ICT TIER 2 Or TIER 2 GENERAL

[Dimi007]

My Company is currently located in USA. It has a branch in UK.

My company is planning to shift me in UK based on ICT Tier 2 visa, however, in long run there is no path to ILR and citizenship.

Can I resign from my Company (USA) and can they re-hire me as a new employee in UK ? Can this option be used to get hired on Tier 2 General visa ?

Should there be any time duration or cooling period between resignation and re- hiring ?

Is there any other way I can directly join with Tier 2 general visa ?

Note - my salary will be below 100k.

Thanks in advance.

[CR001]

Is there any other way I can directly join with Tier 2 general visa ?

Ask your sponsor if you can apply for tier 2 general if they are a tier 2 general sponsor licenced sponsor.

Can I resign from my Company (USA) and can they re-hire me as a new employee in UK ? Can this option be used to get hired on Tier 2 General visa ?

Do you mean if you come to the UK as a tier 2 ICT and try change to tier 2 general using this option??

[Dimi007]

Thanks for your response.

My employer is tier 2 General sponsor in UK.
My question is - Do I need to join in UK under Tier 2 ICT or I can join in Tier 2 General.?

Thanks.

[CR001]

You should ask your sponsor to do the tier 2 general visa.

You cannot change to tier 2 general within the UK from ICT (only very minimal circs allow this), more particularly, not with the same sponsor who sponsored your ICT visa.

[adisays]

Thanks for your response.

My employer is tier 2 General sponsor in UK.
My question is - Do I need to join in UK under Tier 2 ICT or I can join in Tier 2 General.?

Thanks.

I would highly, HIGHLY recommend pushing your company to do a Tier 2 General if possible. I myself was sponsored on a Tier 2 General (from the US, work /live in the UK). 5 years later I got ILR last October. My friend and colleague though from Brazil, who came to the UK about 6 months after me came here on an ICT visa. 5 years later, he's finding out the hard way now that there's no path to citizenship, and because he makes less than the high income threshold he has to leave for 12 months to do a cooling off period. When he comes back, the 5-year ticker for ILR starts at 0.

The difference between me and my friend is that I wasn't already employed with the company, and he was employed with our Brazillian branch. Does anyone know if a current employee HAS to go with the ICT, or if the company can apply for an Tier 2 General for them?

[CR001]

Does anyone know if a current employee HAS to go with the ICT, or if the company can apply for an Tier 2 General for them?

No, ICT is not mandatory but has less mandatory requirements than tier 2 general, ie rlmt etc