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ska.omer
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Re: any news??

Post by ska.omer » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:22 pm

Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.

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Re: any news??

Post by sha23 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:25 pm

ska.omer wrote:Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.
hi ska.omer.

Congrats. Really thrilled for u. Surely a relief for you. Please pray for the rest of us.
I am waiting for mine still.

regards

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Re: any news??

Post by sussexguy » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:47 pm

ska.omer wrote:Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.
Congratulations! Did your company apply just for the CoS and not a sponsor licence?

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Re: updates if any?

Post by sha23 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:58 am

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@logix88:- Hi did u receive ur unrestricted cos allocation?> Any update on the same from your side? ur employer had applied in july if i remember right?

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Re: any news??

Post by sha23 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:59 am

sussexguy wrote:
ska.omer wrote:Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.
Congratulations! Did your company apply just for the CoS and not a sponsor licence?
His was a case of just application of Cos. Sponsor is A rated existing sponsor.

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Re: updates if any?

Post by logix88 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:44 pm

sha23 wrote:[\\

@logix88:- Hi did u receive ur unrestricted cos allocation?> Any update on the same from your side? ur employer had applied in july if i remember right?
No, Aug and still waiting.. Although, my visa is due to expire soon ( in 4 weeks), UKBA advised that if it's under 2 weeks they would prioritise it and I am hoping they stick to that.

Judging from some previous posts, people were given CoS allocation when expiry date is near by...

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Re: updates if any?

Post by blobfish » Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:38 pm

logix88 wrote:
sha23 wrote:[\\

@logix88:- Hi did u receive ur unrestricted cos allocation?> Any update on the same from your side? ur employer had applied in july if i remember right?
No, Aug and still waiting.. Although, my visa is due to expire soon ( in 4 weeks), UKBA advised that if it's under 2 weeks they would prioritise it and I am hoping they stick to that.

Judging from some previous posts, people were given CoS allocation when expiry date is near by...
I am waiting for the allocation as well and my visa expire in less than 2 months, so probably need the urgent treatment as well.

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Re: updates if any?

Post by sha23 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:59 pm

blobfish wrote:
logix88 wrote:
sha23 wrote:[\\

@logix88:- Hi did u receive ur unrestricted cos allocation?> Any update on the same from your side? ur employer had applied in july if i remember right?
No, Aug and still waiting.. Although, my visa is due to expire soon ( in 4 weeks), UKBA advised that if it's under 2 weeks they would prioritise it and I am hoping they stick to that.

Judging from some previous posts, people were given CoS allocation when expiry date is near by...
I am waiting for the allocation as well and my visa expire in less than 2 months, so probably need the urgent treatment as well.
Hi Can u please update, on when did ur employer make the request to UKBa for additional allocation of unrestricted cos.

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Re: updates if any?

Post by blobfish » Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:53 am

sha23 wrote:
blobfish wrote:
logix88 wrote:
sha23 wrote:[\\

@logix88:- Hi did u receive ur unrestricted cos allocation?> Any update on the same from your side? ur employer had applied in july if i remember right?
No, Aug and still waiting.. Although, my visa is due to expire soon ( in 4 weeks), UKBA advised that if it's under 2 weeks they would prioritise it and I am hoping they stick to that.

Judging from some previous posts, people were given CoS allocation when expiry date is near by...
I am waiting for the allocation as well and my visa expire in less than 2 months, so probably need the urgent treatment as well.
Hi Can u please update, on when did ur employer make the request to UKBa for additional allocation of unrestricted cos.
Hi, my emploer submitted the increase on 8th of October.

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update from anybody?

Post by sha23 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:44 am

Hi All,

Its week13 for me post applying for additonal allocation(unrestricted cos) by my emplyer. Still no news!!...Did any of you applied in July have got allocation? of late/recently without urgent treatment?

do please let me know....

Its really very painful...wait...

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Re: update from anybody?

Post by blobfish » Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:18 am

sha23 wrote:Hi All,

Its week13 for me post applying for additonal allocation(unrestricted cos) by my emplyer. Still no news!!...Did any of you applied in July have got allocation? of late/recently without urgent treatment?

do please let me know....

Its really very painful...wait...
13 weeks is too long! When will your current visa expire? Maybe you have to wait until 2 weeks before its expire for an urgent treatment. I feel very nervous as well since my visa expire in mid december.

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Re: update from anybody?

Post by sha23 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:05 am

blobfish wrote:
sha23 wrote:Hi All,

Its week13 for me post applying for additonal allocation(unrestricted cos) by my emplyer. Still no news!!...Did any of you applied in July have got allocation? of late/recently without urgent treatment?

do please let me know....

