June 2018 Restricted COS

[sha560]

Is it possible to apply like this this month with one point and next month with another RLMT with change in points , Have you checked with you solicitors and employer.

Yes it is. Remember... it is the employer who puts out the advert for RLMT at the higher rate of 50k according to HO rules. I applied again, and they use this new RLMT to apply for COS. Nothing wrong in that I presume. I recall alot of us here have don't the same too. The employer only needs to make sure that they pay you the higher salary as per the RLMT advert. .. and YES, my employer agreed to do this...

Hi,

My Company did not mentioned Salary in Advert.They just mentioned as Competitive and they applying RCOS since 3 months still refused based on points.I have raised concern with My manager to satisfy RMLT we need to mention salary.Company had taken legal advise and they conformed Competitive will be accepted by home office.

Please conform will home office consider RMLT with out Salary.

Please check here in rates of pay section.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -employers
Your salary must be shown and not 'competitive'

ALSO
When carrying out the resident labour market test, you can only use the
advertising methods set out in this guidance. The job advertisement must be in
English, unless based in Wales where it may be in English or Welsh, and it
must include all the following:
• the job title
• the main duties and responsibilities of the job (job description)
• the location of the job
• an indication of the salary package (including allowances) or salary range or
terms on offer, the ‘Rates of pay’ section has more information
• skills, qualifications and experience needed
• the closing date for applications, unless it is part of a rolling recruitment
programme - if it is a rolling recruitment programme, the advertisement
should show the period of the recruitment programme

Thanks Brother! i will ask my HR to find more details

[Da boms]

Looks to be cut-off 56 this month.

Why do you think so???)

[supervic93]

Looks to be cut-off 56 this month.

What makes you think the cut off is 56? If none of us have heard back yet there’s no way to know. Also, how are 56 points possible? Seems like points are allocated by 5s? (20 points for RMLT + 30 for 50 K OR 35 for 55k etc. ) no?

[astana]

Whoever knows that the cut off is 56 (magically, when there are delays for everyone), please tell me the lottery numbers... I’d like to get rich if I can’t get to the UK this time

[OneAnxiousTeacher]

Can somebody help me establish how many points I have?

My salary is 40k, but my employer provides housing, and said this "bumps you up to 59k" in the rcos app. However, I THINK I remember seeing some sort of formula for calculating how much benefits such as housing provided by an employer can "count" towards point scores. Is anybody else in a situation in which their package includes both salary and housing?

[UKTier2June2018]

Can somebody help me establish how many points I have?

My salary is 40k, but my employer provides housing, and said this "bumps you up to 59k" in the rcos app. However, I THINK I remember seeing some sort of formula for calculating how much benefits such as housing provided by an employer can "count" towards point scores. Is anybody else in a situation in which their package includes both salary and housing?

If your employer has hired a professional immigration team to calculate it for you and told you that you have an equivalent salary of £59k, you would have 55 points

[OneAnxiousTeacher]

Can somebody help me establish how many points I have?

My salary is 40k, but my employer provides housing, and said this "bumps you up to 59k" in the rcos app. However, I THINK I remember seeing some sort of formula for calculating how much benefits such as housing provided by an employer can "count" towards point scores. Is anybody else in a situation in which their package includes both salary and housing?

If your employer has hired a professional immigration team to calculate it for you and told you that you have an equivalent salary of £59k, you would have 55 points

Thank you. I don't know about a team, but they are working with an immigration lawyer. It is a school, so they don't tend to have enough new employees each year to necessitate a team, I think.

I was just told that my application is "Under Review", and also that the school has never experienced anything like the current situation; they and the attorney are baffled.

[UKTier2June2018]

Can somebody help me establish how many points I have?

My salary is 40k, but my employer provides housing, and said this "bumps you up to 59k" in the rcos app. However, I THINK I remember seeing some sort of formula for calculating how much benefits such as housing provided by an employer can "count" towards point scores. Is anybody else in a situation in which their package includes both salary and housing?

If your employer has hired a professional immigration team to calculate it for you and told you that you have an equivalent salary of £59k, you would have 55 points

Thank you. I don't know about a team, but they are working with an immigration lawyer. It is a school, so they don't tend to have enough new employees each year to necessitate a team, I think.

I was just told that my application is "Under Review", and also that the school has never experienced anything like the current situation; they and the attorney are baffled.

I have a friend who works as an immigration lawyer as here - he said a situation like this is 'unprecedented' (delay on top of the squeeze due to points)

[Melsieau]

Hey guys

Does anyone know the best email to contact the Home Office with a question?

