awarded in November allocation and they got refused in December

HO always post 21 as minimum points irrespective of reality. Lets wait until they update stats for December

Results are published. Minimum points are 55

yes, also reduction in January quota as well
very disappointing

@sptula are you reapplying?

[newentrant]

OMG I can't believe the January results!!! Even worse that June 2015.
This is really messed up. With a score of 33 points, I stand no chance. What on earth is happening? 55k is just too high!!!!!

[scottishindian]

Considering potential reapplications from Dec refusals, I guess they would maintain a higher cutoff in Jan as well and may be that's why there is no carry forward from Dec unlike last year's 1300 applications carried forward from Dec'16 to Jan'17.

[sptula]

Infact there is a cut of 91 on the quota, so only 1400 are available for allocation in January

[mishaque]

Is there any chance that HO dealt with December refuse applications first and then head to January application ?

Further any chance of getting the COS in the month of Jan for points against 36 ?