Switching from PSW to Tier 2 Salary help after April 6th

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Hope someone can help,
I am switching from psw to tier 2. I am under the soc code 1134( £15.81 per hour according to the soc code).
My company increased my salary to £30,000 and I work 37.5hrs/wk.
a) Under the current rules, would my salary be sufficient? I ask because I can send off my application before the 6th.

Under the new rules from the 6th of April,
b) would the salary of £30,000 still be sufficient because i will be classed as a new entrant and the new entrant salary is £25,300 on a 39 hour/week.
The reason I believe I would be classed as a new entrant is because I graduated less than 3 years ago and i am under 26. I have also been working for the company just over a year.(am I right in these assumptions)

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

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From the codes of practice document -- http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... orkers.pdf
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The new entrant thresholds apply to:

-Graduates switching from Tier 4 into Tier 2 under the post-study provisions;
-Graduate recruits where you have used a university “milkround” to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test;
-Graduates sponsored in the Intra-Company Transfer Graduate Trainee route; and
-Any workers making an initial application who are aged 25 or under on the date they apply.

Even though years since full time education was suggested as a method to determine new entrant status, they actually went with age criteria. You have to be 25 or under to qualifyor switching directly from student to tier 2.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... orkers.pdf

–anyone aged 25 or under on the date of their initial Tier 2 application (analysis shows that workers normally reach the 25th percentile by age 26).

This is a slight change from the definition proposed by the MAC, which referred to the number of years since leaving full-time education. This would have required employers and the UK Border Agency to see and verify an applicant’s educational history. It may also not always be clear when an applicant left full-time education. We believe the above definition is clearer and simpler for employers and the UK Border Agency to operate.