Resignation on tier 2 - Do I need to pay fee back in full?

[mylegs]

Hi all,

I am currently on tier 2 general but resigning the company one and a half year before my 3-year visa expires. When I applied for my visa I had to sign a contract that I pay back the visa fee in full if I leave the company before my visa expires, no matter what. So they are deducting the visa fee from my final salary - I'll only get 600 pounds this month because of that.

Then I did some research recently and realised that most companies do deduct the visa fee in such a case but not in full, the amount reduces with time. As far as I see, for most companies if you work for 1.5 years then you'd only have to pay 50% of the fee back.

My question is, does anyone know if companies legally allow to deduct the fee in full?? Any tips will help, thank you.

Kind regards

[CR001]

This is an employment issue and everything to do with the contract you signed, which is legally binding.

This is not an immigration related issue.

[alex132]

So you mean company paid your Visa fees initially when you apply for Tier 2 visa?