Its really very painful...wait...
13 weeks is too long! When will your current visa expire? Maybe you have to wait until 2 weeks before its expire for an urgent treatment. I feel very nervous as well since my visa expire in mid december.
new applicant from outside the country. Fall under Tier-2 ICT. So this condition wont apply to me....

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Re: update from anybody?

Post by blobfish » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:48 pm

sha23 wrote:
blobfish wrote:
sha23 wrote:Hi All,

Its week13 for me post applying for additonal allocation(unrestricted cos) by my emplyer. Still no news!!...Did any of you applied in July have got allocation? of late/recently without urgent treatment?

do please let me know....

Its really very painful...wait...
13 weeks is too long! When will your current visa expire? Maybe you have to wait until 2 weeks before its expire for an urgent treatment. I feel very nervous as well since my visa expire in mid december.
new applicant from outside the country. Fall under Tier-2 ICT. So this condition wont apply to me....
So are you waiting for a restricted cos or unrestricted?

sha23
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Re: update from anybody?

Post by sha23 » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:21 am

blobfish wrote:
sha23 wrote:
blobfish wrote:
sha23 wrote:Hi All,

Its week13 for me post applying for additonal allocation(unrestricted cos) by my emplyer. Still no news!!...Did any of you applied in July have got allocation? of late/recently without urgent treatment?

do please let me know....

Its really very painful...wait...
13 weeks is too long! When will your current visa expire? Maybe you have to wait until 2 weeks before its expire for an urgent treatment. I feel very nervous as well since my visa expire in mid december.
new applicant from outside the country. Fall under Tier-2 ICT. So this condition wont apply to me....
So are you waiting for a restricted cos or unrestricted?
unrestricted///..one it is..falls under tier-2 ict. technically only tier-2 general cos have classification of restricted and unrestricted...
tier-2 ict by definition itself is unrestricted....(mods correct me if i am wrong anywhere on the technalities of tier-2)

sha23
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Re: any news??

Post by sha23 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 1:01 pm

ska.omer wrote:Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.
Hi ska.omer,

One doubt, in the SMS system did the status change while your unrestricted cos was about to come. What was the status just before it was assigned or allotment being done. Once requested status is shown as "requested" post which what re the different statuses?

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Re: any news??

Post by ska.omer » Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:15 am

sha23 wrote:
ska.omer wrote:Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.
Hi ska.omer,

One doubt, in the SMS system did the status change while your unrestricted cos was about to come. What was the status just before it was assigned or allotment being done. Once requested status is shown as "requested" post which what re the different statuses?
Hi Sha23,
I am not sure about the status changes as I did not have access to sms system. The day my company recieved the COS, I was in a meeting and in the middle of that HR confirmed me about it. He had said, He just received an email from UKBA and the company had been allocated two unrestricted COS.

Thanks.

Thanks.

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Re: any news??

Post by sha23 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:32 am

ska.omer wrote:
sha23 wrote:
ska.omer wrote:Hi Everyone,
After a long wait of 16 weeks and 2 days, today my company received COS. it was applied on June 20 and received today around 11 am. My employer will assign it tomorrow. Hope everything will go well. Best of luck for you guys, who are still waiting for it.

Thanks.
Hi ska.omer,

One doubt, in the SMS system did the status change while your unrestricted cos was about to come. What was the status just before it was assigned or allotment being done. Once requested status is shown as "requested" post which what re the different statuses?
Hi Sha23,
I am not sure about the status changes as I did not have access to sms system. The day my company recieved the COS, I was in a meeting and in the middle of that HR confirmed me about it. He had said, He just received an email from UKBA and the company had been allocated two unrestricted COS.

Thanks.

Thanks.
Its been 14 weeks now for my employers request through the Sponsor Management System. We are still waiting.
really depressing for me and my family
Regards

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Re: Status on Unrestricted Cos

Post by sha23 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:36 am

sha23 wrote:Hi All,

After going through various threads on this forums, I could gather that paart from myself, amongst the one who have posted,

sakar
ska.omer
funky22
logix88

are in similar siuation in application for unrestricted cos with various timelines...requesting them alll to regularly post their updates here.
Hi we got to know through the post that ska.omer received his cos. What baout the others? sakar, funky22 and logix88 any news from u all? i am still waiting. its been 14 weeks for me..