My employer received a letter stating my RCOS has been rejected due to the minimum salary not being met. However my hours are 25 hours per week so in a pro rata basis the minimum salary is being met. JWe recieved only refusals from Jan-May due to not meeting the required number of points but this month it’s a refusal.

My employer has email the tier2limits email address but has not had a response.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

[UKTier2June2018]

Hey guys

Does anyone know the best email to contact the Home Office with a question?

My employer received a letter stating my RCOS has been rejected due to the minimum salary not being met. However my hours are 25 hours per week so in a pro rata basis the minimum salary is being met. JWe recieved only refusals from Jan-May due to not meeting the required number of points but this month it’s a refusal.

My employer has email the tier2limits email address but has not had a response.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

I am only aware of this way to contact UKVI however it is said on the website "Contact centre staff cannot give you advice about your personal circumstances."

May I ask whether you received your update just now?

[blitzkrieg333]

50 points, non SOL, non NHS - just spoke to the HR, still no news!

[astana]

There is no appeals process for Rcos rejections so the best course of action would be to get a lawyer’s advice about your salary and try again the next month, Melsieau

[keenm8]

Hey guys

Does anyone know the best email to contact the Home Office with a question?

My employer received a letter stating my RCOS has been rejected due to the minimum salary not being met. However my hours are 25 hours per week so in a pro rata basis the minimum salary is being met. JWe recieved only refusals from Jan-May due to not meeting the required number of points but this month it’s a refusal.

My employer has email the tier2limits email address but has not had a response.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

Sorry but I believe that you qualify as part time in this case, so you will not qualify for the COS. If you look back a few pages the admin responded to you (if i am remembering correctly). That was my understanding as well.

Maybe you can increase your hours at work so you will qualify next month?

Good luck!

[Melsieau]

Hey guys

Does anyone know the best email to contact the Home Office with a question?

My employer received a letter stating my RCOS has been rejected due to the minimum salary not being met. However my hours are 25 hours per week so in a pro rata basis the minimum salary is being met. JWe recieved only refusals from Jan-May due to not meeting the required number of points but this month it’s a refusal.

My employer has email the tier2limits email address but has not had a response.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

I am only aware of this way to contact UKVI however it is said on the website "Contact centre staff cannot give you advice about your personal circumstances."

May I ask whether you received your update just now?

I received it on Friday last week. If the contact centre can't give me advice then I wonder who I need to contact? Someone must be able to explain why the same application was refused 5 times and then rejected the 6th?

[Melsieau]

Hey guys

Does anyone know the best email to contact the Home Office with a question?

My employer received a letter stating my RCOS has been rejected due to the minimum salary not being met. However my hours are 25 hours per week so in a pro rata basis the minimum salary is being met. JWe recieved only refusals from Jan-May due to not meeting the required number of points but this month it’s a refusal.

My employer has email the tier2limits email address but has not had a response.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

Sorry but I believe that you qualify as part time in this case, so you will not qualify for the COS. If you look back a few pages the admin responded to you (if i am remembering correctly). That was my understanding as well.

Maybe you can increase your hours at work so you will qualify next month?

Good luck!

Thanks guys. I have an immigration lawyer and she has advised that minimum working hours only apply to shortage occupations. She said she has had applicants in the past working 28 hours per week. The minimum salary has been met on a pro rata basis. If the salary was incorrect I would have though it would have been rejected back in January rather than being refused based on points??

[optimist08]

Hi guys, Im with 44 points non-sol non NHS.

And I was informed by the HR yesterday that my RCOS status was showing “pending” under the SMS portal. I had also written to the immigration firm which is handling my tier 2 process asking about the delay. This is what I have recieved just now (extracting the relevant para from the email)

“While we are not in a position to conclusively tell you the exact reason for the delay, informal sources have indicated that the results should be out by 22nd of this month.”

W

[optimist08]

Definitely this is unprecedented, but the key here is to be patient I think.

The firm could not answer my question with regard to whether doctors and nurses have been exempted from this month itself.

Lets wait.

[UKTier2June2018]

Hi guys, Im with 44 points non-sol non NHS.

And I was informed by the HR yesterday that my RCOS status was showing “pending” under the SMS portal. I had also written to the immigration firm which is handling my tier 2 process asking about the delay. This is what I have recieved just now (extracting the relevant para from the email)

“While we are not in a position to conclusively tell you the exact reason for the delay, informal sources have indicated that the results should be out by 22nd of this month.”

W

If we can all at least know the outcome by 22nd, I already consider that as a success...

[optimist08]

Hi guys, Im with 44 points non-sol non NHS.

And I was informed by the HR yesterday that my RCOS status was showing “pending” under the SMS portal. I had also written to the immigration firm which is handling my tier 2 process asking about the delay. This is what I have recieved just now (extracting the relevant para from the email)

“While we are not in a position to conclusively tell you the exact reason for the delay, informal sources have indicated that the results should be out by 22nd of this month.”

W

If we can all at least know the outcome by 22nd, I already consider that as a success...

Hahahaha, Ive now reached a level where I no longer feel sad. Im just amused. Amused at how much worse it can get.

[UKTier2June2018]

Hi guys, Im with 44 points non-sol non NHS.

And I was informed by the HR yesterday that my RCOS status was showing “pending” under the SMS portal. I had also written to the immigration firm which is handling my tier 2 process asking about the delay. This is what I have recieved just now (extracting the relevant para from the email)

“While we are not in a position to conclusively tell you the exact reason for the delay, informal sources have indicated that the results should be out by 22nd of this month.”

W

If we can all at least know the outcome by 22nd, I already consider that as a success...

Hahahaha, Ive now reached a level where I no longer feel sad. Im just amused. Amused at how much worse it can get.

Every extra day delay -> extra day until you can put in your tier 2 application -> extra day until you find out about your outcome of your tier 2 -> extra day until you can start your job in UK -> lost day for your UK income from your created value for UK employer -> lost revenue for your UK employer and lost tax for HMRC

I presume everyone is losing out for these delays

[bbo]

I see a lot of anticipation for an early result and lot of dejection about the delay. Trust, everyone agrees that a delayed response means HO and ministry is trying to consider how can docs and nurses be move out of RCOS in June itself since PM said 'immediate effect' and therefore HO is holding back the decision for common good.

If we receive the outcomes early like all other months be sure that its business as usual and docs are nurses are to get RCOS for june for sure. Your chances then reduce drastically and only hope is July for 44+ and August for 30+ folks

So, hope everyone understands that delay is positive sign for folks under 55.

[optimist08]

I see a lot of anticipation for an early result and lot of dejection about the delay. Trust, everyone agrees that a delayed response means HO and ministry is trying to consider how can docs and nurses be move out of RCOS in June itself since PM said 'immediate effect' and therefore HO is holding back the decision for common good.

If we receive the outcomes early like all other months be sure that its business as usual and docs are nurses are to get RCOS for june for sure. Your chances then reduce drastically and only hope is July for 44+ and August for 30+ folks

So, hope everyone understands that delay is positive sign for folks under 55.

100% agree with you. One hundred percent.

[blitzkrieg333]

Hi guys, Im with 44 points non-sol non NHS.

And I was informed by the HR yesterday that my RCOS status was showing “pending” under the SMS portal. I had also written to the immigration firm which is handling my tier 2 process asking about the delay. This is what I have recieved just now (extracting the relevant para from the email)

“While we are not in a position to conclusively tell you the exact reason for the delay, informal sources have indicated that the results should be out by 22nd of this month.”

W

If we can all at least know the outcome by 22nd, I already consider that as a success...

Hahahaha, Ive now reached a level where I no longer feel sad. Im just amused. Amused at how much worse it can get.

I know that state too - being stuck since December! I now feel numb to all this, because it can't get worse than what we all have been through!

[blitzkrieg333]

I see a lot of anticipation for an early result and lot of dejection about the delay. Trust, everyone agrees that a delayed response means HO and ministry is trying to consider how can docs and nurses be move out of RCOS in June itself since PM said 'immediate effect' and therefore HO is holding back the decision for common good.

If we receive the outcomes early like all other months be sure that its business as usual and docs are nurses are to get RCOS for june for sure. Your chances then reduce drastically and only hope is July for 44+ and August for 30+ folks

So, hope everyone understands that delay is positive sign for folks under 55.

I completely agree with this reasoning. Wait is seldom good, but it sure is in this case!

[voldy1990]

I see a lot of anticipation for an early result and lot of dejection about the delay. Trust, everyone agrees that a delayed response means HO and ministry is trying to consider how can docs and nurses be move out of RCOS in June itself since PM said 'immediate effect' and therefore HO is holding back the decision for common good.

If we receive the outcomes early like all other months be sure that its business as usual and docs are nurses are to get RCOS for june for sure. Your chances then reduce drastically and only hope is July for 44+ and August for 30+ folks

So, hope everyone understands that delay is positive sign for folks under 55.

Indeed. All's well that ends well. Just hoping this is actually the reason of the delay. Because otherwise it makes no sense.