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Post by thanx2u » Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:19 am

hi
I was fallowing this post, just updating u for my Cos.
Increase of allocation request :30/10/2012
Sent Email around 1 pm same day
Called to them around 4:15pm same day
Asked to call back next day after 10am.
Call transfered to Caseworker, he said if u have received the confirmation response to ur email then we wil deffinately check it and proceed accordingly in 2 days.
Around 2 pm same day allocation granted.
My HR assignd it to me on 31st Oct and gave me certificate number. I have made online application on 2/11/2012 for tier2 inside country. Thanx God applied on time.
Note: my current visa expiry is 4/11/2012. That is the reason of getting urgent treatment.
All correspondnce done by my Director(A-rated licensed) and Hr.
Best wishes to all of us.

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Post by logix88 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:46 pm

thanx2u wrote:hi
I was fallowing this post, just updating u for my Cos.
Increase of allocation request :30/10/2012
Sent Email around 1 pm same day
Called to them around 4:15pm same day
Asked to call back next day after 10am.
Call transfered to Caseworker, he said if u have received the confirmation response to ur email then we wil deffinately check it and proceed accordingly in 2 days.
Around 2 pm same day allocation granted.
My HR assignd it to me on 31st Oct and gave me certificate number. I have made online application on 2/11/2012 for tier2 inside country. Thanx God applied on time.
Note: my current visa expiry is 4/11/2012. That is the reason of getting urgent treatment.
All correspondnce done by my Director(A-rated licensed) and Hr.
Best wishes to all of us.
Any idea what telephone number you contacted them on? We called the number listed on website, but couldn't get through at all - just hanging on the phone for ages. Tx in advance.

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Post by thanx2u » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:15 am

number is 03001234699
Email is:
SponsorProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Best wishes

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Post by logix88 » Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:17 pm

thanx2u wrote:number is 03001234699
Email is:
SponsorProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Best wishes
That should hopefully be useful for someone. We just received CoS allocation and assigned new certificate.

As I suspected - they only deal with cases that are 2 weeks (10 working days) to visa expiry.

As soon as you are within this period, HR should send an e-mail with visa attached asking urgent treatment - very next day, it should be allocated.

So, if this is all you are waiting for - don't worry, you will get it eventually as there seems to be a pattern here.

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Post by sha23 » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:03 pm

logix88 wrote:
thanx2u wrote:number is 03001234699
Email is:
SponsorProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Best wishes
That should hopefully be useful for someone. We just received CoS allocation and assigned new certificate.

As I suspected - they only deal with cases that are 2 weeks (10 working days) to visa expiry.

As soon as you are within this period, HR should send an e-mail with visa attached asking urgent treatment - very next day, it should be allocated.

So, if this is all you are waiting for - don't worry, you will get it eventually as there seems to be a pattern here.
congrats logix88,

Sadly mine is a tier 2 ict case, so dont have issue of visa expiry hence my wait seems endless. applied on 27th july....

good luck with further process, which now is quite straightforward in ur case.

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Post by logix88 » Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:14 pm

sha23 wrote:
logix88 wrote:
thanx2u wrote:number is 03001234699
Email is:
SponsorProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Best wishes
That should hopefully be useful for someone. We just received CoS allocation and assigned new certificate.

As I suspected - they only deal with cases that are 2 weeks (10 working days) to visa expiry.

As soon as you are within this period, HR should send an e-mail with visa attached asking urgent treatment - very next day, it should be allocated.

So, if this is all you are waiting for - don't worry, you will get it eventually as there seems to be a pattern here.
congrats logix88,

Sadly mine is a tier 2 ict case, so dont have issue of visa expiry hence my wait seems endless. applied on 27th july....

good luck with further process, which now is quite straightforward in ur case.
Thnx. Just out of interest, what's with ICT visa? It should have an expiry?

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Post by sha23 » Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:20 pm

logix88 wrote:
sha23 wrote:
logix88 wrote:
thanx2u wrote:number is 03001234699
Email is:
SponsorProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Best wishes
That should hopefully be useful for someone. We just received CoS allocation and assigned new certificate.

As I suspected - they only deal with cases that are 2 weeks (10 working days) to visa expiry.

As soon as you are within this period, HR should send an e-mail with visa attached asking urgent treatment - very next day, it should be allocated.

So, if this is all you are waiting for - don't worry, you will get it eventually as there seems to be a pattern here.
congrats logix88,

Sadly mine is a tier 2 ict case, so dont have issue of visa expiry hence my wait seems endless. applied on 27th july....

good luck with further process, which now is quite straightforward in ur case.
Thnx. Just out of interest, what's with ICT visa? It should have an expiry?
i am a fresh applicant outside UK. I shall apply for tier-2 ict once i get cos only...

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